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Anthony Dean Griffey to Join Music Faculty as Artist-in-Residence We are delighted to welcome internationally renowned tenor Anthony Dean Griffey to our faculty this year as artist-in-residence. His affiliation with UNC-Chapel Hill adds to the strong reputation in the Arts which Carolina is building. During the year, Mr. Griffey will be coaching and teaching master classes to our voice students and to our Kenan Scholars’ cohort, working with chamber music students and UNC Opera students, and speaking in select academic classes.
Announcing the 2009-2010 Kenan Music Scholars The Music Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is delighted to announce the appointment of the following four Kenan Music Scholars set to enter the university in fall 2009. They will join our eight current Kenan Music Scholars in this exciting and innovative program.
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Music Department Faculty

Edmund Paolantonio

Edmund Paolantonio
Lecturer

Office: 04 Hill Hall
Email: paolo@email.unc.edu
Phone: 919-962-2492

Edmund Paolantonio (Lecturer), pianist, is from New York City but lives now in Durham, NC. In addition to earning a B.S. in Music Education from S.U.N.Y. and an M.M. in performance from U.N.C.-Chapel Hill, he studied 3 1/2 years with world famous jazz pianist, teacher and composer Lennie Tristano. He has been composing, arranging and performing jazz professionally since 1971 and has accompanied many jazz giants including Dizzie Gillespie, Slide Hampton, Clark Terry, Lee Konitz, Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Heath, and Emily Remler.

 

Mr. Paolantonio has been described as an "all consuming musician..(whose) solo struck sparks around the room."--Owen Cardle (News and Observer, Raleigh, NC) "He's outstanding,... talented and prolific", said R.C. Smith (Durham Morning Herald). Joe Vanderford (Spectator, Raleigh, NC) wrote of "Paolantonionio's sound...(as) full of arpeggios, utilizing every one of the eighty-eights".

Paolantonio has toured with North Carolina drummer Max Roach. As an artist in the NC Touring Program, he performed with his much acclaimed vocal group, String of Pearls. He toured the Middle East for USIA with vibraphonist, Jon Metzger, and has receivd North Carolina Jazz Fellowship Awards as well as the Durham Emerging Artist Grant.

An excellent clinician, Paolantonio has served in schools and colleges in and out of state. He was NC Artist in Residence for three years and has taught jazz improvisation and history at U.N.C.-Chapel Hill, Duke University, North Carolina State University and Elon College.

As an accompanist, Paolantonio's recording credits include 2 cd's with the North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra. One consisted of Benny Goodman's arrangements and one of Duke Ellington's compositions. His credits also include Scott Sawyer's CD "In the Stream"; Group Sax's three recordings, "A New Level", "All's Well" and "Prime Time"; Karen Love's CD "I Believe in Little Things"; and Dan Axelrod's LP "New Axe" distributed on the Phoenix record label.

"Dedications", Paolantonio's first CD, showcases his superb talent as a composer and arranger, and demonstrates his outstanding ability as a jazz improviser. "Dad's Blues" is Mr. Paolantonio second CD as a leader. Like "Dedications", his CD is the result of a fellowship award from the N.C. Arts Council. It explores extensive improvisations on both original material and jazz standards and captures the essence of what jazz is all about.

For information regarding the Jazz Studies at UNC, please visit: https://music.unc.edu/undergrad/Areas/jazz1
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