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JOB
TITLE: Professional musician, composer, guitarist, pianist, vocalist, record
producer, music instructor. EDUCATION:
Studied jazz guitar from Jim Bruno and David Costa, 1972-76. Studied jazz
piano from Frank Sumares and Don Haas, 1976-81. Attended West Valley and De
Anza Colleges, 1975-79, studying composition and jazz improvisational
techniques from Joe Davis and Tom Hart. Attended SJSU from 1979-82, studied under Dwight Cannon
and Gregory Yasinitsky. Received a BA in Music/Jazz Concentration 1982.
Attended SJSU again, from 1990-93, and received an MA in Music/Jazz
Composition studying under Dwight Cannon, Hafez Modirzadeh, Dr. Daniel
Hoggat, and Dr. William Meredith. JAZZ ORCHESTRAL
PERFORMANCES: The San Jose State University Jazz Ensemble has performed the
following Stephen Foglia works in concert at the SJSU Music Auditorium:
“Theme for Vincent” in 1980, “In the End” in 1981, “Book of Wonder” in 1981
and “A Fool’s Wish” in 1992. The
Musicians Warehouse Big Band Featuring Louie Bellson on drums performed
“Variations on a Theme by Taloose AKA Never Will I” by Stephen Foglia and
Terry Loose at The Musicians Warehouse Jazz Festival 2001. The jazz
ensemble A Touch of Brass performed “Seattle Waits” by Stephen Foglia in the
2009 Composers Showcase Concert at The Improv in San Jose. Currently
The Full Spectrum Jazz Big Band is scheduled to perform “New Rules For The
New Fools” and “Never Will I” at the 2010 Composers Showcase Concert Sunday
March 3rd at The Improv 62 S. Second St., San Jose, 408-280-7475. Tickets are $30.00 ($25.00 for
students) and can be purchased at the Improv Box Office or online http://www.improv2.com/index.php PROFESSIONAL
CAREER: Played 2,500 + solo and group engagements from 1976 - Present. Composed
jingles for KICU TV 1983-84. Performed
with the following groups: Fly with
the wind, 1976-79 TP Funk,
1977-78 Chain
Lightning, 1978-80 Prodigy,
1984-87 Foglia-Baert
Jazz Ensemble, 1990-93 No Mercy,
1992-93 South Bay
Express, 1995 Token
Flurry, 1995-96 SPF, 1997
- Present Member
of AFM local 153 1990-1997. RECORDING
EXPERIENCE: Logged 5,000+ hours in diverse studio sessions as a musician,
composer, arranger, producer, engineer and sideman from 1974 - Present. CD/ALBUM
RELEASES: Stephen
Foglia/I, 1988 Stephen
Foglia/Island in the Sound, June 1998 SPF/Island
in the Sound (Revised), March 2002 SPF/Another
Conversation With Myself, September 2005, re-released July 2009 SPF/III,
February 2010 SPF/eclecticCovers, April 2012 SPF/Ethical Standards, scheduled for release 2013 ORIGINAL
COMPOSITIONS Registered
by Ramblood Publishing Co./BMI.:
A Fool’s
Wish An April State
of Mind Another
Conversation with Myself Audition
Issues Bartertown Bartertown
(2009) Black Is
The Color Of My True Love’s Car Book of
Wonder Christine
Ago Get Away
From Me In the
End Island in
the Sound Jennifer
Styles Kelli
Girl Line
Vision Living on
the Western Side Look at
That Black Eyed Funk Los
Olvidados New Rules
For The New Fools Portrait
of a Tendaberry Girl Remembrance Seattle
Waits The
Beguiled The Cee
Toe Shuffle The Well
Rat Revisited Theme for
Vincent This
Revelation Variations
on a Theme by Taloose Well Rat Who Turns
For You Zebras Taken from “MARQUIS WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA 57 edition
2003”: FOGLIA, STEPHEN PHILLIP,
musician, record producer; b. San Jose, Calif., Apr. 14, 1957; s. Rudolf
Foglia and Carmel Figliomeni de la Pena. BA in Music, San Jose State U.,
1982, MA in Music, 1993. Guitarist, pianist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger,
prodr. SPF, San Jose, 1992- Present; owner/CEO Ramblood Recon Records, San
Jose, 1992- Present; music instr. The Musicians Warehouse, San Jose, 1997- Present.
Prodr.: (cd release) SPF “Island in the Sound” (revised), 2002, Stephen
Foglia “Island in the Sound”, 1998, (album release) Stephen Foglia, 1988;
musician: (jazz band) Stephen Fogiia Jazz Ensemble, 1992, (rock group) Chain
Lightning, 1985, (jazz-rock group) Fly with the Wind, 1978. |