Philadelphia Jazz Orchestra

Jazz Week Staff

JOE BONGIOVI

Mr. Bongiovi earned his bachelor's degree in filmscoring from Berklee College of Music in Boston and earned a master's degree in music education from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and is currently the band director at Princeton High School in Princeton New Jersey.  Bongiovi is an avid composer/arranger of jazz band, concert band and marching band literature. Mr. Bongiovi is the director/founder of The Philadelphia Jazz Orchestra. 

Mr. Bongiovi worked and performed with many jazz greats such as:  Phil Wilson, Tim Hagans, Greg Hopkins, Ben Elkins and Ravi Coltrane. This year the Princeton High School Studio Band performed jointly with The Count Basie Orchestra, Wycliffe Gordan, Lenny White and Tierney Sutton. He has worked with great music programs at the following schools: Princeton High School, Steinert High School, Nottingham High School, Levitt Middle School (Willingboro), Neshaminy High School and Neshaminy Middle School.  Mr. Bongiovi also directed the 2008 New Jersey Region 2 Jazz Ensemble. 

 

SCOTT GRIMALDI

Mr. Grimaldi earned a B.M. degree from the Manhattan School of Music, NY, where he also did post graduate work, and is an alumnus of the Berklee College Of Music, Boston, MA and is currently the band director at Princeton High School, Princeton NJ. Concurrently, Mr. Grimaldi continues in his role as an adjunct faculty member of the Fine Arts Dept. at Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY since 1989 as director of the jazz band and has taught several music history courses.   Mr. Grimaldi was a faculty member of the music dept. at Cranbury School, Cranbury, NJ from 1997 to 2008 as director of bands and teaching woodwinds.  Over the years, many of his private woodwinds students have won auditions with organizations that include the CJMEA Regions & All-State Bands/Orchestras, NJ Youth Symphony, NJPAC Jazz For Teens and been accepted at various music conservatories/colleges as music majors.  


In addition to teaching, Mr. Grimaldi is active in the music business as a woodwinds specialist (flutes, clarinets and saxophones) producer, arranger, transcriber and music copyist..  He has performed with many well known stage acts including Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, The Manhattan Transfer, Vanessa Williams, Frank Sinatra Jr., Rosemary Clooney, Linda Eder, The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra,Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, The Temptations, Little Anthony & The Imperials and Etta James, just to name a few.  His resume extends to the  N.Y. Broadway musical stage and includes performances with "Steel Pier", "Kiss Of The Spider Woman" and "Me And My Girl".

 

 
 ROB REEVE

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SHARON CLARKE

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PJO JAZZ WEEK STAFF are subject to change without notice.  Jazz Week Staff might change between Session #1 and Session #2.

 

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PJO Jazz Week

2010

Jazz Week Session # 1

June 29th - TBA

July 1st - TBA

July 2nd - TBA 

 

 Jazz Week Session #2

August 3rd - TBA

August 4th - TBA

August 5th - TBA

 

 

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