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 Gregory Askins
has performed in various venues throughout the New York metropolitan area and throughout the Midwest including Steinway Hall (UT) and Babcock Theater (MT). Askins has independently recorded five CDs: Six String Solstice, Two Shades of Time, The Dancing Guitar and The Classical Guitar For The Touring Dancer (for ballet class accompaniment), A Classical Guitar Holiday, and in 2006 Acoustic Accolades. He is a graduate of Hunter College (BA) and the University of Utah (MFA). Apart from performing and teaching guitar, he also dances and teaches ballet. His ballet, A Day In The Office - A Night In The Park, choreographed to music by Joseph Parisi, was performed by the Staten Island Ballet at The New York International Choreographers Festival, with Nylon Wound performing the score live. In 2007 he choreographed A Day in the Life of the Lenape for performance by children in the New York Public Schools. Askins composed the score for this performance, and Nylon Wound performed it live. |
 Joseph Parisi
has performed throughout the New York Metropolitan area, including at Carnegie Recital Hall and on radio station WNYC FM. He has performed regularly with the Golden Attic Chamber Ensemble, The Crossroads Concert Ensemble, and on other projects utilizing the guitar in unique settings. In Italy, he has performed in the Sessioni Senesi Festival while attending master classes at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana. He is a graduate of the Mannes College of Music (BM), New York University (MA), and Accademia Musicale Chigiana (Diploma).In addition to performing, Parisi has composed various works for guitar. His composition Collage For 2 Guitars was composed for and premiered by Nylon Wound at JuneFest 2004. Soundscape for 2 Guitars was premiered by Nylon Wound at St. Marks Parish Hall, New York City, on September 10, 2005. His composition, Shades of Blue, was premiered during the Nylon Wound Neighborhood Concert Series in 2006. Nylon Wound premiered his latest composition, Fiddle Dee (a realization of American fiddle tunes), during its Neighborhood Concert series in 2007. |
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Board of DirectorsTodd Gibson, Vice President, Morgan StanleyLouis Martin, Professor Emeritus, Hunter College, CUNY Jennifer Winstel, Director of Equity Sales, Royal Bank of Canada |
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