![]() He currently directs the Gregorian Chant Workshop at the Saint Michael Institute of Sacred Art on Enders Island in Connecticut. His studies and research at the Abbey of Saint Peter (Solesmes, France) have led to his translation of Dom Eugène Cardine's book, Basic Studies in Gregorian Chant. William Tortolano is a distinguished Catholic church musician who has made considerable contributions in the field of Gregorian chant. William Tortolano | Hal Leonard William Tortolano Dr. He is also sponsored by Sibelius Music Software. Hazo serves as a lecturer and clinician for Hal Leonard Corporation. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Duquesne University where he served on the Board of Governors and was awarded as Duquesne’s Outstanding Graduate in Music Education. Hazo was twice named “Teacher of Distinction” by the southwestern Pennsylvania Teachers’ Excellence Foundation. ![]() He has been invited to guest conduct over 60 university ensembles and half of All-State bands in America. Hazo has been a music teacher at every educational grade level from kindergarten through college, including tenure as a high school and university director. He is a member of ASCAP and recipient of multiple ASCAPlus Awards. Hazo's compositions were listed in a published national survey of the "Top Twenty Compositions of All Time" for wind band. ![]() Hazo's works are included in the series "Teaching Music Through Performance in Band." He has served as composer-in-residence at Craig Kirchhoff’s University of Minnesota Conducting Symposium and has also lectured on music and music education at universities and high schools internationally. His compositions have been performed and recorded world-wide, including performances by the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra (national tour), the Birmingham Symphonic Winds (UK) and the Klavier Wind Project’s recordings with Eugene Migliaro Corporon. Hazo's music has compiled over three million hits on YouTube. Hazo's compositions were performed at the London Summer Olympic Games. Hazo also composed "Bridges," which he was requested to write by Virginia Tech University following their tragic shootings. The result was a major work for Choir, Orchestra and Wind Band combined titled "Glorificare." It was premiered in May of 2013 by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and VOCE Singers performing side-by-side with the Newtown High School musicians. Hazo was asked by the Newtown School District to compose the memorial for the children and women who were lost in the tragedy at their Sandy Hook Elementary School. ![]() His original symphonic compositions include performances with actors Brooke Shields, James Earl Jones, David Conrad and Richard Kiley. He has composed for the professional, university and public school levels in addition to writing original scores for television, radio and the stage. Hazo became the first composer in history to be awarded the winner of both composition contests sponsored by the National Band Association. 1966) resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his wife and children. ![]()
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