Guitar (Peter Argondizza)

Peter Argondizza holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Yale University School of Music. He received the Andres Segovia Scholarship to attend the Banff School of Fine Arts and was awarded a scholarship to study at the Aspen Music Festival and School, where he was the featured guitar soloist in Hans Werner Henze's Kammermusik 1958. He has studied North Indian classical music under Sri Vasant Rai at the Alam School of Indian Classical Music and jazz guitar with Howard Morgan. Peter performs regularly in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada as a soloist and multi-instrumentalist. He was the mandolinist with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for Luciano Pavarotti's only appearance in Scotland and in the Hebrides Ensemble's performance of Schoenberg's Serenade. He played mandolin in Agon and in Moses und Aron with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, guitar in II Barbiere di Siviglia with the Scottish Opera, and electric guitar in a concert performance of LaLa Land. He conducted Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint with the composer present. Recent guitar performances include Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, Berio's Sequenza XI, and Ginastera's Sonata for Guitar. He also appears regularly on Baroque guitar \Vith the New York City Continuo Collective. Peter headed the department of Creative and Contextual Studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, also teaching guitar and lute and historic performance and directing the guitar orchestra. He has served as adjudicator and external examiner for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music in London, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He lives in New York City. argondizzaguitar.com

Artist (John Rosis, Artist )

Represented by Gerald Bland Inc. in New York City, John Rosis is an accomplished artist and instructor with a notable career spanning decades. He currently teaches at the Rockland Center for the Arts since 1999, and previously taught at the State University of New York and the Art Students League in New York. His work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions, including early 1980s shows in the East Village, including Club 57, NYC. Recent group exhibitions include the 2024 Rockland Center for the Arts Benefit, the Garrison Art Center Benefit in New York, and Kino Saito benefit in Verplank, New York. His work has also been part of exhibitions at institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Edward Hopper House. In addition to his group exhibitions, John Rosis has held several solo exhibitions, including notable shows at Mount Wachusett Community College in Massachusetts and Westchester College in New York. John Rosis earned his Master of Fine Arts from Hunter College in 1990 and has received prestigious awards throughout his career, including grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, the Wurlitzer Foundation and Artists Space, New York. His work is part of numerous private and public collections including the New York University Children’s Hospital and the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas. https://www.johnrosis1.wixsite.com/studio instagram.com/johnrosisartist

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