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Frank Darmiento

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About the artist: FRANK DARMIENTO [dar-mee-EN-toe] was born in the Bronx and grew up in Bay Shore, New York. His new jazz CD, "Sudden Impact," has been released by Summit Records and is receiving airplay throughout the world.

He is a 1967 graduate of Union College in Schenectady, New York where he studied music composition with Edgar Curtis and was awarded the Richmond Prize in Music. He later studied music composition with Wendell Margrave in Washington, D.C. and arranging with Ladd McIntosh.

A winner of the Dallas Wind Symphony prestigious brass fanfare competition, Frank's compositions and arrangements have been performed by professional, college, student and community groups. In addition to writing for his jazz quartet he has composed and arranged for orchestra, concert band, big band and a variety of jazz ensembles, shows, and an unusual assortment of chamber instrumentations. His chamber works include pieces for brass quintet, piano quartet (violin, viola, cello & piano), flute and tuba, flute and bassoon, four bassoons, flute-bassoon and sax quartet, and alto flute with four bassoons. His trombone works include an alto trombone concerto (with orchestra), a piece for solo trombone and concert band, and unaccompanied trombone solos.

Frank performs regularly with classical, jazz and show groups in the Phoenix area. His principal performance instrument is trombone. He also performs on classical guitar, electric bass, vibraphone and baritone horn. He is principal trombonist with the San Marcos Symphony (Chandler, Arizona), lead trombone for the Glendale College (Arizona) big band jazz ensemble, co-leader of the brass quintet, Optima Brass and a member of the Scottsdale Concert Band (Arizona). He has been a concert soloist on trombone, baritone horn and classical guitar. He has also appeared as a guest conductor with orchestras and concert bands as well as shows and television productions.

Mr. Darmiento now makes his home in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is a registered professional engineer and manager of the Transportation Research Center for the Arizona Department of Transportation. He holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Union College in Schenectady, New York, and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.

He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bolivia from 1967 to 1969.

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