William Buonocore - guitar, mandolin, banjo

08/09/08

William Buonocore - guitar, mandolin, banjo

A native of New York City, William Buonocore has been an active performer in New England for more than 25 years. He has appeared as recitalist in New York, Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, Toronto, Montreal, Caracas, and Seoul. The Strad described him as "a guitar player of considerable virtuosity and lovely sound" and the Boston Globe said he "played with taste and mastery."

Mr. Buonocore has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Ballet, Concert Opera Boston, Boston Philharmonic, Rhode Island Philharmonic, and the Portland, Chautauqua, New Hampshire, Vermont, Indian Hill, Nashua and Cape Cod Symphony Orchestras. Chamber music credits include Collage New Music, An die Musik, Boston Musica Viva, Lumen Contemporary Ensemble, Manhattan String Quartet, Folios Guitar Duo, Alea III, Boston Conservatory Chamber Players, Masterworks Chorale and others.

Mr. Buonocore is currently head of the Guitar Department of The Boston Conservatory, where he has been a Faculty member since 1989. He has served as adjudicator for the Guitar Foundation of America's International Guitar Competition, and as Artistic Director of the Boston Guitar Fest and New England Guitar Competition.

Bill also enjoys working as a pit musician and has performed for such shows as Evita, A Chorus Line, Man of la Mancha, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, Follies, Zorba, Ragtime, Chicago, Mame, Cats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Big River, The Spitfire Grill, Guys on Ice, Grease, Chess, Seussical, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Will Rogers Follies, Footloose, Assassins, Godspell, Smokey Joe's Café, Aida, Showboat, The Full Monty, The Wild Party, Bat Boy, Dessa Rose, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Les Misérables.

He has recorded for Koch International, Arabesque, Neuma, Nepenthe, Arsis and Centaur.

In addition to his busy performing and teaching schedule, Bill also has a strong interest in computer technology. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and is currently employed as a Solutions Architect at EMC² Corporation in Westborough, Massachusetts.