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Rick Britto
Saxophonist and Jazz Educator
22 Crapo Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
Home Tel: (508)-997-6412
Cell: (508-525-1740
Email: [email protected]
Personal Web Site: http://rickbrito.com
Studio web Site: http://SaurusStudio.com
MySpace: http://myspace.com/rbritto
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Currently
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Faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
teaching Saxophone-Jazz Studies, The UMD Large Jazz Ensemble
and The Art & History of Rock & Roll.
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Faculty member at Wheaton College teaching Saxophone, Jazz
Piano,
Jazz Theory, African American Originals II and The Wheaton Jazz
Band.
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Instructing Old Rochester Regional High School Jazz Band in an
after school project to develop improvisational skills.
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Jazz performances with local artists John Harrison, Semenya
McCord, Jim Robitaille, Matt Richard, Dave Zinno, Paul Delnero,
John Wallace, Alon Yavnai, Greg Wardsen, Marcelle Gauvin and
numerous other performers.
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Producer, engineer, arranger, orchestrator, composer and MIDI
consultant at Saurus Studio.
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Recording and producing commercials for radio and television in the
New England area.
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Adjudicator for All-State Jazz auditions for RIMEA– Rhode Island
Music Educators Association
Performing Experience
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Have performed in various musical genres, including Classical, Jazz,
Rock, R&B, Soul, Theatre.
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Performed with New Bedford Symphony for special George Gershwin
program.
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Performed with Grammy Award winning artists Queen Latifa,
Tavares, Little Anthony & The Imperials, The Tune Weavers, The
Platters and The Drifters.
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Toured nationally with vocal jazz group “One O'Clock Jump” double
billed with Buddy Rich Big Band, Jackie and Roy Kraul, Ray Brown,
Rosemary Clooney, The Artie Shaw Band, and The Count Basie
Orchetra.
Production Credits
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Music Director for Gateway Playhouse in Wareham for a season's
performance on Cape Cod.
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Composed and produced soundtrack for "Earth Day" video for Rhode
Island University.
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Numerous musical productions for children's theater in the local
areas of Fall River and New Bedford.
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1979 Award for Best Original Composition by A.R.T.A. (Area
Regional Theater Association).
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Composed and produced musical soundtrack for video documentary
"Profiles Of Living History" for the Black Heritage Foundation of New
Bedford funded by The Polaroid Corporation.
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Produced commercials for radio or TV for the following local
companies:
Pencils, Dartmouth Building Supply, Better Homes of New Bedford,
Ralph’s Chevrolet Cadillac Geo, First Citizens’ Federal Credit Union,
Dartmouth Mitsubishi
Recording Credits
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NOW performing recording and mastering new recording of avante
garde saxophone duet with Erik Van Damm and myself, Rick Britto
so far untitled.
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CD release 2010, "In The Sky" featuring saxophonist, Rick Britto and
pianist, Matt Rrichard in their first duo project release on the TrineArc
Music label.
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CD release 2010, performed, recorded and mastered "Trine +1" for
avante garde trio, "Trine", featuring Jim Robitaille; guitar, Rick Britto;
saxes, and Chris Poudrier; drum with guest artist Chris Lopes on
bass on the TrineArc Music label.
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Sept 09 CD release, performed recorded and mastered "One O'clock
Jump Live" a 1930's-50's jazz/swing vocal group from an audio tape
series of live performances dating back to the 1980s by One O'clock
Jump in both concerts and jazz clubs from East to West Coast.
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Recorded and mastered CD, "Crystal Fortress II to be released this
Fall", for pianist and composer Cheryl Conte.
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Mastered CD for the Andy McWain Ensemble: Resmeblance
This project features music from two separate recording sessions:
one with Assif Tsahar (tenor sax/bass cl), Albey Balgochian (elec
upright bass), and Chris Poudrier (dr/perc) with me on acoustic piano;
and another session with Sofia Koutsovitis (voc), Rick Britto (sax).
Jeremy Udden (sax), David Landoni (acoustic bass), and Chris
Poudrier (dr/perc) with Andy McWain on elec. piano...).
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Performed sax on CD, "Holy City" with The Lord's Orphans, best
described as a modern day american version of Pink Floyd with a mix
of other influences that include Peter Gabriel, late Beatles, The
Doors, Alan Parsons Project and Led Zeppelin.
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Mastered CD, "Crystal Fortress", for pianist and composer Cheryl
Conte.
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Recorded and mastered CD, for avante garde trio, "Trine", featuring
Jim Robitaille; guitar, Rick Britto; saxes, and Chris Poudrier; drum.
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Recorded and mastered live CD in concert for classical vocalist,
Rachel Weis.
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CD mastering for a new book, Music of South India published by
Professor Matthew Allen of Wheaton College released by Oxford
Publishing.
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CD mastering and digital restoration for a new compilation CD for
Wheaton College's Music Department in honor of retiring professor of
music Carlton T. Russel.
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Recorded, mastered and co-produced CD, "Harmonious Healings" for
Spiritualist Medium, Rev. Gail Hicks.
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Performance and song credits on Dan Moretti's second CD release
"Saxual" on PAR Records.
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Compositions “Xumusca” and “Nova Samba” on the Whaling City
Sound Super Band CD released by Whaling City Records.
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Recorded and mastered CD of dialog and soundtrack for noted
photographer Ron Barboza’s slide show presentation based on the
history of Cape Verdean Americans for the “So Sabe Festival” funded
by Boston University.
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Performance, recording and production of Christian choir "Praise
Twice" Choir Master Edward Viveiros, Jr..
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Live recording of classical group Cobach Trio, flute, oboe and cello.
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Live recording of classical oboist Donna Dreisbach at Grace
Episcopal Church of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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Recorded and produced meditation CD “Focus Your Thoughts I” for
Dionysius Skaliotis, Doctor of Chinese Medicine.
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Digital editing for Brazilian group Searles & Allen’s “Time & Again".
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Mastering for Spanish vocalist Andres Pena Gomez’s release “La
Banda Negra”.
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Mastering for jazz saxophonist Treg Monty’s release “No Place To
Hide”.
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Mastering on CD releases “Santa Monica”, O Caboverdiano & “Boa
Vista”
for Cape Verdean guitarist and cavaquinho player Tazinho.
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Recorded and produced first CD release of poetry and music “When
The Smoke Clears” for Corey Cokes.
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Recorded and produced “Heaven or Hell” for Christian Rap artists
B.A.C.
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Recorded and produced G. Bruce West’s album “Dream Catcher”.
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Recorded and produced Country artist Wendi Hayden Davis"s record
release "What's Next".
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Performance and arranging credits on European release CD by
Roberto Culpado.
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Recorded and produced music for Edd Kalehoff Productions in New
York (music library company).
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Performance credits on Joel Hiller's second record release "In The
Interest of Soul" for Lobelia Records
Radio & TV Appearances
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Ch.10 WCVB on "The Today Show"
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Ch.6 WLNE " Sounds of Jazz" hosted by Bob Bassett
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Ch.13 "Musician's Showcase" hosted by Carol Defino.
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Radio appearance on Boston’s WGBH's" Music America" hosted by
Ron DelaChiesa.
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Radio appearance on Boston’s WGBH's "Jazz in the Evening" hosted
by Eric Jackson.
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Radio appearance on University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth’s
WUSM
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Radio appearance on Brandeis University’s WBRS hosted by Marc
Leibowitz,
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Radio appearance on Newport’s WOTB's "Spotlight on Local Artists"
hosted by Michael Troy.
Web Design
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Design for Saurus Studio’s web site,
URL: http://SaurusStudio.com
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Design for Rick Britto's web site,
URL: http://rickbritto.com
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Designed web site for jazz drummer Harold Jones
URL: http://www.haroldjonesbigband.com
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Designed web site for jazz vocalist Semenya McCord,
URL: http://www.semenyamccord.com
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Designed web site for jazz vocalist Candida Rose,
URL: http://goldenrosemusic.com
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Designed web site for jazz vocalist Marcelle Gauvin,
URL: http://www.marcellegauvin.com
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Designed web site for spiritualist medium Rev. Gail Hicks,
URL: http://www.gailhicks.com/
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Designed web site for World music group, The Dancing Dogs,
URL: http://thedacningdogs.com
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Web site designed for Cobach Musik, a classical trio
URL: http://home.comcast.net/~cobach
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Web site designed for jazz drummer John Badessa,
URL: http://badessamusic.biz/
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Designed web site for jazz organist Lonnie Gasperini,
URL: http://members.cox.net/lonnie7/
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Designed web site for Cape Verdean photographer Ron Barboza,
URL: http://home.comcast.net/~ronbarboza/
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Consultant for web design of jazz pianist Matt Richard's web site,
URL: http://www.mattrichard.com/
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Consultant for web designer Richard Leary’s New Bedford.Com,
URL: http://www.newbedford.com
Education
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Graduate of Berklee College of Music; B.M. in Music Composition.
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Graduate of New Bedford High School.
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Recipient of scholarship awards from the following: The Kenneth S.
Tripp Memorial Music Scholarship, Berklee College of Music, The
Cape Verdean Action Committee, Your Theatre Inc., and The Basic
Educational Opportunity Grant.
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Private studies in saxophone with Prof. Joseph Viola (head of
Berklee College’s Woodwind Dept.).
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Private studies in saxophone with Prof. Bill Pierce (saxophonist for
Art Blakey and Tony Williams).
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Private studies in clarinet and saxophones with Lionel Soares (B.A.
Boston Conservatory).
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Studies in arranging and composition with Prof. Barry Nettles
(arranger for Manhattan Transfer, Stan Kenton)
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Studies in arranging and composition with Prof. Tony Texiera
(composer of jingles for corporations: Fayva Shoes, Filenes, etc.,).
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Private studies in music theory, composition, solfege, and piano with
Prof. Jose DaCosta (former head of Composition Dept. New England
Conservatory).
Teaching Experience
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Faculty member at Wheaton College teaching Saxophone, Jazz
Piano, Jazz Band Director, Saxophone Quartet, Jazz Theory
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Faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
teaching Saxophone-Jazz Studies, Saxophone Quartet and The Art &
History of Rock & Roll
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Instructing Old Rochester Regional High School Jazz Band in an
after school project, sponsored by the music department's band
director, Stan Ellis, to develop improvisational skills.
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Instructing the New Bedford High School Jazz Band in an after
school program, sponsored by the band parent's committee and the
music department's jazz band director, Russ Campoli.
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Private instructor of saxophone, clarinet, piano and organ for more
than 20 years.
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Private instructor of piano and music theory at the Symphony Music
Shop
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Adjudicator for All-State Jazz auditions for RIMEA– Rhode Island
Music Educators Association
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A member of Jazz Expressions an educational outreach program
presenting jazz to elementary grade school children.
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Music instructor for Camp Kennedy program in New Bedford, MA
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Music instructor for Upward Bound program in Dartmouth, MA.