Saxophone with Rick R.

Rossi Music Inc

I started a Live Band and Entertainment Agency to be able to put together and perform with my own bands for corporate events, weddings and parties. We are one of the Top 5 most respected music agencies in Los Angeles and most highly respected for our jazz bands.

Musicians Union Local #47

Rick Rossi has been nominated for a Grammy Award three times, winning one in 2000. His distinctive style and versatility have kept him in high demand for studio work. He has composed and arranged music for film and television, and appeared numerous times on national television, (The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, David Letterman, Regis and Kathie Lee, Conan OʼBrien, MTV, and VH-1 to name a few) and was featured on the Grammy-Award winning multi-platinum CD with The Brian Setzer Orchestra. He has played in the most famous venues around the world with legendary artists such as Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, Tony Bennett, Stanley Clarke, Bobby Caldwell, Cher, and Shakira. His most recent film work includes the Hollywood features, Benjamin Buttons, The Wedding Crashers and Monster-In-Law (starring Jane Fonda and Jennifer Lopez).

University of Delaware

University of Akron

Dick Grove Music School

I completed a one year intensive music course studying Arranging and Composition with Dick Grove at The Dick Grove Music School. It was without the hardest AND best training that I've ever had in my life in music. We had usually 2 weeks to learn all the characteristics of a particular technique and then produce and pro level arrangement, copy all the parts for the live band and recorded each arrangement and composition. Dick Grove was simply the best music educator I've ever studied with and I've studied with what i would consider to be a lot of great music teachers. He was heads above everyone in the way he was able to break down what is considered a very complex thing to teach. I was amazed at him every day I studied in his classes. I learned things that took everything I had been studying for years and his approach made me look at with a new clarity and gave me the confidence to write things that I never thought I was capable of. Simply the best!! He had an innate knack for simplifying even the most complex ideas, styles and techniques. I can't say enough about how thankful I was that I was able to study with him and see his genius on a daily basis. So inspiring! He died a while ago but he left a bunch of his classes on video. Check him out!!

University of Akron

Grammy Award Foundation

A labor union representing professional musicians in the United States and Canada. Founding in 1896 as the successor to the "National League of Musicians," the AFM is the largest organization in the world representing the interests of professional musicians.

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a membership association of more than 480,000 US composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers. The ASCAP is committed to nurturing music makers throughout their careers.

Founded in 1863, the California Teachers Association has become one of the strongest advocates for educators in the country. CTA includes teachers, counselors, school librarians, social workers, psychologists, and nurses. These educators in the K-12 school system are joined by community college faculty, California State University faculty, and education support professionals to make CTA the most inclusive and most powerful voice of educators in the state.

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