Nicholas DiFabbio - Guitarist

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In the 'Big River' Pit (In Costume!)

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Nicholas DiFabbio/Guitarist/Producer/Teacher

203 988 5922

Email - difab4@aol.com

Web Site - nicholasdifabbio.com

Electric/Acoustic/Nylon/Arch Top/12 String Guitar 

Tenor Banjo, Mandolin,, Ukulele

Education; BS Music University Of Bridgeport-1976

 

GUITAR PERFORMANCE

Broadway Chair;

         Les Miserables - Dec. '02 - May'03

Off Broadway Chair

         Lucky Guy- April-May 2011

Broadway Credits; 

         Mary Poppins – Present

         Chicago - Present

         Follies - '11

         The Scottsboro Boys '10-'11

         Ave Q  - '03-'09

        Curtains - '08

        Spamalot - '07-'08

        The Drowsy Chaperone - '07

        The Three Penny Opera - '06 

        Fiddler on the Roof  - '04-'05

        42nd Street - '01-'05

        Les Miserables  - '89 - '02

        Oklahoma  - '02

        Miss Saigon  -'90 -'99

        City of Angels - '86

        Aida - '04 

        Big River - '03

        Man on No Importance -'02

        Spitfire Grill - '01

National Tours

Les Miserables - '92-'96

          Big River Deaf West - '04-'05

       The Boyfriend  directed by Julie Andrews '05-'06

 

Goodspeed Opera House - Happy Days, Half A Sixpence, Big River,  Pippin,

 The Boyfriend, Emmet Otters Jugband Christmas, All Shook Up,

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Lucky Guy, Just So, King Of Hearts,  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Regional - Mame - Barrington Stage, JC Superstar , Robber Bridegroom , Joseph, Grease, etc.

  

New Haven Symphony 'Orchestra Goes West, Best Of Broadway'. Acoustic Gtr, Tenor Banjo, 5 String Banjo. '06

 

Also currently, The Cool Cat Jazz Band (Educational History of Jazz show for schools)

Co writer (with Jim Fryer) of the ‘Rock Around The Clock’ History of Rock show.

 

 

 

MUSIC AND AUDIO PRODUCER

 

        Recording/Producing Credits;

        Richard X Heyman – Living Room

       http://www.richardxheyman.com /

     14-song LP "Living Room!!" in honour of the studio where it was recorded -- in engineer Nick DiFabbio's living  room.”

     

      Cool Cat Jazz Band – Nine Lives

         http://www.coolcatjazz.info/ cccd   

       multi-tasker Nick DiFabbio (banjo, guitar, vocals,        recording,  mixing and mastering  engineer)

 

       Christmas Time In Our Little Town

Nick DiFabbio and Family

        www.christmasourlittletown.com 

    In the hands of Nicholas DiFabbio, Guilford’s tree lighting has been immortalized in song. With beautiful vocals

            provided by his daughter, Marialena, Nicholas crafted music and lyrics to Christmas Time in Our Little Town,

           which is also the name of his new, 10-song CD of original Christmas songs” – Guilford Courier

 

    Radio Production;

        Producer/Writer/Audio Engineer for

‘The Beatles, Song By Song’

       A four minute weekly feature on WHUD FM, Westchester Co. NY

 http://www.whud.com/promotions/beatles/index.php 

       

 

  Video Production;

      Direction and production for Richard X.

Heyman videos;

 

     ‘Baby Boom’    

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIxKvLw0Df0&feature=related

     ‘Civil War Buff’

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9PiINj1qp0

     ‘Branded In The Sky’

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89pEUfRS6oE&feature=related

 

      Direction and production for Nicholas DiFabbio original song videos;

     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=difab4n&search_type=&aq=f

 

TEACHER

          

   Private Guitar Instruction, Harmony Music,

Madison CT 1970- 1977.

   Neighborhood Music SchoolNew Haven, CT 1997-98

   East Haven Academy Public School

Band Director, 1998-2002

 Grades 3-8 Instrument Lessons

 Grades 3-5 Concert Band

 Grades 6-8 Concert Band

 Two Jazz Ensembles

 Music Director and arranger for 4 Musical Theater Productions;

   ‘ Yankee Doodle Dandy’

    ‘The Sound Of Music’

   ‘ Music Man’

   ‘ Cinderella’

  Currently; 10 private guitar students, Guilford and Madison CT,

  The Country SchoolMadison CT

 

COMMUNITY

Auxiliary Police Sargent – New York City Police Department – 1987-1992

 

                  EDUCATION

                          BS Music Education –

                    The University Of Bridgeport 1972-76

 

References;

 

Marianne Johnson – Principal, East Haven Academy

67 Hudson Street

East Haven, CT 06512

203 468 3219

mjohnson@mail.east-haven.k12.ct.us

 

Salavatore Ranniello - (Colleague) Professional Percussionist, Teacher (Hart School of Music)

38 Clearfield Rd

Wethersfield, CT 06109

ranniello@sbcglobal.net

860 202 2448

 

Jim Fryer - (Colleague) Professional Trombonist, Teacher (Private and Adjunct Rye Country Day)

86 Grandview Ave

Rye, NY 10580

jim@jfryer.com

914 826 5257

 

Joe Tinari (Colleague) Professional Guitarist, Teacher (Neighborhood Music School)

681 Silver Sands Rd

East Haven, CT 06512

(no email)

203 4693876

 

 

E-mail - difab4@aol.com

Nicholas DiFabbio - 203 988 5922