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Nicholas Ciraldo

Dr. Nicholas Ciraldo

Professor

Bio

Nicholas Ciraldo won awards at the Tredrez-Locquemau, Gaetano Zinetti, GFA, Portland, and MTNA guitar competitions. He now enjoys numerous performances across four continents, playing in such venues as the United States’ Jordan Hall, Germany’s Berliner Dom, and Brazil’s Teatro José Maria Santos. Ciraldo has released three albums for solo guitar. Soundboard magazine states that Ciraldo’s “performances…are, without reservations, marvelous…with abundant technique and commitment to the music…one of the best….” Allmusic.com defines his playing as “confident…goes right to the heart of the music, with his precise, active, athletic style.” The Baton Rouge Advocate reviews him as “definitely in command….generating a collective gasp of amazement in the audience.” Kansas City’s Journal of the Performing Arts said Ciraldo’s “touch was nimble and delicate...the instrument was a clear extension of the performer….” He is Professor of Music at The University of Southern Mississippi School of Music.

  • DMA - University of Texas at Austin (2006)
  • MM - New England Conservatory of Music (2002)
  • BM - Indiana University-Bloomington (2000)

Instrumental Literature (Survey of Music for Plucked String Instruments since the Renaissance), String Pedagogy, Music Theory for Non-Music Majors

  • English (Native or Bilingual)
  • Spanish (Limited Working)
  • Portuguese (Limited Working)
  • Italian (Elementary)

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Contact Me

Marsh Hall - Fine Arts Building (FAB) 313 map

Hattiesburg

Email
Nicholas.CiraldoFREEMississippi

Phone
601.266.5401

Areas of Expertise

Classical Guitar