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Dr. Caputo is the
trombone instructor at Florida Atlantic University, in Boca Raton,
and is a free-lance trombonist in the south Florida area. He is an
adjunct professor at Palm Beach State College and conducted the
symphonic band at Palm Beach Atlantic University during the '08-09
school year. Prior to this, he instructed elementary string students
for the Fairfax County Public Schools in Northern Virginia and was
former adjunct advisor in Music Education at The Catholic University
of America, in Washington, D. C. In addition, he has formed a two
professional jazz string orchestras, The Washington Jazz String
Project, that performed at the Kennedy Center in the spring of 2002,
and the New York Jazz All-Star Swingin' Strings.
He has been an
adjunct professor on the campus of Montgomery College in Rockville,
Maryland, where he conducted the college community band, brass band,
and jazz ensemble, served as the trombone studio teacher, and taught
Music Fundamentals to non-music majors. He has taught graduate music
education courses and the jazz ensemble at The Catholic University of
America. He is a frequent guest conductor having conducted all-county
jazz and concert bands for Carroll, Ann Arundel, and Charles Counties
in Maryland. His work in the public schools spans elementary to high
school where he has taught band, orchestra, jazz ensembles, as well
as theory, music history and literature, electronic music, and guitar.
He was the music supervisor for the Montgomery County Public Schools
in Rockville, Maryland, from 1983 through May, 1999.
While in
Washington, D.C., he performed for Natalie Cole and a variety of
artists and Broadway shows at the National Theater, Warner Theater,
and Wolf Trap. He was a member of the Beethoven Pops and Washington
Civic Opera Orchestras. He toured with Larry Elgart and the Frankie
Carle orchestra and served with the U. S. Army Band of Ft. Meyer, VA
from 1967-70. He is a regular adjudicator at concert and jazz band
festivals throughout the state of Maryland and at major theme parks
on the east coast. He has served as vice-president of the Maryland
Chapter of the International Association of Jazz Educators from 1984-1995
Dr. Caputo has
earned degrees from The Catholic University of America, the Manhattan
School of Music, and the State University College, Potsdam, NY. His
trombone studies were with Edward Herman, of the New York
Philharmonic; Roger Smith, of the Metropolitan Opera, and John
Marcellus, of the National Symphony Orchestra. He has studied
arranging with Hank Levy, Towson State University, and Dr. Sandy Feldstein. |
