About Damian Bonazzoli

• Holding a degree in music from the University of Massachusetts, Damian Bonazzoli has played guitar for 31 years, and taught for over 20. He has played on arena rock stages, in blues and jazz clubs, in musical theatre productions, at folk and bluegrass gatherings, and in classical recitals. He has composed music for, and performed on, eight full length recordings, and plans to release an album of original guitar based compositions in 2016.

• Damian began playing guitar at the age of thirteen, inspired by a range of guitar players from jazz great Django Reinhardt to David Gilmore of Pink Floyd to Stevie Ray Vaughn to Joe Satriani. Even during his early years of playing, Damian avoided being tied to a particular genre, and instead tried to develop a style that would not easily be categorized. Toward this end, Damian expanded his musical taste and proficiency into symphonic music, jazz and blues, Broadway-style musicals, and world music.

  
  At the University of Massachusetts, Damian sang in the Collegiate Choir, studied advanced harmony and composition, and continued to hone both his guitar playing and his songwriting talent.

  
  Now a resident of Deland, Florida, Damian continues to write, record, and perform. His forthcoming release, “The Endless Highway,” shows that Damian remains among the finest guitarists of his generation.