Joe Della Penna
Pianist/Vocalist/Composer

100 Landsdowne St #314
Cambridge MA 02139
Home: (617) 492-8734
Cell: (617) 417-2515
Jdp_pianist@yahoo.com
joe@joedellapenna.com
www.joedellapenna.com

Theatre Experience

Music Director
"Kids' Cabaret"
with Director Katie Pickett
The New School of Music, Cambridge MA
June-August 2004

Music Director
"Anything Goes"
with Director David Harrington
Ashland High School, Ashland MA
January-April 2004

Keyboardist/Music Director
ImprovBoston
Mainstage Show & TheatreSports
with Directors Will Luera and Don Schuerman
Cambridge MA
1998-2004

Music Director/Actor
"A Haunted Cabaret"
with actress/creator Rita Parisi
Salem MA
October 2003

Piano Accompanist
"The Yellow Dress"
tour of Racine WI
with actress Meghan Boeing
Deana's Fund, "Acting To Prevent Violence"
Stoneham MA
April 2003

Compositions And Theater Experience

Actor in workshops
with instructors Bill Raiten and Larry J. Tish
Boston MA
2003-present

Actor in "Anyone Can Act" class
with instructor Stan Edelson
Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge MA
2001-2002

Pianist/Music Director/Vocalist
"Cabaret In Motion: A 'Joint' Effort"
to benefit The Arthritis Foundation
featuring Valerie Frank and Bonnie Wallace
The Elm Street Theatre, Somerville MA
August 2002

Pianist/Co-Music Director
"HONK!, A Children's Musical"
with director Paul Benzaquin
Shady Hill School, Cambridge MA
April 2002

Composer/Lyricist
"Aesop’s Fables" (Children’s Musical)
with composer/lyricist/actor Mike Della Penna
Lyric Stage, Boston MA
April 2001

Writing Consultant
"Turn Out The Stars"
a screenplay by author Diana Cobbold
about jazz pianist Bill Evans
and record producer/manager Helen Keane
2000-present

Teaching Experience

Private Instructor
Classical & Jazz Piano
Jazz & Cabaret Voice
Private Studio
Cambridge MA
1999-present

Pianist and Vocal Instructor
Beginning Jazz Singing
Cambridge Center for Adult Education
Cambridge MA
Summer 2001-present

Pianist/Vocalist/Lecturer
Jazz Vocal History
Jazz Appreciation
Music of Harry Warren
Music of Alec Wilder and Johnny Mercer
Understanding Film Music
Cambridge Center for Adult Education
Cambridge MA
1998-present

Brookline Adult & Community Education Center
Brookline MA
Level II Voice Class
Jazz Appreciation Class
Winter 2002-Summer 2003

Suffolk University
Boston MA
Co-Instructor/Piano Accompanist/Vocal Coach
Acting The Song
with Fran Charnis of the Boston Conservatory
Fall 2001

Performance Experience

Piano Accompanist/Featured Vocalist
Open Mike Series, sponsored by
The Boston Association of Cabaret Artists
Cambridge Center for Adult Education
2001-present

Pianist/Bandleader
Ryles Jazz Club
Cambridge MA
Sunday Jazz Brunch
2004-present

Pianist/Vocalist/Bandleader/Music Director
of various engagements including:
Acton Jazz Cafe
Arlington Street Church (UU)
The Bay Tower Room
The Blacksmith House (CCAE)
Club Cafe
The Copley Park Plaza
Ester's Provincetown
Foccacia's Ristorante
The Four Seasons Hotel
Frank's Steak House
Hale House
The Harvard Club
The Omni-Parker House
The Ritz-Carlton
Ryles Jazz Club
TK's Jazz Cafe (Fanueil Hall)
Venezia Ristorante
Zeitgeist Gallery
1998–present

Music Director/Piano Accompanist/Featured Vocalist
The Center For The Arts In Natick(T-CAN), Natick MA
Jan-May 2002

Featured Pianist
Club Café, Boston MA
Sunday Jazz Brunch
1999-2001

Compositions & Recordings

The Joe Della Penna Trio
"Live at the Zeitgeist Gallery"
September and November 2004
with Greg Loughman, bass
and Brooke Sofferman, drums
(includes new compositions)
Sachimay Records 2005
Release Date TBD

Pamela Enders with Joe Della Penna
"The Right To Love"
vocal and piano CD single
recorded at Dreamworld Productions
Vanite Records
2004

Colleen Giles with Joe Della Penna
"Light Years"
vocal and piano radio jingle
recorded at Dreamworld Productions
2004

Joe Della Penna
"Vintage Clothing"
solo piano recorded live
for the Second Annual Piano Festival
Zeitgeist Gallery
September 2003

Joe Della Penna
CD Demo: "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"
solo piano studio recording
1999

Composer: Original Soundtrack
"Thanksgiving Grace", a film by Kyong-Hwa Lee
Boston University, Boston MA
May 1998

Agencies & Organizations

Willow Entertainment Agency Boston MA and New York NY
Solo Pianist and Bandleader
1998-present

Music Management
Cambridge MA
Solo Pianist and Bandleader
2004-present

Makin’ Music Agency, Waltham MA
Private Instructor–Piano, Voice & Theory
1999-present

The Boston Association of Cabaret Artists (BACA)
1999-present

The New Opera and Music Theater Initiative (NOMTI)
2001-2002

The Boston Musicians’ Association (BMA Union)
1999-2001

Education

New England Conservatory of Music, Boston MA
Scholarship/Master of Music in Jazz Piano
and Vocal Performance, 1995
Professors: Ran Blake, Paul Bley, Dominique Eade & Jimmy Giuffre

Manhattan School of Music, New York NY
Jazz Seminar with Toshiko Akiyoshi
and Harold Danko
Summer 1992

The Hartt School, West Hartford CT
Bachelor of Music cum laude
in Jazz Piano Performance, 1991
Professors: Jackie McLean and Jaki Byard

References Available Upon Request