E-mail this pageMusic Faculty - Michael Angelo Fratino
Adjunct Lecturer
Michael Angelo Fratino has been teaching at Plattsburgh State since 2002, where he teaches two sections of MUS 293 Guitar Class,
directs the guitar ensemble, and teaches a studio of private students. He is building the Plattsburgh guitar program into its own entity by having the guitarists and guitar ensembles give a public performance in Krinovitz Recital Hall as a unit every semester. He promotes all styles of guitar playing, including popular, jazz, classical, rock, and contemporary guitar techniques. He also encourages students to find their own voices by catering the program to suit and exploit each individual's technical abilities.
As a musician, Michael Angelo Frationo is engaged in many projects at the moment--actively performing, often at Plattsburgh State, in town, or back home in Montreal, Quebec. He has been part of the underground electronic music scene (electro acoustic/dance music) in Montreal for the past five years with CAPSULE, a group which played the MUTEK festival in 2002, a major music festival in Montreal. He is currently forming a new project called FIREGODS which is more instrumentally oriented with progressive rock overtones. Fratino also performs with a classical/acoustic guitar duo which will be making its debut in the very near future, with repertoire spanning world music and jazz. He has studied with several major composers and guitarists, Leo Brouwer, Roland Dyens, Ricardo Cobo, and Bruce Holzman, to name a few.
Education
- M.M., McGill University
- B.F.A., Concordia University
Teaching Areas
- Guitar
- Guitar Class
- Guitar Ensemble
Recent Performances
- MUTEK festival
Bands and Ensembles
- CAPSULE
- FIREGODS
Contact Michael Fratino
Office: Myers Fine Arts 114F
Phone: (514) 946-3578
E-mail: michaelfratino@hotmail.com