Musician

As a classically-trained cellist and pianist, I have come to enjoy a variety of musical genres and actively seek to explore diverse styles on these traditional instruments. For me, music is not only a passion but also an escape from the stresses of everyday life. This source of comfort emanates from several areas; for instance, I have synesthesia which, generally-speaking, is an effect created by the crossing and intersection of nerves. That crossing produces dual effects and sensations. For instance, each musical note I hear, along with every number, day of the week, and month of the year, all visually appears to me in a corresponding color. Furthermore, I have found that I tend to memorize music quickly and synesthesia here plays a seemingly different role. When performing a composition such as Bach’s Suite No. 1 in G Major, the individual musical phrases have an intimate connection to my brain and provide the sensation of a mental road map that delivers a feeling that I am traveling on a harmonic journey with the ultimate relief of returning home with the arrival of the final cadence.

Local Grants and Funding as a Musician:

In June 2024, I was honored to receive a community arts grant from Arts Mid-Hudson for my new brand of “Uber Arts: Delivering Music for the Soul:” my collection of twelve musical concerts that combine historical narrations with beautiful harmonies for an immersive audience experience.

In 2023, I was honored to be a recipient of a community arts grant from the Orange County, New York Arts Council. Such support has allowed me to expand, as of 2024, beyond my prior average of 130 bookings per year and earn a similar community arts grant from Arts Mid-Hudson. Though it is an ultimate passion bringing music to the regions where I am from, recognition for my work throughout the year is most gratifying. These awards certainly help bolster and encourage me to delve further and dive deeper, it is what keeps me quite busy. Arts Mid-Hudson serves Orange, Ulster, and Dutchess counties providing arts consulting, community engagement, programs, and funding for the arts. Likewise, the Orange County, New York Arts Council invests in Orange County by championing the arts, builds new and more diverse audiences while deepening their engagement with the arts, fosters community engagement in arts and culture, extend and strengthens the presence of the arts in Orange County, and supports initiatives that nurture thriving arts and cultural sectors.

My Cello Lesson Trek – Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall

These pictures are a compilation of my weekly treks to cello lessons throughout the year.

Featured below are a few more samples of my work; while I do play the cello in its traditional form, you may also notice that I employ an assortment of guitar pedals to generate altered tones. Some of these pedals include the distortion, delay, the iconic “wah-wah” pedal (symbolic of 1960s rock bands), all in conjunction with my Boss RC-300 looping station. This is arguably my most important piece of equipment, allowing me to pre-record musical tracks as well as offering the ability to record and loop various tracks live—thus performing as a modern one-man band.

Classical Music

J.S. Bach Cello Suite No. 4: Prelude:

Scherzo: Daniel Van Goens:

Claude Debussy – Rêverie:

Claude Debussy – Arabesque No. 1:

Arioso from J. S. Bach’s Cantata, BWV 156:

Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Georg Goltermann:

Tarantella: Op.23 by William Henry Squire:

Camille Saint-Saëns: The Swan (Le Cygne):

Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, Allemande:

Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, Prelude:

Jazz Music

So What, Miles Davis

My Favorite Things: John Coltrane / Alex Prizgintas: Cello

A Night in Tunisia: Dizzy Gillespie:

Blue Rondo Al a Turk / Dave Brubeck History:

My Funny Valentine / Alex Prizgintas: Jazz Cello

Latin Music

Libertango / Astor Piazzolla:

Rock n’ Roll / Blues / 1960s-1970s Music

Steely Dan, Reelin’ in the Years

Smoke on the Water: Deep Purple:

Born to Run: Bruce Springsteen:

With a Little Help from My Friends: Joe Cocker:

God Bless The Child: Blood, Sweat, & Tears:

Green Eyed Lady:

Blackbird (The Beatles):

25 or 6 to 4 / Chicago:

House of the Rising Sun:

American Woman: The Guess Who:

Black Dog: Led Zeppelin:

Cream: Sunshine of Your Love:

Guns N’ Roses: Sweet Child O’ Mine:

Kashmir: Led Zeppelin:

Purple Haze / Jimi Hendrix:

Seasonal Music

Silent Night:

Ma’oz Tzur / Rock of Ages:

Carol of the Bells Medley:

Christmas/Hanukkah Songs for the Holiday Season:

A Trans-Siberian Christmas at Marist College:

Opera Music

Queen of the Night Aria: Mozart:

Una Furtiva Lagrima on the Cello / Donizetti:

Here are samples of performances at assisted living facilities, libraries, and concert venues across the Hudson Valley and northern New Jersey. For any questions, please see my events calendar or contact me here.

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