Dr. Joseph Montelione
Bio
As a commercial artist he has worked with Billy Joel, Tony Bennett, Charlie Daniels, Amy Grant, The Irish Tenors, Don Menza, Bob Mintzer, Ruben Studdard, Mandisa, Kim Choo-ja, Julie Andrews, Nathan Lane, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ian Fraser, Ed Strauss, Laura Bell Bundy, Lea Michelle, Bart Shatto, Steve Tewksbury, Eden Espinosa, and many others. He is the music director for "Bartley in Concert" a jazz concert experience featuring singer Adam Bartley (star of the television show Longmire). Montelione can be heard on major-motion picture soundtracks to the “Post Grad Survival Guide”, “Live Evil”, “Unearthed,” the documentary "U-Street Sounds", and the video game “Metropolis.”
As an orchestral trumpeter, he has performed with the Florida Orchestra, Opera Tampa, Jacksonville Symphony, Coastal Symphony of Georgia, Ocala Symphony, Opera Memphis, Memphis Symphony, Alabama Symphony, Moscow State Radio Symphony, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Erie Symphony, Washington Symphony Orchestra, Jackson Symphony and the Carnegie Hall performance of the United Nations Orchestra.
He has been seen in the Broadway pits for the shows “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” starring Nathan Lane, “Victor/Victoria” starring Julie Andrews, “The King and I” starring Lou Diamond Phillips and “Big: The Musical” a musical adaptation of the 1988 Tom Hanks film. He spent many summers as music director of the CRT Orchestra, a high-energy show band that is in residence at the Creede Repertory Theatre. He currently performs as the feature trumpet soloist for “Concert With Words”, a live concert experience that blends instrumental performance and acting.
He is a 2016 Henry Award Nominee for Best Music Director and Best Musical for his work with Guys and Dolls. His arrangements and orchestrations can be heard on Broadway Star Steve Tewksbury’s Album “The Luckiest”, with Adam Bartley (current star of the television show “Longmire”) and for the musical "The Presidents" and a new orchestration for Franks Loesser's "Guys and Dolls."
As a composer he wrote the music for the national touring musicals "Viva Agua" (Book by John DiAntonio) and "Mathstronaut" (Book by John DiAntonio) and the comedy "Pants on Fire" (Book by Jessica Jackson). He also composed the music for the plays Harry the Great (book by John DiAntonio) and Tamin of the Shrew (Book by Nagle Jackson), as well as a jingle for a TCBY commercial.
Equally skilled on the podium, Dr. Montelione was a semi-finalist in the Concours International pour Jeunes Chefs d’orchestres in Chenove, France and has conducted a wide variety of groups including the Memphis Chamber Players, New Ballet Ensemble, West Point Military Academy Band, Falls Church Orchestra, UF Trumpet Ensemble, University of Southern California Chamber Winds, USC Brass Choir, USC Trumpet Ensemble, Jacksonville Civic Orchestra and the Capistrano Performing Arts Center Orchestra.
Dr. Montelione is currently a Professor of Music at Florida Tech where he teaches trumpet and directs the band program. He has been on the faculty of the University of Florida as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Trumpet and a member of the artist faculty for the National Trumpet Competition since 2007. Montelione has served as a teaching-artist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a performing artist-educator for Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and the New England Music Camp, as the Director of Instrumental Performance at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN and trumpet faculty for Music Academy International in Italy.
