About the author
Joe Procopio is a master musician and teacher with proven success for over 50 years.
His purpose in writing ebooks is to make his successful method of teaching and making musicians available to as many people as possible around the world.
“While I cannot guarantee that my ebooks will make you a great musician,” says Procopio, “I can say that they are designed to magnify your love of music - and that I guarantee each will enrich and enhance your life. People from all over the world have written to me to tell me so.”
As a Master Musician , Joe Procopio is an ASCAP Artist, composer, conductor and professional musician. He was the Lead Reed for many of the nation's top recording artists including:
The Temptations, Steve and Eydie Gorme, Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Lawrence Welk, Frankie Avalon, Frankie Laine, Jack Jones, Kathryn Grayson, Carmel Quinn, Don Cornell, Bobby Rydell, Vic Damone, Rodney Dangerfield, Foster Brooks, The Vagabonds, The Ritz Brothers, Sammy Cohn, Jimmy Van Heusen, Tiny Tim, Al Martino, Petula Clark, Wayne Newton, Pat Cooper, The Four Tops, The Spinners, etc. Lead Alto Sax Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Savoy Theater and Palace Theater Myrtle Beach, SC
He is listed in The Encyclopedia of Saxophone Music Londeix, Roncorp Rub. He was the
teacher Of Guitarist T. Maxwell heard in TV’s Magnum P.I., The Rockford Files and Kojak and the vocalist/bassist of Brit Floyd (Pink Floyd).
His accomplishments as a teacher include:
The Miles Clark Endowed Chair, Music, College of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC
Chair Music Department Cazenovia Central School NY
Director Of Instrumental Music Chapel Hill/Carrboro City Schools NC
Adjunct Professor Applied Music Cazenovia College, NY