Anthony Fuoco is an active
piano teacher and performer in the Cleveland area. His eclectic background
as a pianist, improviser, and composer enables him to teach both classical and
jazz styles, along with music theory and composition. In addition to teaching
at Rhapsody Music Studio, he is a lecturer at Baldwin Wallace University and is
the coordinator of Secondary Piano. At BW he has taught piano lessons, group
piano classes, jazz piano, pedagogy, piano literature, jazz improvisation, jazz
combos, music theory, and ear-training. As a pianist, Fuoco frequently performs
as a member of groups such as the Pulse Quartet (with Brad Wagner, Aidan Plank,
and Dustin May), the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and the Wedmedyk/Fuoco duo.
In 2020,
he and William Wedmedyk released their recording Finding Home, featuring
their compositions and improvisations. He has also collaborated with many
well-known jazz artists. In 2019, his performance with Joe Lovano at the
BopStop was recorded and featured on the NPR program Jazz Night in America.
He also has extensive experience performing the classical piano duo repertoire
with his wife, Christine Fuoco. Degrees earned are an M.M. in piano performance
from the University of Illinois, and a B.M. in piano performance from SUNY
Potsdam.