Antonio Castro-Ossorio, stage name: Antonio Truyols
Jazz Studies Major, Business Minor (2012) GPA: 4.0
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
(Lloyd International Honors College)
202 East Lake Drive
Greensboro, NC 27403
United States
240.372.1535
antonio.truyols@gmail.com
antoniotruyols.wordpress.com
Performance and Arranging Experience
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UNCG Jazz Ensemble: Member in good
standing since fall 2008.
o Arranged for guest artist Peter
Bernstein (2011).
o Arranged for and performed on
studio album with John Ellis
(2011).
o Arranged for and performed on
live album with Lee Konitz
(2010).
o Arranged for and performed on
studio album: The Music of Joel
Frahm and Seamus Blake with
guest artist Joel Frahm (2009).
Unit Three (2008-Present): Founder of
jazz piano trio.
Imaginary Friends (2010-Present): Cofounder of chamber ensemble.
Capital Focus Jazz Band (2007-2008): Performed with this traditional jazz
band in the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee in California and the Ascona New
Orleans Jazz Festival in Switzerland.
Piedmont Wind Symphony
Urban Sophisticates
Maryland All-State Jazz Band (2007-2008)
Maryland All-State Senior Band (2008)
International Association of Jazz Educators’ Jazz Consortium (2004-2006)
Jazz Cabaret (2005-2008): Co-creator/arranger for Quince Orchard High
School program.
Furia Flamenca (2006-2008): Dancer and percussionist for this flamenco
dance company. Performed at Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.
Matices (2004-2008): Competitive dancer and percussionist for this Peruvian
folkloric dance company. Performed at Magic Kingdom Disney World Resort
in Orlando, Florida.
Grease (2008): Played singing role of Teen Angel and multiple dancing roles.
Seussical the Musical (2007): Pit orchestra.
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Employment
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Guilford County Public Schools (2011): Arranger for annual On Stage!
Production.
 Norwegian Cruise Line (2010-2011): Musical Director. Managed a sevenpiece orchestra and conducted the production shows on the NCL Jade.
 Private Lessons: Teacher of child and adult students since 2007.
 St. Rose of Lima Hispanic Choir (2006-2008): Accompanied services and
taught music theory.
Honors
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Best Band at Bucharest International Jazz Competition with trio, Unit Three,
in Romania.
Presser Scholarship sponsored by Presser Foundation
Susan E. Brown Music Scholarship sponsored by Mr. William Black
Euterpe Club of Greensboro Scholarship
H.S. diploma in piano performance from National Guild of Piano Teachers
Top-Talent Circle rating in National Piano Guild Auditions
Tri-M Music Honors Society: Member in good standing since 2007.
Two national championship titles in Marinera Norteña with Matices dance
company: Annandale, VA-July 2006; Paterson, NJ-November 2006.
Lessons and Master Classes
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Lesson with Branford Marsalis
MC, Edward Simon, pianist of San Francisco Jazz Collective
Chamber ensemble MC, Anthony McGill, principal clarinetist for New York
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
MC, Delfeayo Marsalis
MC, Eugene Rousseau
Lesson with Wycliffe Gordon
MC, Chris Vadala, director of jazz studies, University of Maryland
Community Service Work
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Volunteered at United Cerebral Palsy, working with Cerebral Palsy patients
ages 20 and above.
Volunteered at Martha’s Table, a historical soup kitchen in northeast D.C.
Volunteered at Little Sisters of the Poor, an assisted living home for the
impoverished elderly of Washington D.C.
References
Steve Haines: Director of Jazz Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro;
336.256.0105
Dr. John Salmon: Professor of piano, University of North Carolina at Greensboro;
336.334.5431
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