Neal Fitzpatrick
Guitar
Neal Fitzpatrick, guitarist and composer, is a Connecticut native who holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Hartt School of Music, and earned a Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music in 1998. He studied extensively with jazz great Sal Salvador and world-renowned classical guitarist Sharon Isbin. He continued his studies at Yale under another master and innovator of the guitar, Benjamin Verdery. While at Yale he served as Mr. Verdery's teaching assistant for one year.
His awards include the annual Applied Music Department Guitar Award for Excellence -- a highly competitive award given at the end of each school year at the Hartt School. He also was a recipient of the Benjamin Jepson Award at Yale -- an award given to a Connecticut native who excelled while in the music program.
Mr. Fitzpatrick is an active soloist and chamber musician. He has performed at diverse venues such as the Connecticut Classical Guitar Society, the Yale Center for British Art, Sprague Hall, the Aspen Music Festival, the Neighborhood Music School, the Yale Guitar Extravaganza, the New York City Guitar Festival, Bate Recital Hall in Austin, Texas and at Woolsey Hall with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. Neal is widely active in Public Library Concert programs throughout the tri-state area. He has premiered works for solo guitar and guitar chamber music by composers Tom Briggs, Phillip Houghton, Adam Silverman, and S. Beth May. His recordings have been heard on WMNR and WPKN.
Mr. Fitzpatrick teaches all styles and levels of guitar, bass guitar and banjo. When not playing the guitar Neal is most likely to be found enjoying time with his wife and two children. He is also an aspiring amateur astronomer.
