Alex
Bocchino began teaching in the Summit Public School District in 1998
and is currently the Assistant High School Band Director, Assistant
Marching Band Director, Eighth Grade Band Director, Summit HS Big Band Director and founded and directs the Summit High
School Percussion Ensemble.
Mr.
Bocchino received a Bachelor of Music degree in Performance, and a
Masters of Music degree in Music Education from William Paterson
University where he was under the tutelage of percussion pioneer,
Raymond DesRoches. At William Paterson he was named Who's Who among
Students in American Universities and Colleges. Mr. Bocchino has also
completed graduate coursework at Teachers College, Columbia University and The College of New Jersey.
As a percussionist, Mr. Bocchino has appeared on the YES network as
well as National Public Radio. Concert performances have included
Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, NJPAC, as well as Harvard and
Princeton Universities. As a member of the New Jersey Percussion
Ensemble he has toured the United States and Europe and recorded for
KOCH International Classics, Composers Guild of NJ, Capstone, and
Aggregate Music. Mr. Bocchino’s 1996 KOCH recording of Charles
Wuorinen’s Percussion Quartet was recently reissued on the Naxos label.
Mr.
Bocchino has presented clinics and master classes throughout New Jersey
including; the NJEA convention in Atlantic City, and NJMEA Convention
in East Brunswick. He was honored with the 2003 Service Award from the
Morris Union Jointure Commission in recognition of his participation and
commitment to the organization. Mr. Bocchino has had the honor of
conducting the inaugural performances of both the Central Jersey Music
Educators Intermediate and High School Percussion Ensembles as well as
the 2012 CJMEA Intermediate Band. In 2009 Mr. Bocchino was named
Director of Percussion Studies at Caldwell University. |