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Industry Bio.Pages Joe Deninzon ! World’s Premiere Alternative! Violinist! Contact: Anne Leighton: 718-881-8183, [email protected] www.joedeninzon.com ! Hailed as “The Jimi Hendrix of the Violin,” Joe Deninzon is quickly rising as a performer, composer, and favorite of the youth set. He solos his works with professional and school orchestras, plus performs in the rising hip-hop/Latin/Classical Quartet Sweet Plantain. Joe leads Stratospheerius, a progressive rock band that has co-created the SonicVoyageFest in the Northeast U.S. Deninzon transcends many genres, having worked with Bruce Springsteen, Phoebe Snow, Everclear, Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, Robert Bonfiglio, and Les Paul among many others. A 14-time BMI Jazz Composer’s grant recipient and winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, he recently wrote a solo piece commissioned for violinist Rachel Barton Pine and is set to premier his Electric Violin Concerto with the Muncie Symphony Orchestra on September 19, 2015. Joe wrote a book on electric violin techniques for Mel Bay Publications, entitled “Plugging In.” BLOGCRITICS compares Deninzon to "Jeff Beck (as a) "fiddlemaster with a streak of humor." Binghamton's PRESS & SUN BULLETIN calls the group “innovative." THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER praises Stratospheerius for its "funky electric violins, driving guitar rhythms, and fevered drumming layered in an explosive !fashion." ! ! ! ! New Stratospheerius video for "One Foot in the Next World" !http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7ad4iCYIOI&feature=youtu.be !"Plugging In" by Joe Deninzon available now from Mel Bay Publications All music and merch available at http://stratospheerius.com/store/ !and http://www.joedeninzon.com/discography/ Click here for upcoming performances www.joedeninzon.com www.stratospheerius.com www.facebook.com/stratospheerius !www.reverbnation.com/stratospheerius Contact: Anne Leighton: 718-881-8183 [email protected] .
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