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Antonio Forte is a composer, interdisciplinary sound and visual artist, and educator from Providence, Rhode Island. He creates process-driven, research-based music to tell stories, build sonic worlds, and explore identity. His ongoing research utilizes 'Experimental Ethnomusicology' to unearth the individual, communal, and wider cultural stories of the ancient Samnites of south-central Italy.
Antonio studied Fine Art at SACI in Florence, Italy. He holds a BA in Music from American University, in Washington, DC, where he also studied sculpture, and holds an MFA in Music Composition from Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, VT.
Photograph by Nancy Jo Snider
He currently resides in Narragansett, Rhode Island, where he teaches music and visual arts, and is the conductor of a youth orchestra called the OrQuestra. He has been a teaching artist through programs at BEAM camp, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, and the Artists' Exchange. He has been a guest lecturer/performer at the University of Rhode Island, American University, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Music School, Vermont College of Fine Arts, the Museum of Loss and Renewal, and Art Center Padula.
As a composer, Antonio's work has been performed by groups including Aurora Chamber Orchestra, The City of Tomorrow, Hapax Trio, Mobius Percussion, INTERFERENCE new music collective, Quince Ensemble, and Trio Lunaire. He has created original scores and sound design for art galleries and installations, documentary films, podcast series, and theatre productions.
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