Instruments: Guitar

Biography:

Jay is a graduate of Manhattan School of Music, University of Arizona, from and Stony Brook University, where he recently completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree.

Jay Sorce is a classical guitarist noted for his "...unique blend of refinement, intensity, and virtuosic technique", he has appeared in performance throughout the United States and in Canada, Mexico and Germany as a soloist and chamber musician. Highlight appearances include performances at the Long Island Guitar Festival, Iserlohn Guitar Festival, Tuckamore Festival, Brooklyn'sUNPLAY festival, the East Bank concert series, and at New York'sStaller Center for the Performing Arts where his solo recital was hailed as "simply brilliant" (Jerry Willard).

Jay is a founding member of Sorce/Lodge Duo, a piano and guitar duo and Iktus Quartet an ensemble of guitar, piano, percussion and saxophone. Jay is a strong advocate for new music and is committed to expanding the role of guitar as a chamber instrument. He has premiered many new pieces and champions works by living composers; his current season features premieres of ensemble works by Cerrone, Lang, Phillips, Epstein, Tacke, Trigos and more.

Jay's 2015/16 performance season includes several solo and ensemble performances around the US, notably at Oberlin College, Cincinnatti College-Conservatory of Music, Kent State, Constellation (Chicago), Bowling Green State University, the Versipel Festival, and Arkansas State University and in NYC at Queens College, Greenwich Music House, Purchase College, and at the Wintergarden (to be broadcast on WNYC's New Sounds with John Schaefer).

Concerto highlights include his performance of Malcolm Arnorld's Guitar Concerto with the Symphony Orchestra of Guanajuato, a Mexican premiere, and Juan Trigos' Guitar Concerto (Ricercare VI) with Stony Brook's Contemporary Chamber Players.

Jay is a graduate of Manhattan School of Music, University of Arizona, from and Stony Brook University, where he recently completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree.

Jay is a recipient of the Toccata Award from the Aaron Brock Foundation, the Manhattan School of Music Excellence Award, as well as full-tuition scholarships from the University of Arizona, and Stony Brook University.

Jay is currently a faculty member of the SUNY, Suffolk.