Corrie Zazzera

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My name is Corrie Zazzera and I started this amazing journey as a musician 13 years ago. I started playing the guitar in my early teens. I started out on the electric guitar and was most influenced by bands such as Nirvana, Ozzy and Megadeth. When I went to high school, I went to a visual and performing arts high school called New School for the Arts. While I was attending NSA, I had the opportunity to take music theory, keyboard, composition and guitar classes. During my junior year at NSA, I discovered the classical guitar and studied with David Kriegal and Joe Costello. I picked up the classical style quickly and really enjoyed it. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to audition for the guitar program at Arizona State University. I was fortunate enough to be able to study with Professor Frank Koonce starting the second semester of my freshman year. During my time at ASU, I not only got the privilege to study with Frank Koonce but I also got to participate in master classes with such virtuosos as David Burgess, Martha Masters, Ana Vidovic, Richard Provost, Adam Holzman and Ronald Pearl. I also started teaching my own students in college and have been doing so for 6 years. I really love teaching. I graduated from ASU in December 2004 with my Bachelor of Music Performance degree for guitar. I decided to go back to school for music education. I am now certified to teach Choral and General Music kindergarten through high school. I recently finished my first year of teaching elementary general music and decided to go back to school for my masters in guitar performance. I am excited to go back and become the best guitar player that I can be and make a living as a performing musician.