ROOTS MUSIC & EDUCATION SERIES

ABOUT RICHIE IACONA

Free Lance Pianist, Arranger, Composer and Conductor.

Arranger/Conductor with Julius LaRosa, Toni Arden, Fran Jeffries, Gerard Carelli, Marilyn Michaels, Claiborne Cary, John Pizzerelli Jr., Madeline Kole, Peter Lemongello, Ray Alexander, and many others.

 

Had the opportunity to performed with Kate Baldwin, Charles Aznevour, Marvin Stamm and the Norfolk Symphony orchestra, Tommy Tune, Julie Budd, Scott Record, Les DeMerle, Urbie Green, Clark Terry, Jerome Richardson, George Shearing, Liza Minelli, Diahan Caroll, Vic Damone, Leslie Uggams, Marlo

Thomas, Phil Donahue, Clint Holmes, Elizabeth Taylor, Hugh O’Brien, Bill Cosby, Peter Noone, Darlene Love, Suzanna McCorkle, Chuck Jackson, Kathy Lee Gifford, Marvin Stamm and the Norwalk Symphony

Faculty member - Interplay Summer Jazz Workshop Camp, Woodstock, Vermont

 

Staff - Arranger for The Rainbow Room Orchestra Rockefeller Center N.Y.C.

 

Staff Composer/Arranger Omni Music Library. Omni projects and jingles include various music for:

K-Mart, Telemudo and Univision Cable networks, Saturday Night Live, Heileman Breweries Inc., World Book, Sears Dept. Stores, Acura Motors, Theme song for 12 Corazones, Lever Bros, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Office, Law and Order, Folgers Coffee, the USA Cable Network, Netflix and various Radio and Television spots both in the USA and Europe. Some of his major works are available and published by Carl Fisher, Omni Music Inc., and Smart Chart Music.

Leader of “The Bad Little Big Band” since 1979. Member of ASCAP, and Local #802 American Federation of Musicians.

 

Associate Adjunct Professor Of Music at LIU CW POST

 

Appeared and performed in motion pictures: Woody Allen’s “Mighty Aphrodite”, “Celebrity” and “It Could Happen To You”