sound circuits. Music schools.
The courses are open to all age groups and are structured in several levels, to guarantee basic knowledge to all those who want to play for
pure pleasure and be an indispensable support for those people who want to become serious professionals.
In this regard, CS offers professional courses in drums, singing and piano, guitar courses, electric bass courses.
PRODUCTIONS
Armando Cacciato
Singer-songwriter and independent Sicilian producer, he professionally began his artistic career in 2001, participating with his band Harea Kreativa in the Sanremo Academy of Songs (semi-finalist). With them he performed for several years in squares and regional venues proposing, in addition to heterogeneous covers , unreleased tracks with an electro-rock flavour. As a soloist, he participates in the Lennon Festival (semi-finalist) and wins first place as the best interpreter of SMOKE ON THE WATER in the Valentine's Contest (Deep purple official website web award).
In 2007 he publishes his first solo album, può farti male, distributed digitally and in physical copies by Videoradio.
In September 2011 he performed as drummer in the Italian tribute to Michael Jackson "This Time Is For You" with the orchestra of the Vittadini conservatory, conducted by Ugo Nastrucci and with Sherrita Duran, an Italian-American singer.
In 2012 he reinterpreted live DEEP PURPLE's greatest hits with their main exponent, drummer IAN PAICE. In 2013 he sings with his band with Andrea Braido, virtuoso Italian guitarist (Zucchero, Vasco Rossi).
It has also opened concerts for successful Italian singer-songwriters such as Gatto Panceri and Francesco Tricarico.
In 2015 his single “Hey! What's New?” he obtains a wide critical success and the review on "Classic Rock" for the column "invisible music" edited by Renato Marengo, who awards him as best Italian rock artist of the year for the Classic Rock Lifestyle magazine.
Already a doctor in Educational Sciences, he obtained a master's degree in Sciences and Technologies applied to music, at the V.Bellini conservatory in Caltanissetta.
He perfected his studies as sound engineer with Steve Albini, one of the most important producers on the international rock scene (Nirvana, Page & Plant, Tori Amos...).
As a talent scout, he has successfully dealt with Castrocaro (all his artists were semifinalists in 2014), with Area Sanremo (author and area manager in 2016) and with various prestigious national talents.
Creator of a regional festival, Voci Mediterranee, he managed to make several emerging artists known through his Label.
He is currently making a new album of unreleased tracks, having released several singles over the past few years.
He also takes care of the production of emerging artists who gravitate around the independent label Circuiti Sonori, conceived and created by him, where he personally takes care of audio editing.
Electric guitar
Angelo Piazza
Virtuoso Sicilian rock blues guitarist.
Experiences with different musical groups around Sicily.
Active in teaching the electric guitar for a very long time, forging young guitarists who have found different outlets in the music business.
Violin
Luigi Sferrazza
Luigi Sferrazza, artistic director of the Nissena Philharmonic Orchestra, president of the musical association "I sounds indiscreet", principal conductor of the Krasnodar Sinfonietta in Russia.
Graduated in violin with full marks at the “V. Bellini” in Palermo under the guidance of Maestro V. Gambino, he subsequently perfected himself with Maestros Stefano Pagliani, Jerome Akoka, Mauro Tortorelli, Francesco Manara. He continued his musical studies in composition and conducting at the Palermo Conservatory, continuing them until 2011 with Piero Bellugi in Florence. From 2010 to 2014 he specialized in Orchestra Conducting in Paris and London with the English conductor Neil Thomson. He attended other masterclasses held by Donald Tulin, John Farrer, Dominique Rouits, Laslo Marosi.
In 2008 he obtained the II level Academic Diploma in Didactics of the musical instrument and since 2010 he has been a professor at the SMIM.
Very active in chamber music, he plays with the Trio Masdan and the Concerto Italiano; in 2004 he was one of the founders and first violinist of the Quintetto Siciliano, a formation consisting of a string quartet and piano with which he performed in prestigious concert halls in Italy, the Vatican, Switzerland, England, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Canada , United States, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Tunisia, Turkey, Australia; in 2007 Usef Service and the Sicily Region produced their album "Suoni".
He has collaborated with the Sicilian Symphony Orchestra, the "Vittorio Emanuele" Theater in Messina, the "F. Cilea" Theater in Reggio Calabria, the Swiss Youth Orchestra and the Orvieto Spazio Musica Orchestra.
As first violin soloist he collaborates with the Sicilian Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Sicilian Musical Academy, the Italian Operetta Company, the "A. Webern" Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Sicily, Mythos Opera Festival and is he was invited, again as support, from 2005 to 2008 at the "Sieur Du Luth" International Opera Festival in Duluth, Minnesota (USA).
Since 2008 he has been artistic director of the Nissena Philharmonic Orchestra, with which he performs as conductor and soloist in numerous concerts in Italy and abroad for important festivals and concert seasons. Over the years he has accompanied internationally renowned soloists, such as Paganini Prize winner Dmitri Berlinsky, clarinetist Ints Dalderis, Arkady Zenziper, Andrei Dogadin (principal viola of the St. the Lithuanian violinist Diana Galvydyte, the German cellist Ulrike Hofman, the cellist Vadim Pavlov, the pianist Andrea Bacchetti, the singer-songwriter Franco Battiato.
Since 2018 he regularly performs as concertmaster and soloist on tour in the People's Republic of China and at the Mediterranean Conference Center in Malta.
Active as an orchestra conductor, during his career he has conducted numerous orchestras in Italy and abroad: the Frescobaldi Orchestra and the Pisan Philharmonic Choir, the Florence Sinfonietta, the "Duchi D' Acqua Viva" Festival Orchestra of Atri, the Symphony Orchestra of the “V. Bellini” in Palermo, the Nissena Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rose Vienna Orchestra, the Academie de la Toux, the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra in California (for the CCI), the Collegium Musicae Archi Ensemble, the Palermo Baroque Orchestra, the Orchestra of the "F. Sicari" operetta company, the soloists of the Mediterranean Philharmonic, the Rossini Ensemble and the Agrigento Philharmonic, the Jovem de Goias Symphony Orchestra in Brazil holding the 1st International Conducting Workshop in the state of Goias, the Orchestra of the Mito Opera Festival Valle dei Templi, the AS Classic Orchestra of Krasnodar (Russia), the Krasnodar Sinfonietta.
In May 2013 he recorded with the bass Salvatore Salvaggio, the Rossini Philharmonic Orchestra of Agrigento and the Santa Cecilia Philharmonic Choir "The art of bass buffo" for AMR Classics.
He conducted Pergolesi's Orfeo, Haydn's Arianna a Naxos, Handel's Apollo and Daphne, Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona with the Orchestra of the Mito Opera Festival of the Valle dei Templi in Agrigento.
Violin
Luigi Sferrazza
Luigi Sferrazza, artistic director of the Nissena Philharmonic Orchestra, president of the musical association "I sounds indiscreet", principal conductor of the Krasnodar Sinfonietta in Russia.
Graduated in violin with full marks at the “V. Bellini” in Palermo under the guidance of Maestro V. Gambino, he subsequently perfected himself with Maestros Stefano Pagliani, Jerome Akoka, Mauro Tortorelli, Francesco Manara. He continued his musical studies in composition and conducting at the Palermo Conservatory, continuing them until 2011 with Piero Bellugi in Florence. From 2010 to 2014 he specialized in Orchestra Conducting in Paris and London with the English conductor Neil Thomson. He attended other masterclasses held by Donald Tulin, John Farrer, Dominique Rouits, Laslo Marosi.
In 2008 he obtained the II level Academic Diploma in Didactics of the musical instrument and since 2010 he has been a professor at the SMIM.
Very active in chamber music, he plays with the Trio Masdan and the Concerto Italiano; in 2004 he was one of the founders and first violinist of the Quintetto Siciliano, a formation consisting of a string quartet and piano with which he performed in prestigious concert halls in Italy, the Vatican, Switzerland, England, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Canada , United States, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Tunisia, Turkey, Australia; in 2007 Usef Service and the Sicily Region produced their album "Suoni".
He has collaborated with the Sicilian Symphony Orchestra, the "Vittorio Emanuele" Theater in Messina, the "F. Cilea" Theater in Reggio Calabria, the Swiss Youth Orchestra and the Orvieto Spazio Musica Orchestra.
As first violin soloist he collaborates with the Sicilian Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Sicilian Musical Academy, the Italian Operetta Company, the "A. Webern" Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Sicily, Mythos Opera Festival and is he was invited, again as support, from 2005 to 2008 at the "Sieur Du Luth" International Opera Festival in Duluth, Minnesota (USA).
Since 2008 he has been artistic director of the Nissena Philharmonic Orchestra, with which he performs as conductor and soloist in numerous concerts in Italy and abroad for important festivals and concert seasons. Over the years he has accompanied internationally renowned soloists, such as Paganini Prize winner Dmitri Berlinsky, clarinetist Ints Dalderis, Arkady Zenziper, Andrei Dogadin (principal viola of the St. the Lithuanian violinist Diana Galvydyte, the German cellist Ulrike Hofman, the cellist Vadim Pavlov, the pianist Andrea Bacchetti, the singer-songwriter Franco Battiato.
Since 2018 he regularly performs as concertmaster and soloist on tour in the People's Republic of China and at the Mediterranean Conference Center in Malta.
Active as an orchestra conductor, during his career he has conducted numerous orchestras in Italy and abroad: the Frescobaldi Orchestra and the Pisan Philharmonic Choir, the Florence Sinfonietta, the "Duchi D' Acqua Viva" Festival Orchestra of Atri, the Symphony Orchestra of the “V. Bellini” in Palermo, the Nissena Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rose Vienna Orchestra, the Academie de la Toux, the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra in California (for the CCI), the Collegium Musicae Archi Ensemble, the Palermo Baroque Orchestra, the Orchestra of the "F. Sicari" operetta company, the soloists of the Mediterranean Philharmonic, the Rossini Ensemble and the Agrigento Philharmonic, the Jovem de Goias Symphony Orchestra in Brazil holding the 1st International Conducting Workshop in the state of Goias, the Orchestra of the Mito Opera Festival Valle dei Templi, the AS Classic Orchestra of Krasnodar (Russia), the Krasnodar Sinfonietta.
In May 2013 he recorded with the bass Salvatore Salvaggio, the Rossini Philharmonic Orchestra of Agrigento and the Santa Cecilia Philharmonic Choir "The art of bass buffo" for AMR Classics.
He conducted Pergolesi's Orfeo, Haydn's Arianna a Naxos, Handel's Apollo and Daphne, Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona with the Orchestra of the Mito Opera Festival of the Valle dei Templi in Agrigento.
Electric guitar
Angelo Piazza
Virtuoso Sicilian rock blues guitarist.
Experiences with different musical groups around Sicily.
Active in teaching the electric guitar for a very long time, forging young guitarists who have found different outlets in the music business.
Bass Salvatore Cani
He approaches music at the age of 8 studying piano.
Active both live and in the studio since 2000, he has played with: Harea Kreativa, Le Abitudini, Silver Tongues, Atominversi, Stonehenge, Sine Qua Non, SaJoCa and Pachira.
He currently plays with "The cardboard figures" and with the Circobanda.
Electric guitar
Angelo Piazza
Virtuoso Sicilian rock blues guitarist.
Experiences with different musical groups around Sicily.
Active in teaching the electric guitar for a very long time, forging young guitarists who have found different outlets in the music business.
Piano
Peter La Greca
Sicilian pianist and organist, he began his musical studies at the age of eleven, obtaining in 2005, under the guidance of M° Stefano Tesè, the Piano Diploma at the Istituto Musicale “V. Bellini” of Caltanissetta. He is currently studying Organ with Maestro Diego Cannizzaro and is attending the II level Academic Biennium at the Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali “V. Bellini” of Caltanissetta.
He followed courses in piano specialization, interpretation and musical analysis with the masters Ennio Pastorino and An Li Pang (2004 - 2006), Bruno Canino (2007), Giovanni Mazzarino (2011 - 2012 Jazz Piano) and, at the Istituto Superiore of Musical Studies “A. Toscanini” in Ribera, with Prof.ssa Lya De Barberiis, at the end of which he was chosen for the “Gran Concerto Finale” receiving the “A. Casella” as best effective student.
He also attended, at the prestigious "Villa Sora" of the Istituto Musicale Collegium Artis in Frascati (Rome), the Piano Specialization Courses of Maestro Lya De Barberiis thanks to which in the summer of 2010 he performed in concert as the best effective student at the suggestive Scuderie Aldobrandine (seventeenth-century building commonly known as "Frascatino",seat of the Tuscolano Museumwhich collects finds from ancient Tusculum).
He participated in the training course "Itinerari Lisztiani" held in the academic year 2011-2012 by Maestro Michele Campanella in collaboration with the musical association "Maggio della Musica" and the University "Suor Orsola Benincasa" of Naples.
He has given concerts, both as a soloist and in various chamber ensembles, in numerous events for various institutions and for various musical and cultural associations (Amici della Musica, Junior Chamber International, Ente Parco Valle dei Templi in Agrigento, Kiwanis International, Dante Alighieri, Fryderyk Chopin, MontedoroArte, MusicArte, Harmonia, Fidapa, CTS, etc…), always obtaining wide acclaim from the public and critics.
He was chosen by Maestro F. Puglisi (Sicilian composer and pianist) to interpret various pieces of contemporary music including "Little Blues" (premiere performance, recorded at AMIC, on 21 June 2007 for the European Music Festival).
In the academic year 2007/08 – 2008/09 he attended the Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali “V. Bellini” in Caltanissetta the two-year qualifying period for the training of piano teachers obtaining the II Level Academic Diploma.
In the academic year 2010/2011 he obtained, again at the Higher Institute of Musical Studies of Caltanissetta, the II level Academic Diploma in Musical Disciplines (interpretation – composition).
He began, at the Conservatory of Music “V. Bellini” in Palermo, composition studies with the masters E. Ballio and G. Spinnato and participated at the Istituto Musicale “A. Peri” in Reggio Emilia, to various refresher courses on instrumental teaching held by Annibale Rebaudengo, Ciro Fiorentino, Anna Maria Freschi.
Since 2006 he has been a qualified and enabled teacher of the "Yamaha Foundation Music Courses", which adopt particular and effective teaching methods for children from the pre-school age and has carried out various preparatory musical projects (Sette Note a Scuola, Yamaha - Music at School, etc…) at various primary schools in the province of Agrigento.
In the 2001/2002 school year, he obtained his classical high school diploma at the Liceo “U. Foscolo” in Canicattì.
He holds the piano chair at the Istituto Comprensivo “M. Rapisardi” in Canicattì.
Classical guitar, arrangements
Emmanuel DiBella
He began at the age of three to study his first instrument: drums and percussion under the guidance of Maestro Pasquale Augello. A few years later he began playing the guitar under the guidance of his father. He is also a multi-instrumentalist. At the age of 19 he graduated with honors in classical guitar at the Istituto Musicale Vincenzo Bellini in Caltanissetta under the guidance of Maestro Renato Pace. He has also attended various Masterclasses with the following musicians: Aniello Desiderio, Arturo Tallini, Matteo Mela, Marco Tamayo, Bruno Canino, Marco Zuccarini, Luca Colombo, Adriano Del Sal. In 2008 he won the first prize in the national competition for young musicians in the city of Caccamo (PA), as a guitarist. In 2010 he participates in the production of some ethnic music albums collaborating in the recording studio as arranger and guitarist. In 2014 he had the honor of being able to play in Rome for Pope Francis. In 2015 he began a duo collaboration with several flutists in the field of chamber music, exploring Cuban and Brazilian sounds. He also held some performances on behalf of the Istituto Musicale V. Bellini of Caltanissetta in duo and as a soloist. He is often involved in various orchestral and chamber ensembles which have led him to perform in various regional theaters including the Politeama Garibaldi in Palermo, on the occasion of the event "Palermo calls Italy" in memory of Giovanni Falcone, performing in trio and on the occasion of the Chamber Opera "Brundibar" for the day of remembrance. He also studied jazz guitar for several years with Maestro Francesco Buzzurro, perfecting himself in the Fingerstyle technique and in treating the guitar "like a small orchestra". Thanks to this course of study and thanks to Maestro Buzzurro he took part in the International Guitar Night held in Agrigento in August 2018, performing in front of great guitarists such as Fabio Mariani, Adam Palma and Francesco Buzzurro himself. Since 2011 he has also been teaching classical guitar and modern guitar. In 2013 he began his new path dedicated to composition and orchestra conducting. He studied Orchestra Conducting at the International Academy of Imola under the guidance of Maestro Marco Boni and subsequently obtained the 1st level Academic Diploma in Orchestra Conducting at the A. Scarlatti Conservatory of Palermo under the guidance of Maestro Carmelo Caruso. During his academic career he also studied composition with M. Giovanni D'Aquila and is currently attending the two-year course in orchestral conducting under the guidance of the same teachers. Today he is engaged in various collaborations as a Pop arranger who see him active both in the recording studio and live.
Electric guitar
Angelo Piazza
Virtuoso Sicilian rock blues guitarist.
Experiences with different musical groups around Sicily.
Active in teaching the electric guitar for a very long time, forging young guitarists who have found different outlets in the music business.