{"id":1513,"date":"2015-01-09T20:16:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T20:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bergenmuseum.com\/?page_id=1513"},"modified":"2020-07-23T17:34:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T21:34:57","slug":"george-tuzzeo-music-director","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bergenmuseum.com\/george-tuzzeo-music-director\/","title":{"rendered":"George Tuzzeo, Music Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2002 to present &#8211; Full time musician. Keyboardist with\n<div id=\"attachment_2536\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2536\" data-attachment-id=\"2536\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bergenmuseum.com\/george-tuzzeo-music-director\/george_tuzzeo\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bergenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/george_tuzzeo.jpg?fit=180%2C229&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"180,229\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"george_tuzzeo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Music Diretcor&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bergenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/george_tuzzeo.jpg?fit=180%2C229&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bergenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/george_tuzzeo.jpg?fit=180%2C229&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2536 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bergenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/george_tuzzeo.jpg?resize=180%2C229&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Music Diretcor\" width=\"180\" height=\"229\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Music Diretcor<\/p><\/div>\n<p>the national act &#8220;Jay and The Americans&#8221;. Keyboardist to several high school and local Musical theater\u00a0companies.<\/li>\n<li>1992-2002\u00a0 Manager of Steinway &amp; Sons retail location in Paramus, NJ<\/li>\n<li>1989-1992\u00a0Retail Piano sales, part time Musical performance<\/li>\n<li>1986-1989 Wholesale representative for Kawai Musical instruments.<\/li>\n<li>1978-1986 Retail Piano sales manager for Altenburg Piano House, Elizabeth, NJ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have a Bachelor of\u00a0Arts degree in Music from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Performed full time as a Musician\/Entertainer, Keyboardist\/Musical Director for the\u00a0National Act &#8220;Jay and The Americans&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Other acts I perform with include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Larry Chance and The Earls<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Crystals<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Limelites<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Barbara Harris and The Toys<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have been in the Piano business both wholesale and retail for thirty years.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most notably I was a manager for Steinway &amp; Sons. I located and opened the retail location on Rte 17 in Paramus NJ. As manager in Paramus I had the opportunity to present numerous concerts, recitals, seminars and other special events.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the last several years I&#8217;ve worked as Keyboardist and or Musical Director for several different local theater companies and high schools on their Musicals. Some I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of performing are<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disney&#8217;s High School Musical<\/li>\n<li>Elton John&#8217;s Aida, Fame<\/li>\n<li>All Shook Up<\/li>\n<li>Footloose<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 2002 to present &#8211; Full time musician. Keyboardist with the national act &#8220;Jay and The Americans&#8221;. 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