Tom Febonio was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1950 and began his career in music at the age of sixteen playing electric bass in a rock & roll band. This kept him occupied for about a decade, during which time he took up songwriting and recording, traditional music and jazz. As an adult he studied piano with Edith M. Mehaffey, and the viola, theory and conducting with Joseph A. Leary.
Tom's compositions to date are mostly tonal and structured along classical or romantic lines, and include solo and chamber pieces for piano, guitar, mandolin, strings and winds. A number of these works are available from ALRY Publications, Forton Music, Guitar Chamber Music Press, Joachim-Trekel-Musikverlag, and VCello Music Publications.
Audio recordings include releases by Duo Ahlert & Schwab, Sherry Finzer & Darin Mahoney, Suzanne Williams, Jack Garvey, Eric Blackmer, Full Cold Moon, Grove Street, and Keltish.
contact: tgfebonio@gmail.com
Recent Works:
Sueño (for mandolin and guitar)
Three Blues (for two guitars, violin, viola and bass)
Rain and Wonder (for alto flute, viola, guitar and bass)
Five Madrigals (for alto flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon)
Three Idylls for piano
Alma (for alto flute and guitar)
Water Ballads (for mandolin and guitar)
Eurasian Triptych (for alto flute, guitar and bass)
Three Songs for Early Autumn (for violin, clarinet and guitar)
Five Meditations (for alto flute, viola and guitar)
White Sky in November (for alto flute, cello and piano)
Two Serenades for guitar
YouTube:
Alma https://youtu.be/i4CnLtwVbN0
Four Ballads https://youtu.be/c8KRcSv2BsM
Blues for Matilda https://youtu.be/F1YHxMV8puk
String Quartet in Cm https://youtu.be/FapeENKYtq4
Four Songs for guitar https://youtu.be/-9eVlgX65sw
Five Pieces for violin and guitar https://youtu.be/TMDgwHlUpzw
Quattro Canzoni - Andante https://youtu.be/5TVGN4cA6FA
Trio Sonata - Intermezzo https://youtu.be/Bz4ebnSbsCE
Acht Bagatellen - Soave https://youtu.be/RFw3t36LiHs
Acht Bagatellen - Andantino https://youtu.be/K0iLo8XRduk
White Sky in November https://youtu.be/eyI8o8B5Jfw
this one's for Louise https://youtu.be/O6n304zYvcE
Compositions
Emanuel Ban - viola
Jill Kaeding - cello
Jason Deroche - guitar
The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, February 2016
Tom Febonio - guitar
Recorded at Ticknock Studios, Lenoir, NC, 2018
Carol Margolis - violin
Nanette Goldman - violin
Ingrid Koller - viola
Daryl Carlson - cello
Bloomington Center for the Arts, MN, March 2005
Waxhaw NC, May 2017