Gregorio Maria Paone (born 1994) is an Italian clarinetist, composer, musicologist and music theorist. He is currently a DMA candidate at James Madison University studying with Dr. Šarūnas Jankauskas.

Biography 
Paone received his bachelor's degree in Music Performance (clarinet) from the Umberto Giordano Conservatory in 2014. In 2015, he received his bachelor's degree in Cultural Heritage Studies from the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

He holds master's degrees in Clarinet Performance, Musicology (Music Theory) and Composition & Conducting for Wind Orchestras from St. Cecilia Conservatory, the University of Rome Tor Vergata, and Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa Conservatory respectively. Paone was a Distinguished Graduate of St. Cecilia Conservatory in 2018, as well as Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa Conservatory in 2020.

He studied Music Theory with Giorgio Sanguinetti and Clarinet with Vincenzo Mariozzi.

Paone is also a fellow of the Collegio Universitario dei Cavalieri del Lavoro "Lamaro Pozzani", with a fellowship granted by the Federazione Nazionale dei Cavalieri del Lavoro.

Along with Professors Rosario De Luca (Lyceum of Music in Potenza) and Canio Fidanza (Lyceum of Music in Naples), Paone is one of the founders of Accademia Filarmonica Mediterranea (Mediterranean Philharmonic Academia), a non-profit organization dedicated to publishing diverse and inclusive musical academic works.

Paone won many awards in competitions, both solo and in ensembles.

Performances 
Paone is intensely active as a solo player and in chamber and orchestral ensembles. He has appeared on the Italian National Radio with accordionist Mario Piluso on Radio 1 Music Club, hosted by John Vignola. With Mario Piluso, he performed also at the prestigious Festival Pontino and, under the name of Duo Marsia, at PIF Calstelfidardo.

In 2009, Paone participated in a live recording of Concerto della Speranza with the Rocco D’Ambrosio Wind Orchestra.

Works 

 La settimana del Clarinettista (2018, ISBN 978-8833810157)
 Marsia, pensieri di un satiro suonatore di aulòs (2019, ISBN 978-8833811383)
 Domus Aurea, marcia sinfonica (2020, ISBN 978-8833811758)
 La Cacciata dei Tarquini, poema sinfonico (2020, ISBN 978-8833811789)
 Pound! Marcia militare (2020, ISBN 978-8833811772)
 Quartetto in Sib n. 1 (2020, ISBN 978-8833811765)

Publications 

 The Reed-Above Embouchure, Then and Now, article published by The Clarinet Journal, March 2022, pp. 38–41.
 Sketches of Spain. A musicological analysis, in Essays on Miles Davis, edited by Gregorio Maria Paone, pp. 36–45 (collection of essays, 2022, ISBN 979-1280708120)
 Alessandro Vessella e la ri-creazione della banda. Uno studio documentario.(monography, 2022, ISBN 979-1280708137)
 L’attività di Alessando Vessella in ambito bandistico e il suo contributo ai vari progetti di riforma, in Feste e bande nel sud Italia, tra storia e tradizione, 2022, ISBN 978-88-943860-3-5, pp. 221–234.
 I Partimenti di Pasquale Cafaro. Una edizione critica (critical edition of handwritten music, 2020, ISBN 978-8833811895)
 L’eredità dell’effimero. Dai ballets russes alla contemporaneità (proceedings of the conference, 2020, ISBN 978-8833811901).
 Ferdinando Sebastiani (entry on Grove Music Online Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Oxford University Press, 2019)
 Ferdinando Sebastiani. Un piccolo fiore (revision of handwritten music, 2018, ISBN 978-8894855746)
 Ferdinando Sebastiani. Fantasia sull’opera Semiramide (revision of handwritten music, 2018, ISBN 978-8894855845).
 Jean-Baptiste Victor Mohr. Huit grandes Études pour la Clarinet (revision of handwritten music, 2018, ISBN 978-8894855913).
 L’uso del clarinetto nelle opere serie di Rossini del periodo napoletano (critical essay, 2018, ISBN 9788833810140)
 Ferdinando Sebastiani nel contesto musicale napoletano dell’Ottocento (critical essay, 2018 ISBN 9788833810256)
 La banda come strumento formativo, educativo e sociale (critical essay, 2018, ISBN 978-8833810348)
 In review, Alessandro Vessella (entry on Grove Music Online Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Oxford University Press, 2022).

References 

Italian clarinetists
Italian composers
James Madison University alumni
University of Rome Tor Vergata alumni
Living people
1994 births