• Students:

My student Zeke is performing at the Odair Assad master class today at the 92Y School of Music. Congrats Zeke!

10.20.2014

• Students:

I’m looking forward to my student recital in December. I’m so proud of them! Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 3:00 PM at Manhattan Theatre Club.

10.20.2014

• Show:

I had a great time today performing with the cast of Sesame Street for a children’s charity concert! It’s always so fun performing with them.

07.10.2014

• Students:

I’m so proud of my student Rachel who gets perform solo at Carnegie Hall in March! She received the highest score in classical guitar Performance and Theory in the Tri-State area in the Music Development Program. Congrats Rachel!

12.19.2013

• Show:

I’m looking forward to performing with the cast and Muppets of Sesame Street again this year for a charity Christmas Concert in December! So nice to be asked again :)

11.10.2013

• Interview:

A short interview I did in New York Family Magazine for an article about learning guitar and music education! http://www.newyorkfamily.com/new-york-familys-november-2013-issue/

• Recital:

St. Stephen and St. Martin Advent Concert Series with special guests Kelly Savage, Sheila Tapia, Jeremiah Wiggins and Sharad Goel at St. Stephen and St. Martin's Church - 809 Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York - Sunday, December 22, 2013 at 2:30 PM. Looking forward to it!

• Students:

I’m having a recital for my awesome students on Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 3:00 PM at the Manhattan Theatre Club, Studio 2. So proud of these guys!

• Students:

My student Zeke will play for the Oscar Ghiglia master class at the 92Y on Sunday, October 27. Way to go Zeke!

10.10.2013

• Interview:

This past week I did an interview with New York Family Magazine for an article about teaching guitar and music education! It should be published soon!

10.10.2013

• Students:

My student Alessandro just won a National Gold Medal from the Royal Conservatory of Music for getting the highest grade in the country in performance! So proud of that kid!

05.01.2013

• Students:

I’m super proud of my student Zeke who just got accepted to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Congrats Zeke!

04.27.2013

• Students:

I’m super excited for one of my students who just got accepted to the Manhattan School of Music for his Master’s Degree! Congrats George!

04.04.2013

• Students:

My student Alessandro did an amazing job at his performance at Carnegie Hall today! Congratulations! I am a proud teacher :)

02.09.2013

• Show:

Thank you Sesame Street for a great time! It was one of the most fun shows that I have ever played. I loved it when Murray Monster asked me all about my lute on camera! The after party was amazingly fun!! What a fun night.

12.18.2012

• Show:

I got asked to perform (on Baroque lute) with the cast and Muppets from Sesame Street PBS TV show for a Christmas Concert in December! I bet my little niece and nephew will think I’m so cool :)

11.15.2012

• Students:

Exciting! My student Alessandro gets to perform solo at Carnegie Hall in February. This year he received the highest score in the Tri-State area in "Performance" in the Carnegie Hall Program. Congrats Alessandro!

11.13.2012

• Students:

Looking forward to my student’s concert in December! They have been working hard and are ready to put on a great show! Concert Info: Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 7:30 PM at the 92nd Street Y (92nd St. & Lexington Ave.) Recital Room “S297”.

• News:

I’m super proud of the great job my students did in the Benjamin Verdery Master Class at the 92nd Street Y! Mr. Verdery, as always, gave an amazing class!

10.28.2012

• News:

I’m very grateful and excited that 4 of my students get to play at the Benjamin Verdery Master Class at the 92nd Street Y on October 28! Mr. Verdery is THE most incredible musician, guitarist and teacher. Congratulations Mariam, Rachel, Alessandro and Zeke! They will play J. S. Bach and Villa-Lobos among others.

10.10.2012

• News:

This is a scene from a humor-based horror film from Spain called Doctor Infierno by director Paco Limon (music by Joan Pla). I recorded guitar for the soundtrack a few years ago. I never actually saw the film until now. Pretty wacky! This film showed at the Malaga, Brussels and Amsterdam Film Festivals among others.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_ZyGGNO_uU

09.18.2012

• News:

On Friday I will be interviewed on-camera by Carnegie Hall for a segment about myself/my students. As always, I am a proud teacher :)

08.27.2012

• The first review of “The Language of Sound and Spirit”! Congrats Josh! http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=41957

• A new jazz guitar album by my friend Josh Maxey. Here is one of the tracks I’m on!  http://joshuamaxey.bandcamp.com/track/part-iv

• Students:

Congratulations to my student Alessandro Bruni for a great job at his recital at the 92nd Street Y! Alessandro is 14 years old and is a winner of the Recanati-Kaplan Scholarship. The R-K Scholarship is for students who show talent in the areas of performance and theory. In January he will play in the Eliot Fisk Master Class at the 92Y. Amazing job!! I am a proud teacher :)

12.21.2011

• Recording:

I’m going in the studio tomorrow with my great friend Josh Maxey to play on some of his new jazz record. (Producer is Rodney Jones!) Looking forward to it!

12.10.2011

• Recital:

St. Stephen and St. Martin Advent Concert Series with special guests Kelly Savage, Sheila Tapia & Sharad Goel at St. Stephen and St. Martin's Church - 809 Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York - Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 7:30 PM

• Classical Concert:

St. Stephen and St. Martin Advent Concert Series at St. Stephen and St. Martin's Church - 809 Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York (close to the A/C Utica stop) - Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 3:00 PM

• Starting April 29, 2010 I am playing guitar for the Off-Broadway play “El Poeta y el Compositor”, Director: Cesar Alejandro. The score includes classical and flamenco guitar pieces.

Show dates:

April 29, 30

May 1, 2

May 7, 8, 9

May 14, 15, 16

May 21, 22, 23

• Shows:

Josh Maxey/Michael Cioffero Jazz Guitar Duo at Boyd Thai • 210 Thompson Street (Thompson & Bleecker)

July 17, 2010 • 8:00 - 10:00

• Josh Maxey/Michael Cioffero Jazz Guitar Duo at Chelsea Market

6:00-8:00

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Friday, April 2, 2010

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Saturday, May 29, 2010

• In July I’m attending Benjamin Verdery’s (Yale University) Classical Guitar Master Class in Maui, Hawaii. It will be 9 days of classes with Mr. Verdery, ensemble playing, concerts, beaches and snorkeling with friends :) Looking forward it!

06.05.2010

• On Friday I’m doing a filming for a part I got on a Japanese Television show. I’ll post details and air date soon. Wish me luck! Thanks!

02.22.2010

• Thank you to everyone who has been coming out to the Chelsea Market shows! With a kind encounter with Ethan Hawke and a filming for an Italian film next week, the duo gigs with Josh have been very fun! Thanks again!

• Show:

I’m performing a new work by Shane Chapman • Brooklyn College, Levenson Hall - 7:00 PM, March 02, 2010

02.02.2010

• I’ve put some pieces on You Tube from a television show I was invited to perform for in NY called "The Arts in Westchester". Thanks to everyone who has been checking them out!

01.01.2010

• I just signed on to perform in a film about Spanish composer Federico Moreno-Torroba. It will be out in the next year or two. I will keep you up to date!

04.01.2009

• Show:

I just did a very cool performance with Terrence Howard. Terrence is a Academy Award nominated actor and has appeared in films such as Ray, Iron Man and Hustle and Flow. His debut album Shine Through It will be released September 2nd on Sony/Columbia records. Terrence and I performed together for VH1 at the VH1 Studios in Times Square - NYC. He and I played flamenco guitars while he sang some songs off his album. Fun times!