Carlo De Rosa

Carlo De Rosa
Assistant Professor of Bass
Location:
1708 Dalton Center, Mail Stop 5434
Mailing address:
Irving S. Gilmore School of Music
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5434 USA
Education:
  • M.M., Manhattan School of Music
  • B.S., State University of New York at New Paltz
Bio:

Carlo Torres De Rosa is a long-time veteran of the New York City music scene. He has worked with numerous and musically diverse artists including Ray Barretto, Jamie Baum, Ravi Coltrane, Amir ElSaffar, David Gilmore, Ingrid Jensen, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Allison Miller, Arturo O’Farrill, Tyshawn Sorey, and Ed Thigpen. De Rosa has played on over 50 albums including the 2008 Grammy award-winning album by Yo-Yo Ma, Songs of Joy & Peace, along with other Grammy and Latin Grammy nominated albums. De Rosa’s own 2011 album Brain Dance featuring Mark Shim, Vijay Iyer, and Justin Brown was highly acclaimed by critics. De Rosa attended the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami for his DMA in 2018 where he was a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Henry Mancini Institute Fellow.