Connecticut Master Chorale

Joseph J. Jacovino, Jr graduated from the Hartt College of Music with a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance and from the Manhattan School of Music with a Master’s Degree in Music Education. He has been the Director of Music for the past thirty-two years at Holy Cross High School in Waterbury, where he directs the concert band, jazz band, guitar ensemble, handbell choir, piano keyboard class, and teaches music theory.

Since 2000, Mr. Jacovino has been the organist/cantor/choir director at St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, where he has conducted numerous concerts involving the St. Rose Festival Chorus and Orchestra. In 2005 the choir traveled to Italy performing concerts in Rome, Florence, and at the Vatican.

In addition to his eleven plus seasons as accompanist with the Connecticut Master Chorale, this is also his sixth season as the Music Director of the Waterbury Chorale, which is currently celebrating its 44th season. As a composer, Mr. Jacovino has written several sacred choral pieces and masses, including "Christmas at the Palace" (a tribute to the Waterbury Palace Theater), "Enshrined in the Grace of God", dedicated to Waterbury's Shrine of St. Anne, and “Something Beautiful for God”, based upon a prayer by Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

Mr. Jacovino has been an active piano soloist, having appeared with the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra, Naugatuck Valley Community College Orchestra, the Connecticut Master Chorale Orchestra, and the St. Rose Festival Chorus Orchestra. He has appeared in recital on numerous occasions as a classical organist and pianist. Joe currently lives in Middlebury with his wife Roberta, and two children Sara and Jay.