James V. Signorile (b. 1952) was born in Chicago, IL., and then was raised in Ridgewood, NJ.

He received a B.A. degree in Music in 1974 from Colby College, Waterville, ME.

He studied composition at Colby with Peter Ré (a student of Paul Hindemith).

Jim was trained as a classical concert pianist by Gates Wray, a protégé of Vladimir Horowitz. He also studied classical guitar with Elliot Fisk. ... more