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Harry George Pellegrin

Classical guitarist, composer, author, photographer, and graphic artist. Harry G. Pellegrin attended Mount Saint Michael Academy in the Bronx, graduating in 1974. Pellegrin studied piano as a small child but became interested in the guitar in 1970 and by 1973 was performing. He performed sporadically with a proto-punk band The Void during the late 1970s, but this was not the direction he wished his career to take. Pellegrin attended Bronx Community College from 1974 to 1976. He majored in classical guitar at The Mannes College of Music in Manhattan, studying with Albert Valdés-Blain and Eliot Fisk. Now residing in Northern New York State with his wife and daughter, Pellegrin performs, teaches and writes. Since January 2008 he has been a member of the adjunct faculty of Union College in Schenectady, New York. Installed as a member of the Board of Directors of the CGSUNY for calendar year 2012 and remains on the board for calendar year 2013-2014.