Felipe Garibaldi
Assistant Professor of Guitar
Dr. Felipe Garibaldi is an accomplished performer and educator whose work spans premiere performances, recordings, scholarship, original compositions, and collaborative projects. Recent highlights include the world premiere recording of works for guitar by Claudio Santoro, articles and lectures for the Soundboard Magazine and the Guitar Foundation of America Convention, broadcast premieres on São Paulo’s Cultura FM in Brazil, and the premiere of his own compositions setting the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe for voice, pipe organ, and electric guitar, featured by the Poe Society of Baltimore.
Dr. Garibaldi’s career moves between the concert stage, interdisciplinary spaces, and the recording and teaching studios. He received the Prêmio Nascente from the University of São Paulo for his performances of J.S. Bach and has worked as a session musician and arranger on several Sony Music projects.
He has studied with some of the most influential figures in the history of classical guitar, including Leo Brouwer, Sérgio Assad, David Russell, Manuel Barrueco, and Eliot Fisk. Dr. Garibaldi earned his Doctor of Musical Arts from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with Julian Gray, following his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of São Paulo under Edelton Gloeden. During his early years, in Brazil ,he studied with Henrique Pinto, Gilson Antunes, Aida Saggioro, and Francisco Araujo.
With over two decades of teaching experience, Dr. Garibaldi has mentored students into leading music programs and professional careers. His student-centered approach emphasizes technical excellence, creative exploration, individual expression, and scholarly inquiry.