ABOUT MORGAN

Morgan Giosa is a blues guitarist, visual artist, nature photographer, and web developer from Windsor, Connecticut.


From an early age, Morgan was raised around music and the arts. Morgan has naturally and intuitively discovered his passion in blues guitar and the visual arts through this frequent exposure to creativity.


A self described "old soul", Morgan feels his music is most rooted in inspiration from the electric psychedelic blues of the 1960s (artists such as Michael Bloomfield, Eric Clapton, Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, Jerry Garcia, and Jimi Hendrix are among his heroes), as well as influenced by the greatest electric bluesmen of all time (particularly B.B. King and Albert King).


As a neurodivergent artist, Morgan's music and visual art ultimately come to him spontaneously from his unique and unconventional intuition and emotions and life experiences.


As a web developer, Morgan has worked with with the content management framework Drupal for a decade to successfully deliver websites to local businesses, individuals and nonprofit organizations. Morgan operates the website Tempera Solutions to showcase select accomplishments in this field, including developing the website for Andres Forero, the drummer in the musical "Hamilton" on Broadway. Morgan has also worked as a contractor for established web development firms. He studied computer science as part of an apprenticeship with Dr. Mark A. Friedman, a former college professor who taught at Trinity College and Central Connecticut State University.


Morgan has been composing original music with the guidance and collaborative input of his mentor, guitar virtuoso Frank Varela. The two, alongside drummer Alex Giosa and bassist Rudi Weeks, recorded the album "Feelin' Fine Today", released in November 2023. Songs from the album were featured on numerous radio programs including The Local Bands Show on 99.1 WPLR FM out of New Haven, CT and the New Music Alliance Radio Hour out of Springfield, MA. The opening track from "Feelin' Fine Today", "Hapless Blues", was named a semifinalist in the International Songwriting Competition in 2024.


Currently, Morgan is in the process of releasing his third album of blues music, "Supernova", featuring an all-star lineup of musicians including guitar phenom Jake Kulak, renowned bassist Tony Delisio, and harmonica maestro Johnny Marino.


Morgan has performed alongside Frank Varela as the Giosa-Varela Band at a number of prestigious venues and events throughout the New England region, including Black-Eyed Sally's in Hartford, CT, Almost Famous Brewing in East Granby, CT, the Maple Tree Cafe in Simsbury, CT, the Greater Hartford Arts Council's Street Stages series, the Flying Monkey in Newington, CT, the City of Hartford's Winter Blues series, and many others.


Morgan's abstract expressionist paintings take influence from Bay Area visual artist Richard Diebenkorn and other preeminent abstract expressionists including Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Helen Frankenthaler. He studied abstract painting and art theory under fine artist Maurice Casas at the Farmington Valley Arts Center and has exhibited his paintings at galleries throughout Connecticut, including a solo exhibit at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, Hygienic Art gallery in New London as part of their Salon des Independants program, and in numerous group exhibits at the Windsor Art Center in his hometown.

"The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you."

- B.B. King

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