Eric DiVito is a New York-based guitarist, composer, and educator who has been performing professionally since 2003. He has led his own groups and appeared as a sideman at many of NYC’s premier jazz clubs and festivals, including Smalls, The Iridium, The Kitano, The 55 Bar, and international venues such as The Rex and The Jazz Room in Canada. His festival appearances include the Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival, AirTrain Jazz Festival, and Garner Arts Festival, among others.

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Eric has shared the stage and studio with top jazz artists, performed with orchestras and jazz ensembles aboard Carnival Cruise Lines and The Bateaux NY, and is the guitarist and arranger for the acoustic duo BarChords.

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As an educator, Eric has over 20 years of experience teaching classroom and instrumental music in both NYC and Westchester public schools. He also taught courses in music theory, history, and ensemble performance at Dominican University in Orangeburg, NY and offers private guitar instruction in-person and online.

 

Eric is an Eastman Guitars artist and a recording artist with Pioneer Jazz Collective (PJC Records), with two acclaimed albums to his name: Breaking the Ice (2012) and The Second Time Around (2013). His writing has also been featured in DownBeat Magazine, RAE Magazine, and Play Jazz Guitar. Eric lives in Rockland County, NY with his wife and three children.