James Bassi is a pianist, composer and music director.  He is frequently engaged as rehearsal pianist for the New York Philharmonic, working with maestri Riccardo Muti, Gustavo Dudamel, and Alan Gilbert among others. He has played many concerts with renowned artists of our time including Deborah Voigt, Jessye Norman, Ute Lemper and Tovah Feldshuh.  As a composer, he has written works commissioned and premiered by Orchestra of St. Luke's and Voices of Ascension. His choral composition "Quem Pastores Laudavere" was sung at Midnight Mass at the Vatican.  Mr. Bassi has received composition grants from NEA, Meet the Composer, and New York Foundation for the Arts.  His music publisher is Oxford University Press.  He has music directed productions at Lincoln Center Theater and at numerous Off-Broadway and regional venues.  Mr. Bassi sings tenor with many professional ensembles in New York City and was a founding member of Harold Rosenbaum's New York Virtuoso Singers.