About us

Association

The “Officina Filarmonica” Association is a Third Sector Organization established in 2024, pursuing – non-profit – civic, solidarity, and social utility purposes. Specifically, it aims to:

  1. Promote awareness and dissemination of musical culture, understood as a tool for individual growth and emancipation, as well as an opportunity to enhance collective well-being and social cohesion;
  2. Spread and enhance the cultural heritage of so-called “classical music”;
  3. Facilitate public accessibility and understanding of musical language;
  4. Encourage ensemble music practice;
  5. Promote research, education, and training activities in the field of music.

The Association organizes lessons, concerts, musical, cultural, and artistic events, mainly through the Officina Filarmonica Orchestra, an ensemble of amateur musicians who play purely for enjoyment and passion.

Board of Directors and Artistic Direction

The governance of the Association is entrusted to a Board of Directors composed of the three founders, who also serve as co-artistic directors:

  • Claudio Avallone
    Founder, President, Co-Artistic Director
    Born in Rome in 1975, he has been working in marketing, communication, and organizational development for 30 years. He has managed consulting projects for public and private organizations as well as Government Institutions. He began studying music as a child at the Accademia Filarmonica Romana and continued private studies in orchestral percussion and Afro-Cuban percussion under the guidance of Maestros Carlo Bordini and Roberto Evangelisti. He collaborates as a percussionist with amateur orchestras.
  • Lucia Casinelli
    Founder, Vice President, Co-Artistic Director
    Born in Frosinone in 1977, she holds a degree in Philosophy and has been teaching philosophy and human sciences in high schools in Rome and its province for 20 years. In 1995, she earned a diploma in flute at the “Licino Refice” Conservatory of Music in Frosinone, studying under Maestros Edda Silvestri and Giovanni Tardino. Since then, she has performed in chamber ensembles and orchestras, collaborating on musical and theatrical productions.
  • Rocco Sbardella
    Founder, Board Member, Music Director, Co-Artistic Director
    Born in Toronto in 1975, he holds a degree in Sociology and a diploma in Clarinet from the “Licino Refice” Conservatory of Music in Frosinone, studying under Maestro Umberto Scipione. He later refined his skills with Maestro Calogero Palermo and, for bass clarinet, with Maestro Dario Goracci.
    He further specialized in Orchestral Conducting with Maestro Marco Boni at the “Fondazione Accademia Internazionale di Imola.” After an extensive career as a clarinetist, collaborating with major symphonic and opera institutions in Italy and abroad, he has been teaching music at the “Marymount International School of Rome” since 2011, where he has served as Head of Performing Arts since 2015.

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