Greg PetitoGreg Petito is a professional guitar player with over 25 years experience. Based in Houston, Tx, he performs locally, across the State of Texas, as well as at various venues around the US. A highly skilled soloist and accompanist, he maintains an extremely busy performance schedule in a myriad of settings ranging from Instrumental Jazz Combos, Vocal/Guitar Jazz Duos, Fusion Ensembles , Pop/Rock/R&B Groups, Jazz Big Bands, Latin Jazz Ensembles, as well as Solo Jazz and Classical Guitar. He also performs frequently with Symphony Orchestras such as The Houston Symphony, Houston Ballet Orchestra, The Minnesota Orchestra, as well as The Florida Orchestra.
In addition to local jazz artists such as Tianna Hall, David Caceres, Warren Sneed, The Houston Jazz Orchestra, etc, he has also performed with various national/international touring artists such as Cynthia Erivo, Il Divo, Marcus Roberts, Allen Vizzutti, Will Kennedy, among many others. Greg is also actively involved in recording sessions at Sugar Hill Studios, Wire Road Studios, etc, having been featured on over 50 recordings by various recording artists.
Greg is also an active educator and clinician. He is currently on the Jazz Faculty at the University of Houston Moores School of Music as well as San Jacinto College (where he runs the Jazz and Classical Guitar programs). He has conducted guitar clinics and has been a featured artist at Sam Houston State University, HSPVA, among others, as well as being the All State Jazz Guitar clinician for the Texas Music Educator's Conference from 2015-2022.
He holds a Master of Music degree in Jazz/Classical Guitar from Northern Illinois University and a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz/Classical Guitar from the University of North Texas.