John Guarino began his violin studies at the age of twelve, under the guidance of Edward Simons, founder of the Rockland Conservatory of Music. He furthered his studies with Joey Corpus and David Nadien in New York, and Malcolm Lowe in Boston. He has participated in master classes given by Colin Carr, Phoebe Carrai, Arturo Delmoni, Sidney Harth, Soovin Kim, Sherry Kloss, Joseph Silverstein, Elaine Skorodin, and Judy Tarling. He holds the Bachelor of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music and the Master of Music degree from the Longy School of Music. In recent seasons John has appeared as soloist with the Brookline Symphony, the New Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Rockland Symphony. As an orchestral musician he has performed with the Symphonies of Cape Cod, Portland, Cape Ann and the Orchestra of Indian Hill. Other notable performance experiences include a tour of Japan with Valery Gergiev and the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra, a concert with the Red Bull “Artsehcro” at Carnegie Hall, premiering the first-ever Concerto for Turntable, an appearance with Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks at the Iridium in New York, appearances with the “theatrical indie” band Zen for Primates, three tours of Mexico with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas and, with the same ensemble, a concert at the 2008 Gloria Estefan Tribute Concert hosted by the Latin GRAMMY Awards in Houston, Texas, accompanying Gloria Estefan, Patti LaBelle, Jose Feliciano, John Legend, and Carlos Santana.