Joseph Giardino

Musician, singer, music teacher and music shop owner. Bornin Newark, NJ on January 14, 1932. Died at the age of 87 on March 31, 2019 in Morristown, New Jersey. He served in the Navy School of Music then onto Manhattan School of Music where he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees. "Mr. G" as he was known to his students, was music director at the Mendham Township Middle School for many years. He was the owner of The Music Shoppe in Morristown where he taught trumpet for 30 years.