Marco Donato Tomassi is a graduate student in historical musicology at Columbia University whose primary research focuses on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italian music and the eastern Mediterranean. His current research on Venetian Crete (ca. 1600) approaches questions of power, administration, and migration to contribute towards a new understanding of music making and intellectual culture on the island during the later period of Venetian colonial rule. Marco’s work is primarily archival and has been supported by periods of residency at the Vittore Branca International Center for the Study of Italian Culture, Giorgio Cini Foundation, in Venice, Italy.
Marco received his B.M. in musical studies and music performance, summa cum laude and with departmental honors, from the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam. His undergraduate research was funded by the Robert and Beverly Washburn Travel Fund and Presidential Scholars program and supported by the Giorgio Cini Foundation. Marco has presented his work at the International Clarinet Association’s Clareidoscope 2022 conference and at SUNY Potsdam.
As a baritone and clarinetist, Marco has performed with Columbia University’s Collegium Musicum, the Orchestra of Northern New York, the University Chorus at St. Lawrence University, and other regional educational and cultural institutions in Northern New York. In his free time, Marco can usually be found climbing, hiking, or maintaining his harpsichord.
