Ernie Centofanti:
CLASS OF 1974
Pacific High SchoolClass of 1974
San bernardino, CA
San Diego State UniversityClass of 1982
San diego, CA
Del Vallejo Junior High SchoolClass of 1971
San bernardino, CA
Ernie's Story
A lot has happened (or hasn't happened) since graduation day 1974. In the fall of 1974 I enrolled at San Bernardino Valley College, majoring in Architecture. Then in the spring semester I changed my major to music. During this time I also took a course in computer science, and later became one of the Comp Sci lab assistants for Mr. Henry James.
I studied Architecture with Mr. David Hatfield (rest his soul, he passed away not very long ago) and assisted him with building his own house on the hill top. Russell Baldwin and Paul Oxley were two important Music Professors of mine. I spent three years in the SBVC Jazz Ensemble playing piano.
In Fall 1977 I continued my music studies at San Diego State University. Jean Moe and Merle Hogg were two important instructors. I studied composition for five years with Dr. David Ward-Steinman, who later made me his official music copyist (1982-1986). I still keep in touch with him. I graduated from SDSU in 1982 with my B.A. in music. After that I went back home to San Bernardino where I div...Expand for more
ided my time doing freelance music copying, helping my dad in his stucco business, and starting a fledgling pastel portrait and painting business.
In 1987 I acquired a full-time position as a graphic artist at Donnelly Church Publications in Riverside, a position which lasted until 2002 when the company went under and most of us lost our jobs. My main duties were compositing the ads on the backs of church bulletins using a Macintosh computer.
After the layoff, I continued doing my artwork and began selling it on eBay, under the screen name ernesto1956. I have been doing it ever since. In January 1997 (the same year that Dad passed away) I moved to Loma Linda, CA and have been here now for twelve years.
And remember David Ward-Steinman? He recently commissioned me to write a jazz piece for two pianos, which I completed last month, entitled "Daytime in Del Mar." The piece will become part of his repertoire, to be performed by him and his wife Patrice on various occasions, and possibly by Tony Gould, a colleague in Australia.
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