Mario Pietra

Mario Pietra is an upright and electric bassist, composer, and educator from Upstate New York. He performs and records actively in the northeast with a variety of jazz groups, orchestras, and other musical projects. Mario is the bassist and co-leader of The Pietra Group, a jazz-fusion group performing compositions by his brother Joe Pietra and himself, including those on Remote Narration (2013) and People Chain(2021). Mario holds a master’s degree in music from Syracuse University. He is a section bassist in the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra, and the principal bassist of The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes. Mario also is a visiting assistant professor at SUNY Oswego where he teaches upright and electric bass, composition and music theory.