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Deninzonews Feb/March 2025

Greetings, earthlings! Hope this newsletter finds you in good spirits. Despite the world being on fire (literally and figuratively), we can still find solace in good music, art, friends, and all the beautiful things life has to offer. Sorry to start on such a dark...

DENINZONEWS: 2024 HIGHLIGHTS & 2025 UPCOMING EVENTS

Jan 7, 2025

DENINZONEWS: 2024 HIGHLIGHTS & 2025 UPCOMING EVENTS What an incredible year 2024 has been! Despite a few ups and downs, including a very close-call car accident, I’m grateful to be safe and alive and doing what I love to do! This year was a milestone. New...

New Stratospheerius single, video, & upcoming album!

Sep 15, 2024

Ladies & Gentlemen, It’s finally here! The lead off-single from our forthcoming album is out on all streaming services and also available from the 7d Media Bandcamp! HERE is the landing page with ALL the links to the song! ...and HERE is the video! Two days of...

DENINZONEWS SUMMER 2024

May 21, 2024

DENINZONEWS SUMMER 2024 All the news that’s fit to print about violinist/vocalist/guitarist Joe Deninzon HAPPY SUMMER! Joe D. here. I know I’m long overdue for an update. Here’s what’s happening in my life… Stratospheerius News NEW ALBUM! After 6 years of writing,...

Stratospheerius & Ad Astra @ Iridium 2/9/24

Jan 18, 2024

Kansas violinist Joe Deninzon & his band Stratospheerius return to the IRIDIUM! Stratospheerius is thrilled to be making our return to the legendary Iridium jazz club in NYC on Feb 9th. As you know, my touring commitments with Kansas limit the amount of shows...

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Dec 6, 2023

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FYC 2023

Aug 26, 2023

For Your Consideration Electric Violinist/Vocalist Joe Deninzon (new member of Kansas) and his band Stratospheerius. Best Rock Performance: "One Foot in the Next World (Live at ProgStock)" Best Jazz Performance: "Spain (Live at ProgStock) featuring Alex...

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Announcing the addition of violinist/guitarist Joe Deninzon to KANSAS

May 23, 2023 – The band KANSAS is excited to announce the addition of violinist/guitarist Joe Deninzon to the band. He is succeeding the departing David Ragsdale.

Joe Deninzon has been hailed by critics as “The Jimi Hendrix of the Violin,” because of his innovative style on the “Viper” seven-string electric violin. Joe is the lead singer and violinist for the progressive rock band, Stratospheerius, which has just released their 6th album, “Behind the Curtain (Live at ProgStock).” He can be heard on over a hundred albums and jingles as a violinist and string arranger.

Deninzon has performed and/or recorded with the Who, Bruce Springsteen, 50 Cent, Sheryl Crow, Ritchie Blackmore, Alex Skolnick, Smokey Robinson, Les Paul, Peter Criss from KISS, Michael Sadler, Renaissance with Annie Haslam, Kurt Elling, and as a soloist with Jazz at Lincoln Center and the New York City Ballet. A BMI Composer’s Grant recipient and winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, he has written solo works for violinist Rachel Barton Pine, and in 2015, premiered his Electric Violin Concerto with the Muncie Symphony Orchestra.

Joe holds a Bachelors degree in Violin Performance from Indiana University and a Masters in Jazz Violin From Manhattan School of music.

KANSAS original member and drummer Phil Ehart comments, “We are extremely excited for Joe Deninzon to be the newest member of KANSAS. We believe KANSAS fans will enjoy what Joe will bring to the band. We are excited to kick off the KANSAS 50th Anniversary Tour. As the paragraph in the band’s first album said, ‘KANSAS IS A BAND’ and we remain so to this day.”