A. Keith Carreiro
Biography
A. Keith Carreiro earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from Harvard Graduate School of Education, with the sequential help and guidance of three advisors, Dr. Vernon A. Howard, Dr. Donald W. Oliver and Professor Emeritus, Dr. Israel Scheffler. Keith’s academic focus, including his ongoing research agenda, centers upon philosophically examining how creativity and critical thinking are acquired, learned, utilized and practiced in the literary, visual and performing arts. He has taken his findings and applied them to the professional development of educational practitioners and other creative artists.
Earlier in his teaching career he was a professor of educational foundations, teaching graduate students of education at universities in Vermont, Florida, Arizona, and Pennsylvania. He currently teaches as an adjunct professor of English at Bridgewater State University, as well as teaching English, philosophy, humanities and public speaking courses at Bristol Community College.
His research on creativity and critical thinking is based upon his experience in learning and performing on the classical guitar. He started studying this instrument at the age of four with Maestro Joseph Raposo, Sr., and took lessons with him until the age of 17. Keith also studied music theory and composition with Maestro José da Costa of New Bedford, and privately with Robert Paul “Bob” Sullivan of the New England Conservatory of Music.
In 1973 at Ithaca College, he attended a master class workshop conducted by Miguel Ablóniz of Milan, Italy. Ablóniz’ knowledge about technique and aesthetics attained a worldwide influence about the nature of guitar practice and performance. Maestro Andrés Segovia considered Ablóniz to be one of the world’s most esteemed classical guitar teachers.
During the 70s, Keith performed his music and selections from the classical guitar repertoire throughout North and South America. He had many opportunities to play with a wide variety of musicians, composers, singer/songwriters, choreographers, theater directors, performers and conductors.
Due to his love of family, he has seen his fervor for history, as well as his passion for wondering about the future, deepen dramatically.
He lives in Swansea, Massachusetts and has six children and 14 grandchildren. He belongs to an impish, yet shy, Calico cat, named Callie, and a golden retriever puppy called Ari.
In 2014, he began writing the first manuscript of a science fiction/fantasy thriller in a series called The Immortality Wars. It is a cautionary tale about the quest for human immortality.
On August 18, 2019, the first trilogy, of a planned three trilogy series, was released on his 71st birthday. It is published by Stillwater River Publications (Pawtucket, Rhode Island). The saga is considered a Christian based, sci-fi, fantasy spiritual thriller.
Keith is currently working on writing the second trilogy, the Pilgrim, in The Immortality Wars series.
