Guest pianist to perform recital at USD
Valenti received his master’s degree in music from Northwestern University; a Bachelor’s of Music from the Philadelphia Musical Academy and has studied with such notable teachers as Benjamin Whitten, Zoltan Kocsis and Mary Sauer. In addition to performing solo recitals in cities throughout the United States, Valenti has performed in France, Belgium, Hungary and Luxembourg as well as for former First Lady Barbara Bush in Washington, D.C. He has also done extensive work in jazz, including performances with Gregory Hines, Frank Foster and Al Grey, and he has appeared on TV with Joe Sudler’s Swing Machine and singer/actor Christopher Durham. Formerly a professor of music at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Xavier University in Chicago and the Loire Valley Music Institute in France, Valenti currently teaches at his studio in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago. A photo of Valenti is available for download at www.usd.edu/press/news/images/releases/Mark_Valenti.jpg.
For more information about the performance, please contact Susanne Skyrm at (605) 677-5723 or email: sskyrm@usd.edu. For more about the USD Department of Music, visit www.usd.edu/music online.
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