MONROE - The third and final concert in the Monroe Arts Center's 2009 Sunday Concert Series will take place 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, in the Gunderson Stiles Concert Hall. Pianist Mark Valenti will present a classical program featuring the music of Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky and Claude Debussy.
Valenti received his master's degree in music from Northwestern University, bachelor degree in music from the Philadelphia Musical Academy and has studied with such notable teachers as Benjamin Whitten, Zoltan Kocsis and Mary Sauer. In addition to giving solo recitals in cities throughout the U.S., he has performed in France, Belgium, Hungary and Luxembourg, as well as for former First Lady Barbara Bush in Washington D.C.
Valenti has performed live on WFMT classical radio. He also has done extensive work in the jazz field including performances with Gregory Hines, Frank Foster, Al Grey. He has appeared on television with Joe Sudler's Swing Machine and singer/actor Christopher Durham.
Valenti was 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 teaches at his Lakeview studio in Chicago.
General admission tickets are $10, and members of the Monroe Arts Center will be free. Single tickets, as well as value-priced ticket packages for all remaining shows in the 2009-2010 season, may be purchased by calling the Monroe Arts Center at (608) 325-5700 or in person at the box office located at 1315 11th St.
Additional information regarding this performance and other MAC events can be found online at www.monroeartscenter.com.
Valenti received his master's degree in music from Northwestern University, bachelor degree in music from the Philadelphia Musical Academy and has studied with such notable teachers as Benjamin Whitten, Zoltan Kocsis and Mary Sauer. In addition to giving solo recitals in cities throughout the U.S., he has performed in France, Belgium, Hungary and Luxembourg, as well as for former First Lady Barbara Bush in Washington D.C.
Valenti has performed live on WFMT classical radio. He also has done extensive work in the jazz field including performances with Gregory Hines, Frank Foster, Al Grey. He has appeared on television with Joe Sudler's Swing Machine and singer/actor Christopher Durham.
Valenti was 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 teaches at his Lakeview studio in Chicago.
General admission tickets are $10, and members of the Monroe Arts Center will be free. Single tickets, as well as value-priced ticket packages for all remaining shows in the 2009-2010 season, may be purchased by calling the Monroe Arts Center at (608) 325-5700 or in person at the box office located at 1315 11th St.
Additional information regarding this performance and other MAC events can be found online at www.monroeartscenter.com.
