Michael Valenti is a prolific New York City composer, arranger, conductor, and much more. He composed, arranged, and conducted the music for the Emmy Award-winning television series “A Walk Through the 20th Century.” For CBS radio he shared the Peabody Award for “Newsmark.” In 1995 Mr. Valenti composed “Processional for a Pontiff,” a large orchestral work which was written for the entrance of Pope John Paul II into Central Park, New York, on the occasion of his celebration of the Eucharist. In its permanent repertory The Goldman Memorial Band at Lincoln Center has performed Mr. Valenti’s “March Pasha,” “Carolina Seasons,” “Oriental Magic,” “The Gugue Fugue,” “The Grand Waltz from Lola Montez,” and the concert band version of “Processional for a Pontiff.” In August of 1987 he was given a retrospective at Lincoln Center under the direction of Maestro Ainslee Cox. The Goldman Memorial Band performed all of his published concert band music and premiered his “Big Apple March.” Michael Valenti has the distinction of being given more world premieres by The Goldman Memorial Band than any other composer in the band’s long and celebrated history. In 2002 Michael Valenti composed the music for the twenty-fifth anniversary production of “The Big Apple Circus” and has subsequently each year composed for that organization. His Broadway credits include OH BROTHER!, CLOTHES FOR A SUMMER HOTEL (Tennessee Williams’ last play which starred Geraldine Page), HONKY TONK NIGHTS, BLACKSTONE!, and BLOOD RED ROSES. Off-Broadway he composed the scores for more than fifteen plays and musicals, including LOVESONG, IN THE SUMMER HOUSE (for Manhattan Theatre Club), JUST FOR LOVE, SONG BY SONG (a revue based on his theatre songs), and MADEMOISELLE COLOMBE, which starred Tammy Grimes and was awarded five Outer Critic Circle Award nominations. Mr. Valenti received two (for best book and best music for a musical). His SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS is the longest-running children’s musical ever produced in New York and his BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and SNOW WHITE continue to enjoy productions worldwide. BASHVILLE IN LOVE, a musical he composed for the opening season of The Texas Stage Company, was given the Best New Musical of the Year Award by “The Dallas Morning News.” His score for Williams’ THE GLASS MENAGERIE has been performed in regional theaters throughout the country, as well as his music for UPTIGHT by Gunter Grass, and Donald Drivers’ A WALK OUT OF WATER. In the fall of 2003 the Goodspeed Opera presented his musical O. HENRY’S LOVERS, which he wrote with librettist Joe DiPietro. He composed, arranged, conducted, and directed THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF JONATHAN WINTERS for the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, and composed the music for the Zev Bufman production of BAHAMA BOUND, which opened the Cable Beach Hotel in Nassau. As a performer, Michael Valenti appeared in the original Broadway production of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, understudying the pivotal role of J. Pierrepont Finch.