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Staff
Dr. Alejandro Hernandez Valdez
Director of Music
Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez's career as a solo and
chamber pianist, conductor, organist, composer, and teacher is
remarkable for its versatility and productivity. Dr.
Hernandez-Valdez received his master's and doctorate degrees in piano
performance from the University of Texas at Austin where he was a
Teaching Assistant, an Assistant Instructor, as well as the Coordinator
for Piano Project.
Dr. Hernandez-Valdez has been awarded first prizes at the Virginia
Music Teachers Association Piano Competition and the Sidney M. Wright
Collaborative Artists Competition.
Dr. Hernandez-Valdez appeared as pianist, organist, harpsichordist, and
conductor and coordinated the musical examples for the fifth edition of
"Tonal Harmony" by Kostka and Payne and also recorded selected examples
for the new Anthology of Music Analysis by Kostka and
Greybill. These text books and their recordings are used by
the most distinguished music schools and conservatories in America.
Dr. Hernandez-Valdez has studied with Rita Sloan, Gregory Allen,
Elizabeth Temple, Richard Tetley-Kardos, Anton Nel, Gabriel Chodos, and
Frank Weinstock and has appeared in master-classes with Leon Fleisher,
Claude Frank, John Perry, John Nakamatsu, Lambert Orkis, and John
O'Conor. Dr. Hernandez-Valdez has worked under the baton of
such famed conductors as David Zinman, Sir Neville Marriner, John
Williams, Robert Spano, James Conlon, Julius Rudel, James DePriest,
Michael Stern, Murray Sidlin, James Ross, Robert Shafer, and J. Reilly
Lewis.
A dedicated advocate of Latin American music, Dr. Hernandez-Valdez has
performed music of Mexican composers at the Aspen Music Festival, the
Garth Newel Music Center, and the Salida concert series. His
success in promoting Latin American music has led to distinctions such
as being named in four occasions an International Fellow by the
Institute of Latin American Studies and receiving the Republic of
Mexico Solidaridad Presidential Scholarship.
Dr. Hernandez-Valdez has been on the faculties of the Orpheus Academy
of Music, the Austin Chamber Music Center, and is currently on the
faculty of the Washington Conservatory of Music and Shenandoah
University. He has performed with the Garth Newel Piano
Quartet, has been a five-time fellowship recipient at the Aspen Music
Festival, has served as Director of Music at All Saints' Lutheran
Church in Bowie, and is currently Director of Music and Keyboard Artist
at Westmoreland United Congregational Church in Bethesda, Maryland.
Dr. Hernandez-Valdez has performed in important venues nationally and
internationally such as Harris Hall, Benedict Music Tent, Bates Recital
Hall, Jessen Auditorium, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center,
Washington National Cathedral, Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Ex-convento
del Carmen, Paraninfo de la Universidad de Guadalajara, and the Terrace
and Eisenhower Theaters at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Last updated Wednesday, March 04, 2009.
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Bethesda, MD 20816
301-229-7766
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