piano faculty

Adam Scott Clifford

Adam Scott Clifford is an energetic pianist, violinist, composer, and teacher with the mission to break boundaries in and beyond music. Adam’s musical background extends beyond performance and pedagogy into composition, conducting, production and recording, and piano restoration. In July of 2022, Adam will make his solo-orchestral debut in Italy, performing Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto with the Perugia Symphony Orchestra, followed by recital engagements in August in Tignes, France.

Adam released his first album, a self-produced and self-recorded selection of works by Franz Liszt, in August 2021, followed by a self-titled album of his own improvisations in February 2022. In 2018, Adam founded Keys & Company School of Music, a piano-centric music school in a high traffic storefront in Hoboken, New Jersey. Adam has performed extensively throughout the United States. In 2017, Adam was invited by The Williamsburg Music Club to premiere “The Seven Ages of Man,” a suite for solo piano by Williamsburg, Virginia-based composer Stephen Moore. An accomplished violinist, Adam served as concertmaster of the Virginia Beach Chamber Orchestra from 2010-12, as well as assistant concertmaster from 2009-10. Adam’s primary teachers include pianist Alexandre Moutouzkine and violinist Dora Marshall Mullins. Adam lives in Norfolk, Virginia and enjoys teaching and spending time outdoors with his two Jack Russells, Alfie and Clara.

 
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Antonio Valentin

Czechoslovakian-Filipino pianist Antonio Valentin is a performing artist, collaborator, and piano teacher in New York City. He has given concerts in Tokyo, Madrid, San Juan, Washington D.C., New York City, and Philadelphia. A native of the culturally diverse Maryland suburbs, Antonio has built expertise in the styles of Neoclassicism, French Impressionism, Nationalism, and Minimalism under the guidance of his teachers, who have included Marilyn Nonken, Thomas Schumacher, and Donn-Alexandre Feder. Performances include a solo engagement with the Grammy-nominated Eastman Wind Ensemble, a collaboration with Renee Fleming, and a world premiere of ‪Sō Percussion member Jason Treuting's Homage to a Triad. Career highlights include an accompanying position for Towson University’s dance program and an adjunct faculty appointment at New York University. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Antonio is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Music in piano performance at the CUNY Graduate Center.