Raymond Carmine Marchionni, D.M.A., is Professor of Piano in the Department of Music at The University of Toledo. Prior to arriving at Toledo in 2001, he held similar positions at various universities throughout the country. His posts have included Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at Indiana-Purdue University at Fort Wayne (1997-2001) and Georgia Southern University (1981-1997), Chair of the Division of Fine Arts and Director of the Alexander Center for the Performing Arts at Concord College in West Virginia (1977-81), Assistant Professor of Piano at Coker College in South Carolina (1973-77), Instructor of Piano at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro (1968-1970) and at Denver University in Colorado (1965-1968).
He received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Piano Performance at The University of Michigan, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at North Texas State University, where he was a teaching assistant in piano from 1970-1973. While at Michigan he took minor courses of study in Classical Studies (Greece and Rome) and Italian Literature. He took advanced study with Daniel Ericourt, artist-in-residence at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, and concentrated on the music of Debussy and Ravel.
His professional activities include numerous solo piano recitals, performances for national public radio and television, piano accompanist, chamber music player, and conducting masterclasses and workshops in piano for various professional piano organizations. He is a member of the honorary and professional music fraternities Pi Kappa Lambda and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
Mr. Marchionni, a member of the College of Arts and Sciences Executive Committee, was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Lawrence Durrell School of Corfu (GR). The DSC is named in honor of the noted 20th century Irish author, perhaps best known for his four-volume novel the Alexandria Quartet, who for a 5-year period lived on the island of Corfu. The school annually sponsors international seminars on interdisciplinary topics that draw scholars and leaders in their respective fields from all corners of the globe. Marchionni will also serve as Academic Director for the DSC seminar entitled "Cultural Collisions,’ a topic he proposed and to be held May 31-June 5, 2009. Additionally, as a Board member, he has been appointed this year to spearhead a new strategic plan for the DSC.