Marcello Pellitteri in A Benefit for the Veronica Pellitteri Memorial Fund

Marcello Pellitteri

Appearing with Marcello will be an all-star rhythm section with pianist Bruce Barth and bassist Essiet Okon Essiet.

Special guests appearing will be singers Lauren Kinhan, Peter Eldridge and Kim Nazarian (from New York Voices), Philip Hamilton, the internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter Chiara Civello, clarinetist Anat Cohen and more surprise guests!

World-class musician, Marcello Pellitteri is best known as an award-winning drummer. He is also an accomplished pianist, educator, composer, arranger and producer.

Pellitteri graduated Cum Laude at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston and then received a Master’s Degree in Jazz Studies with Distinction in Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music.

For nearly 29 years, Pellitteri has taught at Berklee, where he is currently a Professor. He has played with jazz legends such as Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Jon Hendricks; with Grammy award winners New York Voices, Dave Samuels, Slide Hampton, Paquito D’Rivera; with orchestras such as the Boston Pops, the Taipei Philharmonic and with the world renown Gipsy Kings.

He has scored music for several theater plays.

Moreover he has performed for prominent international political figures, Royal families and Head of States, such as President Clinton at the White House, Prince Alberto of Monaco in Montecarlo and Princess Margriet of The Netherlands.

Pellitteri has recorded over 70 CDs and he has appeared on the stages of worldwide festivals and broadcast programs with concerts at Radio City Music Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, and performances on NBCˆs Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O’Brien as well as numerous Asian, South American and European radio and TV shows.

For donations to the Veronica Pellitteri memorial fund please go to:

https://alumniandfriends.org/fund/veronica-pellitteri-memorial-fund/