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Education
Undergraduate studies at
New York School of Music -
piano major,
arranging, performing, solfegio
AA & BA in EDUCATION - Felician College
Chicago University Correspondance courses-
composition, music theory

Professional Experience
Scored & played documentaries for PBS-
WNET and WGBH

Tutored piano and organ students in
private schools and classes for 40 years.

Performed jazz, pop and light classics in nightclubs regularly for 30 years as a solo act
and in trios & quartets.

Over 40 years performing & accompanying
choral groups for
church services, weddings, funerals:

- Catholic (traditional & modern mass)
- Christian Science- Methodist- Lutheran

Early Experience
- 13 years old -
Performed at the Ed Sullivan Theater Talent Show
won a contract to play piano on radio broadcasts for
WABC and WQRX

Peter's mother sold eggs to raise money for
his piano lessons. Throughout his life,
Peter taught piano to young and old,
beginners and professionals, he loved teaching.
From a few eggs a life of music was
made possible.

 

classical
scoring for tv
popular improv
"La Cathedrale Engloutie" Claude Debussey
(screened in museums throughout the world)
The Kissing Booth
with
Quentin Crisp
(for PBS TV)
"Autumn Leaves"
"Misty"
"Never On A Sunday"
"Tea For Two"
Three Examples of Peter Aldighieri's piano skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peter as a boy

PETER ALDIGHIERI - A BRIEF HISTORY

Peter Aldighieri was born July 1, 1925 in Ridgefield Park N.J.
At the age of 13 his professional piano life started and it never stopped until he did on January 12th 2010.

The son of Jerry Aldighieri and Elsie Darwin Aldighieri, his maternal grandmother played a vital part in his life by selling hen's eggs to raise money for piano lessons. When he reached 13 years old, his father died, his mother went to hospital, and he went to work playing piano in local bars.

He served in the Navy and tested Torpedos in Maryland during the Korean War. With a G.I. scholarship he studied at the New York Conservatory of music until they realised he had not graduated high school. Many years later after raising a family he returned to Felician College and earned a Batchelor of Arts degree in Teaching.

Peter was an inventive genious of the piano who worked in many clubs and restaurants in Passaic County and Ocean County. He gave private piano lessons to young and old throughout his long career in music. His first wife Joan bore him 2 daughters. His second wife Eleanore passed before him and in gratitude for his wife's final care he gave concerts and lead choral singing for seniors at the Baylee Nursing Home, and played for services at the Forked River Methodist Church and a Methodist Church service at the Tim Ryan Funeral Home.

Having perfect pitch and a fascination for mathematics, Peter was a jazzman at heart.
He loved to compose songs off the top of his head based on your phone number or favorite date.
He loved teaching. Many of his students went on to exciting careers in carpentry, chicken farming, espionage, transportation, money-laundering, catering, and of course, music.

Peter-Alpha & Omega

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