ABOUT ME
Antonio Del Valle (he/they) is a genre-bending composer, producer, and music director from Queens, New York. Trained at the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan, they went on to receive their Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Musical Theater with an emphasis in Songwriting at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music. They are currently part of the 2024 BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Writing Workshop as a composer/lyricist.
Their most recent experience includes working as the composer and sound designer for Clara+Carmilla at the 2024 Fresh Fruit Festival in NYC. They are also in the process of writing their own musical, titled South First, an exploration of the effects of gentrification on Black and Afro-Caribbean neighborhoods in Brooklyn.
They played as a pianist for the Muse Sitzprobe Event of Dreamgirls at Lincoln Center, conducted by Seth Rudetsky and will be returning to Jazz at Lincoln Center this fall to play the piano at Dizzy’s Club.
Antonio served as the music director for CROWNS by Regina Taylor in New Jersey to celebrate Black History Month, and continues to work as an educator and pianist at Highbridge Voices in the Bronx. They are currently on staff at Artistree Performing Arts in Westchester, where they continue their work as a music director and private voice instructor.
For their original work titled “Something Strange,” an exploration of their gender identity, Antonio was awarded the Berklee Songwriter’s Award in 2020. Their original piece titled “Greenwich Village” was featured in the 2024 BMI Spotlight Series.
As an Afro-Puerto Rican, Antonio is passionate about creating music that highlights the rich musical culture of the Caribbean, and preserving the legacy of West African culture across the diaspora. They write music that explores the depths of their consciousness, and surfaces anew.