Marc Peloquin's inventive programs break the boundaries of the recital format, highlighting music from different periods and representing diverse styles, creatively connected by imagery and themes. These programs, with titles including Water Music:H20, Americana, From Italy: The Art of the Transcription and David Del Tredici: A Tribute, showcase works by Schumann, Ives, Debussy and Rzewski as well as his own piano transcriptions of works by such composers as Mahler, Rorem, Puccini and Faure.

He has appeared in a wide range of venues from New York's Merkin Concert Hall and Museum of Modern Art, to the Palacio de Belles Artes in Mexico City and the American Academy in Rome. Other performances include appearances at the Darmstadt International Festival, the John Cage "Rolywholyover" Festival at the Guggenheim Museum and the Cultural Center of Roubaix, France.

Marc Peloquin's recent projects include a concert and masterclass at Sarah Lawrence College in music of Chester Biscardi and appearances with cellist Madeleine Shapiro and ModernWorks and the S.E.M. Ensemble in Morton Feldman's Why Patterns? His debut CD, works for solo piano of Otto Luening, is available on the CRI label. A refined and sensitive chamber musician, Mr. Peloquin has collaborated with soprano Lynne Vardaman, violinists Theresa Salomon and Conrad Harris and with pianist Roberto Hidalgo as the piano ensemble Split Second.

A native of Rhode Island and a resident of New York City, Marc Peloquin received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Manhattan School of Music, with additional studies at Boston University, the New England Conservatory and Tanglewood. He is a visiting lecturer at the New School University and a teaching artist at the Bloomingdale School of Music, both in New York City.