Ms. DeSalvo has toured extensively as piano soloist appearing with the orchestras of Chicago, Geneva, Lucerne, San Francisco, Hartford, and Chautauqua under the batons of noted Maestros Christopher Wilkins, David Effron and Gisele Ben Dor. Having called Fort Wayne her home for nine years, she has appeared with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic numerous times under the direction of Ron Ondrejka and Edvard Tchivzhel. A frequent soloist with the Naples Philharmonic, she has appeared on the classical and pops series with Jorge Mester, Jeff Tyzik, Bruce Hangen., and Stuart Chafetz. A noted chamber player, Ms. DeSalvo has appeared with cellists Sharon and Keith Robinson, violinists Glenn Basham and Jennifer Frautschi, pianist Robert Wells, the Miami String Quartet, the Bergonzi String Quartet and members of the American String Quartet. She has performed at such prestigious festivals as Brevard, Chautauqua, Birch Creek, as well as over 100 times on National Public Radio. Ms. DeSalvo has become equally proficient as a conductor. Having built choral programs in several private and public schools, she has traveled with her high school chorus on a 10-day tour of Italy during Easter week. The chorus performed in Venice, and Florence, culminating in a performance in Rome on Easter Sunday. She returned to Italy and Greece the following year and last spring completed a concert tour throughout England and France. This spring, Ms. DeSalvo will appear at Carnegie Hall in New York City with the High School Chorus from Seacrest Country Day School. Jodie DeSalvo loves to play the piano and loves to have fun, so it is within the last two years that she has broadened her horizons on the concert stage by giving tribute concerts to the art of Victor Borge, renowned pianist/comedian. She has found great joy in interpreting some of his best loved skits, including Phonetic Punctuation and Inflationary Language, as well as writing some of her own original material. These concert performances are well loved and enjoyed by audiences of all ages! Ms. DeSalvo has recorded and produced 10 CDs of solo literature, chamber and choral music, which are available for purchase at tonight’s performance. As she continues to perform extensively, Ms. DeSalvo is also Director of Fine Arts and Artistic Director of concerts at Seacrest Country Day School, as well as the music director at Unity Church in Naples Florida. Ms. DeSalvo’s recital/ lecture series at Artis-Naples is now in its tenth year and has sold out for the last two seasons.