Background

Valerie Showers Crescenz began piano lessons at age 3 and has been
making music ever since.  She has a B.S. in Music Education and a M.M.
in Piano Performance, both from West Chester State College.  She has
been an instructor at West Chester State, Penn State (Lima campus) and
Delaware County Community College, having taught classes in music
theory, music history, and piano.  She is currently the general music
teacher at West Bradford Elementary School, Downingtown, PA., where
she also directs the chorus and Orff Ensemble.  She is presently working
on a second Master’s degree, this time in composition.

Mrs. Crescenz has also served as a choir director, an organist, and has
also performed as a pianist/vocalist for a number of years.  Her real love,
however, is composing.  She is a member of ASCAP, American
Composers Forum, Music Educators National Conference,  Pennsylvania
Music Educators Association, and American Choral Directors
Association.  Her compositions are published by Hinshaw Music, Oxford
University Press, BriLee Music,  Abingdon Press, and Alliance Music.

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