Marco Cerocchi

Italian

Born in Italy, Dr. Marco Cerocchi earned his Ph.D. in Italian from Rutgers University and an M.A. in Italian Studies from Florida State University. He also holds a Laurea in Lettere Moderne from the Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' and a diploma in piano performance from the State Conservatory of Music 'Ottorino Respighi.'

Dr. Cerocchi was a lecturer in Italian at Princeton University and is an assistant professor of Italian at LaSalle University, where he also coordinates the undergraduate Italian program.

His articles have appeared in Forum Italicum; Italica, the official journal of the American Association of Teachers of Italian; Romance Review; and the Northeast Modern Language Association's Journal of Italian Studies, where he has also served as an external reader since 2008. Dr. Cerocchi is the author of the book Funzioni Semantiche e Metatestuali Della Musica in Dante, Petrarca e Boccaccio, published in 2010 by Leo S. Olschki Editore (Florence, Italy), within the "Biblioteca dell'Archivum Romanicum" series.

As a pianist, he has performed at cultural events in Italy, Sweden, Finland, Romania, Bulgaria, Denmark, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Bolivia.

Dr. Cerocchi joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2009.