About the Author

A versatile pianist and composer with a background in percussion, Mark Tondi has performed in the United States and Europe as a soloist, chamber musician, an accompanist for international music festivals, and as a guest soloist with various orchestras. He has been providing private instruction to jazz and classical instrumentalists in New York and Connecticut since 2008. Apart from performing, Mark arranges music professionally and has produced over 300 scores for renowned jazz artists in the New York area. He is the founder of The Art of Dexterity LLC, a company whose mission is to provide unique educational products for creative musicians, performers, and teachers, in the specialized area of instrumental technique. Mark has been teaching the techniques in the The Technology of Rhythmic Dexterity music method to his students with success for over twelve years. It is the first method published by the author, with forthcoming publications on the topics of music interpretation, harmonic analysis, and jazz transcription.