Dr. Mario Dell'Olio
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Dr. Mario Dell'Olio

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Dr. Mario Dell’Olio is a 2022 winner of the Premio Vincenzo Crocitti International Award for literature and music. He is the author of several books: Letters from Italy is the love story of his immigrant parents. Florestano Edizioni published the Italian translation, Lettere dall'Italia in November 2024. A memoir, Coming About: Life in the Balance, is about a sailing adventure going terribly wrong. Body And Soul, is an LGBTQA+ fiction that explores the strife of coming out during the 1980s. New Men: Innocence Lost, is a journey of self-discovery inspired by true stories in a Vatican seminary. Filled with drama, romance, intrigue, corruption, & the search for meaning. Forbidden Rome was released in June 2022. It's a re-telling of New Men. Titling Toward the Sun, released in December 2022 follows a couple who survives the AIDS crisis. Elusive Light: A Journey Through Grief was published in October 2024. He is the music director at Sonoma Academy, an independent school in Sonoma County, California. Previously, he was chair of the music department and ethics teacher at Marymount School in Manhattan. Dr. Mario Dell’Olio conducted the Concert and Chamber Choirs. He has led his choirs on international and domestic concert tours and released numerous albums on iTunes. Dr. Dell’Olio was director of music at Mission Dolores Basilica in San Francisco, California, from 1990 to 2000. He led the Basilica Choir's first international concert tour to Italy in June 1999. Dr. Dell’Olio holds a Doctor of Sacred Music, a Master of Music in Vocal Performance, and a Master of Religious Education. He pursued postgraduate work in Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. With over 35,000 followers on X and a solid social media presence, he actively participates in the Writing Community. Dr. Dell’Olio has scheduled numerous author events, readings, and book signings. In November 2020, The Empire City Men’s Chorus of New York City performed a concert/documentary based on Dell'Olio's book, Coming About.
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