Mary Lou Falcone is a classical music public relations specialist who created M.L. Falcone, Public Relations in 1974. From her office located in Manhattan, she shares her expertise with such distinguished organizations as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Saint Louis, Dallas and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras, Lucerne Festival, Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Avery Fisher Artist Program. A current list of individual clients includes violinist Nadja Salerno Sonnenberg, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, conductors Dennis Russell Davies, Gustavo Dudamel and David Robertson, flutist/writer/television commentator Eugenia Zukerman and soprano Renée Fleming.
Ms. Falcone attended The Curtis Institute of Music where she studied voice. Upon graduation, she sang professionally for eight years, She taught voice and general music for six years before being asked to chair the Music Department at the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, which she did for several years. Ms. Falcone is currently on the faculty of The Juilliard School. She is a board member of The Marilyn Horne Foundation and is on the Curtis Institute of Music Board of Overseers.