Mark has been trying to figure out how a saxophone, clarinet and flute works for some 35 years now -- during the course of which he completed a Masters Degree in Saxophone Performance at CU Boulder. He has solo'd with Roger Waters and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, performed concertos with the University of Colorado Wind Ensemble, toured Europe with Thinking Plague, performed at numerous festivals with Hamster Theatre, written music for plays, recorded CDs. He has performed with momen terra, Ron Miles, Fred Hess, Janet Feder, the Boulder Creative Music Ensemble, the Rockadiles, Monkey Siren and sung with Three Little Words. He has backed up artists including Cab Calloway, The Temptations, George Shearing, Dianne Schuur, Billy Eckstein, Natalie Cole and others...
When not torturing Burt the Cat with ever-more-irritating saxophone noise (or his trombone with a sax mouthpiece), Mark maintains a large private teaching studio in and around the metro area and is in fully moderate demand as a clinician and adjudicator.
In summary, Mark is an incredibly talented musician who reads, composes and improvises at the highest level. Although he's a true jazz purist, who does not believe in effects like echo, he keeps up with the times by using dual electronic loopers for his voice mail greeting. The only musician Tina and Anthony have met that can play the piccolo trumpet solo on Penny Lane flawlessly. Oh, and Mark's favorite restaurant is Sonada's. He can't afford the sushi but loves the wasabi.
