Mark is a Grammy® Award-winning clarinetist and a man of many horns, maintaining firm roots
in classical music while ever-expanding into the vast world of improvised music. Since 2016 he
has served as the clarinetist of Imani Winds, and has appeared as a soloist with the Atlanta,
Baltimore, and Albany Symphonies, and the American Composers Orchestra. Most recently,
Mark was awarded a Grammy as a player and producer for “Best Classical Compendium” at the
2024 Grammy Awards for Imani Wind’s latest release, “Passion for Bach and Coltrane.” His
debut album with Imani Winds, “Bruits,” was nominated for Best Chamber Music/Small
Ensemble Performance at the 2022 Grammy Awards.
In 2023 Mark also joined the chamber ensemble yMusic. 2023 highlights include appearances
at Carnegie Hall Presents with both Imani Winds and yMusic, NPR’s tiny desk with yMusic, and
debuts at La Jolla Music Society and Tippet Rise Arts Center.
Mark joined the chamber music faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2021 and also serves
on the clarinet faculty at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, and at Queens
College, CUNY.
Mark has an extensive background in improvised music. He is a frequent collaborator with
Vulfpeck, an American funk band formed in his hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Mark received his Master of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music and his Bachelor of
Music degree from the University of Michigan. He is a Buffet Crampon and Vandoren Artist
