{"id":356451,"date":"2024-11-04T14:05:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sas-bergerault.com\/artiste\/mark-ford\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T14:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:12:16","slug":"mark-ford","status":"publish","type":"artiste","link":"https:\/\/bergerault.com\/en\/artiste\/mark-ford\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Ford"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Ford<\/strong>\u00a0is a marimba artist and the Coordinator of Percussion at The University of North Texas College of Music in Denton, Texas. \u00a0As\u00a0a Past-President of the Percussive Arts Society\u00a0and the coordinator of one of the largest percussion programs in the United States at UNT, Ford is an active performer and composer. \u00a0Mark has been featured as a marimba soloist throughout the United States at universities, festivals and music conferences. He has performed internationally throughout Europe as well as in Japan, China, Taiwan, Australia and South America. \u00a0In addition to his duties at UNT, Ford is also the Artistic Director for the annual Drum Fest Marimba\/Vibraphone Competition in Opole, Poland.<\/p>\n

With over three decades of performing, teaching and composing to his credit, Mark\u2019s recordings have established his dedication to excellence in music. Ford\u2019s solo marimba CDs,\u00a0Stealing a Moment, Motion Beyond<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Polaris<\/em>, have become standards in the percussion world. \u00a0His CDs\u00a0have been described\u00a0by PAS\u2019\u00a0Percussive Notes<\/em>\u00a0as\u00a0\u201cbeautiful, exceptional\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0virtuosic.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0Mark has also recorded numerous concertos with the UNT Wind Symphony under the direction of Eugene Corporon. \u00a0 These include two DVDs and a CD with Japanese virtuoso marimbist Keiko Abe as well as the latest 2017 Wind Symphony recording,\u00a0Contact,\u00a0<\/em>which includes marimba\/percussion concertos by Jennifer Higdon, Daniel McCarthy, Keiko Abe and Ford.<\/p>\n

As a composer Mark Ford has written popular works for solo marimba and percussion ensemble including\u00a0Marimba Heritage<\/em>,\u00a0Head Talk, Polaris, Kingdom Lore Fanfare, Stubernic, Afta-Stuba!, CABASA!, The Surface of Life<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Coffee Break<\/em>\u00a0(co-composed with Ewelina Ford).\u00a0 His\u00a0Stubernic Fantasy Concerto<\/em>\u00a0has been recorded on 5 albums and performed on tour by the US Navy Band, the US Air Force Band and numerous university wind ensembles. \u00a0His compositions have been performed at universities and concert halls throughout the world and also featured on National Public Radio. \u00a0His most recent works include\u00a0CABASA!,\u00a0Moon Chasers<\/em>\u00a0for solo marimba,\u00a0IE2\u00a0<\/em>written for the Ju Percussion Group in Taiwan and\u00a0Pivot Point<\/em>\u00a0for saxophone quartet, marimba and cajon.<\/p>\n

Ford is also the author of\u00a0Marimba: Technique Through Music<\/em>, a four-mallet marimba method book used by conservatories and schools of music around the world. \u00a0 His new book for marimba,\u00a0#MarimbaBaby\u00a0<\/em>(published by Musicon Publications) was released in the summer of 2018 and is already a best seller.<\/p>\n

Ford has been recognized as a leading percussion educator, and his former students perform and teach throughout the country. \u00a0Under his direction the UNT Percussion Ensemble has toured in Poland, Croatia, France and Belgium and also won the PAS International Percussion Ensemble Competition. \u00a0Mark Ford is the Artistic Educational Director for Tama\/Bergerault and also proudly represents Zildjian, Evans Drum Heads, Meinl\u00a0Percussion and Innovative Percussion Inc. as performing artist and clinician.<\/p>\n

Site :\u00a0www.markfordmusic.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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