Brian Mark

NY based composer, pianist and video artist Brian Mark has been hailed as an “attractive and intelligible” artist (Boston Musical Intelligencer), whose work is “compelling” (London Jazz News), and "preserves the vibrancy and relevance of contemporary art music" (New York Examiner). In addition, his concert programming has been described as “a fluid approach to presenting new music in fresh contexts and juxtapositions” (The New Yorker).  Brian’s music have been performed by many notable ensembles, such as the BBC Singers, Psappha Ensemble, Chelsea Symphony, Ensemble Signal, Atlas Ensemble, Astoria Music Project, Choral Chameleon, both the Ligeti and Esterhazy String Quartets, Juventas Ensemble, Dither Quartet, members of the London Symphony Orchestra, among many others. His works have been presented around the world in festivals such as Bang on a Can, Oregon Bach Festival, London Contemporary Music Festival, Atlas Festival, Spitalfields Music Festival, i=u, June in Buffalo, the Bowdoin International Music Festival, and the highSCORE Festival.  Brian has received grants from the Brooklyn Arts Council, New Music USA, Grammy Foundation, Jerome Fund for New Music, Mozaik Philanthropy, and ASCAP.  He has held residencies with the Chelsea Symphony, I-Park Artists’ Enclave, Ucross Foundation, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He has received an Honorable Mention from the 2015 American Prize in Orchestral Composition, and recently was awarded  one of the top ten prizes from Mozaik’s Philanthropy’s “Future Art Awards” Competition for works created in response to COVID-19. In addition, he was appointed as an Associate Member with the London Symphony Orchestra’s Composer Soundhub Scheme from 2015-2017, which culminated of a video installation performance comprising of members from the LSO. He completed his PhD at the Royal Academy of Music, studying with Gary Carpenter, and is also a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Berklee College of Music, and Boston University.