"Mark brings great joy to us all through his music"
Mark is a Queenstown legend and well-known personality. He is unique. He cannot be pigeonholed. To describe him as a classical pianist, a jazz keyboard player, a church organist, a celtic stylist, a hymn writer - all these would be correct.
But the specific labels 'miss the mark' (ha ha). His magic comes to the fore when all these skills are combined into one tapestry of sound. His music is always exciting, sometimes unpredictable and often filled with humour.
Mark is available to play for weddings, concerts, dinners, private and corporate events.
(His wife may come along to help with set up of gear if needed.)
He can and does play pieces 'straight' ("I'll be well behaved!"), as a soloist, accompanist, or as part of a band. However, he is at his best when being creative, weaving his own particular magic around the melody. Tunes are twisted into new shapes, moulded into new rhythmic patterns, or re-formed around new harmonic progressions - "I can do something with this".
"Mark's ability to play sensitively at my daughter's wedding & accompany our other daughter on the cornet was a real blessing. Then to have Mark on the keyboard at the reception was such fun! We only danced for an hour, then we all sat around singing. It was a night we will never forget. Mark brings great joy to us all through his music. Thank you Mark". - Sue & family
But the specific labels 'miss the mark' (ha ha). His magic comes to the fore when all these skills are combined into one tapestry of sound. His music is always exciting, sometimes unpredictable and often filled with humour.
Mark is available to play for weddings, concerts, dinners, private and corporate events.
(His wife may come along to help with set up of gear if needed.)
He can and does play pieces 'straight' ("I'll be well behaved!"), as a soloist, accompanist, or as part of a band. However, he is at his best when being creative, weaving his own particular magic around the melody. Tunes are twisted into new shapes, moulded into new rhythmic patterns, or re-formed around new harmonic progressions - "I can do something with this".
"Mark's ability to play sensitively at my daughter's wedding & accompany our other daughter on the cornet was a real blessing. Then to have Mark on the keyboard at the reception was such fun! We only danced for an hour, then we all sat around singing. It was a night we will never forget. Mark brings great joy to us all through his music. Thank you Mark". - Sue & family
Corporate Event on the Earnslaw Celebration event at a private house On stage in Earnslaw Park, QT JazzFest Organist / Pianist for weddings
Count the tunes - if you can! Christmas concert at Thomas Brown's Art Gallery, Speargrass Flat Road, Arrowtown. Mark never starts these medley items with a definite plan of what to include, but he lets the music and his inspiration guide him into new and exciting pathways!