An American-born musician, composer and songwriter, Mark grew up in Warsaw, Indiana. He started playing music at the age of 8, first on piano, then seguing to drums and percussion. After graduating from DePauw University with a bachelor’s degree in percussion performance, he became a percussionist with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and did postgraduate studies at the University of Tennessee. Since then, Mark has recorded, performed and toured with some of the most respected musicians of our time including Benny Goodman, Bob Hope, Lynn Anderson, Sarah McLachlan, Andrea Corr and Loreena McKennitt to name a few. Mark's rich and experienced background in percussion and songwriting provides a solid energy and heartbeat for any music project he is involved in. His compositions and arrangements are energetic and distinctive.

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When Mark is not in his studio or sailing on the Chesapeake Bay, you will find him performing as the drummer/percussionist for Rosewood, a Saint Michaels, MD based Americana band or The Julie Parsons Project as a member of her jazz trio.