COMPOSER MUSIC DIRECTOR RESEARCHER
Voce Chamber Choir
October 2018. Mark was awarded the 2018 Lady Groves Prize by Making Music for his outstanding contribution to music in the community
Forthcoming performance 23-14 October 2019, 19.00 Prince's Hall, Clevedon, Somerset
Time and Tide, an epic community opera marking the 150th anniversary of Clevedon Pier www.timeandtimeclevedon.wordpress.com
Performances 2018
Sunday 16 December, 19.00. Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair, London.
'Welcome, Yule!', carol, Voce Chamber Choir and brass, conducted by Suzi Digby
Fri 12 and Sat 13 October, St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
Home at Last. Community opera commissioned to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War. 28 February and 21 May 2018, St George's Bristol
The Hall on the Hill 'Standing strong in the winds of change'.
Community opera celebrating the life and times of St George's Bristol, commissioned for the opening of its new extension.
Tony Kushner, playwright, The Illusion at Bristol Old Vic Studio
photography by Graham Burke and Paul Blakemore
Diverse sources .. dovetailed beautifully to create a structure that is clear but unforced
Edward Wickham, conductor and critic, Song for Celia, for choir and organ.
Home by Christmas showed that music can indeed speak for the whole community to say something significant about life, love, hope, separation, danger, death and even politics
Raymond Warren, Emeritus Professor of Music, University of Bristol
I don't think I've been quite so moved by an event in years. I absolutely loved Home by Christmas it was so powerful on so many levels . .
Catherine Freda, Head of Education, St George's Bristol