About Johnmark

Posted by johnmark on August 9, 2008 under Misc. |

John Mark Harris, Pianist

“The Harmonious Blacksmith” by G. F. Handel

“The Sunken Cathedral” by Claude  Debussy

JOHN MARK HARRIS plays an extensive range of keyboard music from the Renaissance to the present day. Harris has performed internationally as a featured soloist and recitalist at the Salzburg, Berlin, and Donaueschingen Festivals, L.A. Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella Series, Summer Fest La Jolla, the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance in Boston, and Festival Internacional de Historia de la Mùsica Mexicali in Mexico, among many others.

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The Boston Globe referred to his playing as “forceful…finely shaded”; the Edinburgh Scotsman called his recital, featuring Ives’ Concord Sonata, a “stunning performance”; andante.com cited his “exquisite touch and sensitivity”; and his performance Xenakis’ Evryali was hailed as “astonishing” by the 20th Century Music Journal.

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Dr. Harris is the organist and accompanist/pianist at Foothills United Methodist Church in La Mesa, and teaches at City College and around San Diego.

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EDUCATION

Doctor of the Musical Arts, University of California, San Diego
Master of Music, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston
Bachelor of Music, University of South Florida, Tampa

SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, and HONORS
Ruth Epstein Memorial Fellowship, University of California, San Diego
Certificate of Superb Continuous Education, Blake Adult School, Tampa
Lord Mayor of Darmstadt Award
New England Conservatory Scholarship
Outstanding Pianist at University of South Florida Award
Harris Covington Fine Arts Scholarship, University of South Florida
Lakeland Symphony Concerto Competition Winner

GRANTS and SPONSORSHIPS
Fondazione Giorgio Cini sponsorship, Venice
City of Poznan (Poland), and the Poznan Supercomputing Center
Abby Whiteside Foundation
Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music Grant
Hillsborough County (Florida) Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant