List of works

Recent compositions and commissions:

2010 - Currently working on compositions for collaboration with Swiss keyboardist René von Grünig.

2009 - Composed 14 pieces for performed by jazz musicians Iain Ballamy, Jeremy Stacy, Robert Mitchell and Yaron Stavi as well as himself. The subsequent recording was released this year entitled Sleeper Street.

2008 - Composed 12 pieces for a collaboration with Jane Chapman and Iain Ballamy that culminated in a recording and subsequent release on an album entitled Three Windows.

2007 - Commissioned to compose Trango a piece for harpsichord and baroque oboe by Elaine Funaro and Geoffry Burgess.

2006 - Commissioned to compose Orange Sky : Blue Storm, premiered at the BMIC Cutting Edge Series by renowned classical players Kate Ryder and Jane Chapman.

2006 - Commissioned to compose two pieces for SPNM’s Sound Source, Serra Central and Kayenta Ghosts, premiered at Cargo in London.

2006 - Commissioned by European Development Funded Waterways to compose Naiads, a piece for oboe, harpsichord and piano.

2005 CD Guitar Encryptions for Dark Energy Music.

2004 Composed Kayenta Spires for Jane Chapman

On the CD Liquid Maps (2004)
That Time Again
I’ll See You There
Evening In Singapore
What Now?
Divining
Lines

On the CD Fallen Cities (2002)
Townline
Sphinx
Train Into The Reeds
Fallen Cities
They Docked Ashore

Commissioned to compose three string quartets for McFall’s Chamber in Edinburgh in 2000 - 2002.

Collaborations:

Alongside his years of performing and recording jazz, Mark spent time studying western and non-western classical forms and developing further a long standing interest in Indian, African and Japanese music. On Mark’s CD Fallen Cities, he collaborated with Lebanese singer Samia Afra, and also worked and performed with Turkish musician Gökhan Özyavuz in Istanbul as well as Zambian musician KT Lumpa.

From 1999 to 2001 Mark was a member of the ground breaking internet group Res Rocket. The group consisted of musicians from around the globe who, using special software, collaborated to compose, perform and record for the first time ever, entirely over the internet. As well as producing a recording, the group played live in San Francisco, Paris, Oslo and London. As well as the regular members, guests such Peter Gabriel, Mat Black (Ninja Cut), Todd Rundgren and Tricky performed and recorded with the group.

Mark collaborated with the video artist Ivan Engler to produce a video work that was projected behind his jazz group during performances in Zurich in 2002.