Mark Zuckerman(b. 1948) has written extensively for virtuoso soloists, chamber ensembles, a cappella choir (including an internationally-recognized collection of Yiddish choral arrangements), wind ensemble, and string orchestra, with work acclaimed as "intriguing music of deceptive simplicity ... subtle, persuasive and, quite simply, beautiful" and "highly accessible … quite moving." A Princeton Ph.D. in composition, he taught at Princeton and Columbia and published numerous articles and a book drawn from his popular jazz survey course. He also played saxophone in stage bands; clarinet, sax and keyboards in rock bands; washtub bass in bluegrass and jug bands; and sang in several Yiddish choirs. His music is available from a number of commercial music publishers and CD labels and has been performed and recorded by a variety of prestigious soloists and ensembles on four continents.
Mark Zuckerman received a 2004 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and a 2009 Renée B. Fisher Composer Award, and was winner of the 2010 Boston Metro Opera choral competition and the first annual Hal Campbell Composition Competition. His recent commissions include the Live Music for Dance program of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and the American Music Center, Rutgers University Wind Ensemble, Lone Star Brass, and the Santa Cruz Chamber Orchestra. He was featured recently on New Jersey Network's television program, State of the Arts, in a segment focusing on the production of his opera, "The Outlaw and the King," at Rutgers University.
He is a member of the American Composers Alliance (ACA) and currently serves on the ACA Board of Governors.
Zuckerman has made his home in Roosevelt, NJ, for more than 35 years.
Mark Zuckerman, Composer
Biography
Mark Zuckerman (b. 1948) has written extensively for virtuoso soloists, chamber ensembles, a cappella choir (including an internationally-recognized collection of Yiddish choral arrangements), wind ensemble, and string orchestra, with work acclaimed as "intriguing music of deceptive simplicity ... subtle, persuasive and, quite simply, beautiful" and "highly accessible … quite moving." A Princeton Ph.D. in composition, he taught at Princeton and Columbia and published numerous articles and a book drawn from his popular jazz survey course. He also played saxophone in stage bands; clarinet, sax and keyboards in rock bands; washtub bass in bluegrass and jug bands; and sang in several Yiddish choirs. His music is available from a number of commercial music publishers and CD labels and has been performed and recorded by a variety of prestigious soloists and ensembles on four continents.
Mark Zuckerman received a 2004 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and a 2009 Renée B. Fisher Composer Award, and was winner of the 2010 Boston Metro Opera choral competition and the first annual Hal Campbell Composition Competition. His recent commissions include the Live Music for Dance program of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and the American Music Center, Rutgers University Wind Ensemble, Lone Star Brass, and the Santa Cruz Chamber Orchestra. He was featured recently on New Jersey Network's television program, State of the Arts, in a segment focusing on the production of his opera, "The Outlaw and the King," at Rutgers University.
He is a member of the American Composers Alliance (ACA) and currently serves on the ACA Board of Governors.
Zuckerman has made his home in Roosevelt, NJ, for more than 35 years.