Mark Alan Wade

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Mark Alan Wade is a hammered dulcimer player from Ohio, USA.

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Mark Wade joined the faculty of Denison University as affiliate instructor of trumpet in August of 2006. Currently, Wade is completing his D.M.A. in trumpet performance at the Ohio State University, where he studies with Timothy Leasure. Prior to this appointment, Wade received his B.M. from Ohio Wesleyan University (1999), and his M.M. from the Ohio State University. Wade recently won the D.M.A. Concerto Competition and will be appearing with the O.S.U. Symphony Orchestra as a soloist during the 2006/2007 season.

Wade has performed on different occasions for President George Bush Sr., Ross Perot, and the former U.S. Secretary of Defense, William S. Cohen. While pursuing his M.M., Wade toured Austria, Slovakia and Hungary as co-principal trumpet with the Classical Music Festival Orchestra of Eisenstadt, Austria. More recently, he has appeared with the Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra, the Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra (principal trumpet) in Ohio. Wade recently played principal trumpet on the Ohio State University Wind Symphony's new CD entitled "The Winds of Nagual" under the Naxos recording label.

In addition to his experience as a trumpet player, Wade is also an accomplished hammered dulcimer performer and teacher. In 1998, he won the Walnut Valley National Hammered Dulcimer Championship held in Winfield, Kansas. He can be heard on more than a dozen recordings; he has personally released six CDs and a method book.