Mark Wood (violinist)
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| Origin | Port Washington, New York, USA |
| Genre(s) | Symphonic Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal |
| Occupation(s) | Electric Violinist, Luthier, Teacher, Composer |
| Instrument(s) | Electric Violin, Viola |
| Years active | 1990-present |
| Label(s) | Mark Wood Music Productions |
| Associated acts | Trans-Siberian Orchestra, The Mark Wood Band, Electrify Your Strings |
| Website | www.markwoodmusic.com |
Mark Wood is an electric violinist and string master of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, as well as the founder of Wood Violins, a company that makes high quality, unique electric violins. He is also an Emmy-winning composer. His music and strings education program has been featured on news programs nationwide.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Education
Mark Wood began his career with a full scholarship at the Juilliard School in New York and studied viola under the well-known conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein at the Tanglewood Music Program.
[edit] Musician
Wood is the lead violinist and an original member of the symphonic rock group Trans-Siberian Orchestra. He has also played with Celine Dion, Billy Joel and Lenny Kravitz. As a solo performer he has released six CDs featuring his own versions of popular rock songs. On these CDs he is accompanied by "The Mark Wood Band" consisting of several members of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, as well as his wife Laura Kaye.
[edit] Composer
He is the founder of "Mark Wood Productions", a company that creates music for the use in Film and Television. Wood received an Emmy award for the music of CBS-TVs coverage of the 2002 Tour de France. He also composed a piece for electric string quartet commissioned by the Juilliard School, which he himself attended, entitled "Nest of Vipers".
[edit] Luthier
The company “Wood Violins” produces custom-made electric violins, violas and cellos. One of their models, the Viper, features a patented chest-support system. Wood build his first electric violin at age 12.[1]
[edit] Teacher
Mark Wood has been touring schools in the United States with his series of music education programs called “Electrify Your Strings”. He is an instructor at the annual Mark O’Connor Fiddle Camps and in 2008 was elected to the board of the American String Teachers Association. In January 2008 his book Electrify your Strings was published. It is supposed to be the first in a series of instructional books for both students and educators.
[edit] Personal life
Mark Wood has three brothers, who all played string instruments. His mother was a pianist and his father an abstract painter. [2] He is married to vocalist Laura Kaye and has a son named Elijah.[3]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Solo Albums
- Voodoo Violince
- Against the Grain
- Guts Grace and Glory
- These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
- Sanctuary
- Portrait of an Artist
[edit] Notes
- ^ Wood, Mark: Electrify your Strings, page 9. Hal Leonard Corporation, 2008
- ^ Wood, Mark: Electrify your Strings, page 8. Hal Leonard Corporation, 2008
- ^ Wood, Mark: Electrify your Strings, page 6. Hal Leonard Corporation, 2008
[edit] References
Mark Wood Biography. www.markwoodmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-16.
Wood, Mark (2008). Electrify Your Strings. Hal Leonard Corporation, 6. ISBN 978-1-57560-743-6.
[edit] External links
- Official website of Mark Wood
- Official site of Wood Violins
- Official site of the "Electrify Your Strings" program
- Official site of "Mark Wood Music Productions"
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