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 Mark
H. Lawrence, formerly Principal
Trombone of the San Francisco
Symphony, is an active soloist,
clinician, chamber musician, and
teacher. He has performed at the
International Brass Conference
and the International Trombone
Conference, and is a frequent
recitalist in this country and
abroad. He has been a soloist
with the San Francisco Symphony
on several occasions and been a
guest artist with many other
orchestras and concert
bands.
Mr.
Lawrence is a founding member of
the Bay Brass, and is a former
member of Chicago's Music of the
Baroque, the Empire Brass
Quintet, and the Center City
Brass Quintet. Mr. Lawrence has
performed at the Colorado Music
Festival, the Grand Teton Music
Festival, the Lieksa Brass
Festival in Finland, and the
Tanglewood Institute.
A
graduate of the Curtis Institute
of Music, Mr. Lawrence has given
master classes worldwide, and
served on the faculties of Boston
University ,the Tanglewood
Institute, the Rafael Mendez
Brass Institute, and Northwestern
University. He currently teaches
at the San Francisco Conservatory
of Music, the Colburn School in
Los Angeles, and the Music
Academy of the West in Santa
Barbara.
Mr.
Lawrence's discography includes
three solo CDs, 14 chamber music
CDs with Summit Brass, Empire
Brass, the Center City Brass
Quintet, the renowned "Four of a
Kind" Trombone Quartet, and Bay
Brass: and more than 30
recordings with the San Francisco
Symphony.
Together
with fellow Bay Brass member Paul
Welcomer, he formed MarcoPaulo
Publishing, a company
specializing in music for the
trombone, which features
arrangements by each of them,
including music from Mr.
Lawrence's solo
albums.
In
his free time he loves open water
sculling on the San Francisco
Bay.
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