Mark F  

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Instruments: Clarinet
Styles: Classical, Swing, Marching Band

I am a musician, clarinet soloist, orchestral and chamber music performer and teacher, co-founding professor of clarinet and chamber music for El Sistema in Caracas, Venezuela. I have more than 37 years experience in teaching young adults, adolescents and children. I have developed techniques for achieving wonderful results and many of my former students have gone on to work as professionals abroad. Returning to NYC after so many years is exciting and I look forward to passing the torch of knowledge and musicianship on to the next generation of students. I have also taught English to oil company executives as well as to students of all ages. Finally, I have worked as an artistic manager of chamber music groups and individual artists. I was a PMC and director of operations and logistics for successfully introducing a new technology for use in Lake Maracaibo between 2012 thru 2015. It required a three+ month field test and I worked with all the operators, engineers, directors, port and barge workers and performed all the technical and on-site translations when required. I was in charge of all liaison between the national oil company and my company that won the mandate to procure and test the product which was eventually approved and certified in accordance to all API standards. In 2004 I made my acting debut in a television mini-series in Venezuela titled Habla mi Venezuela, portraying the German explorer, geographer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. Two years of Pre-College at the Julliard School of Music. After winning a nationwide audition, I won a place to perform for two consecutive summers at the Tanglewood Music Festival of the Boston Symphony. I was the principal clarinetist of the New York Youth Symphony between 1977-1980. Graduated in 1977 from Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School with a High School Diploma followed by three years of Music study at Manhattan School of Music. Subsequently, I won an audition to work with the Caracas Philharmonic in 1980. Since Jan. of 1981, I have lived and worked in Venezuela. I was the principal and solo clarinetist of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela, the country's oldest and first symphonic orchestra where I was also a board director during six of those years. I also performed, recorded and toured internationally with the Octeto Académico de Caracas.