Mark Sylvester
Acoustic / Folk / Classical
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TAKOMA PARK, Maryland
United States
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| Mark Sylvester: General Info
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| Member Since | 5/8/2007 | | Band Website | marksylvester.net | | Band Members | Mark Sylvester - Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Bass, Flute, Percussion
Musicians on "Banjo Trio 2"
-Rebecca Kletzker - Viola
-Joel Ciaccio - Bass
Musicians on "Banjo Trio 1"
-Sharon Bayolo - Oboe
-Matan Minz - Cello | | Influences | J.S. Bach
The Beatles
Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, John Coltrane
1970s-era Rush, classic-era Yes, Gabriel-era Genesis
Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, John Denver, Cat Stevens, Van Morrison
Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Phillip Glass
renaissance and baroque lutenists
the classical guitar literature from Sor and Guiliani through Rodrigo
Bela Fleck, Jaco Pastorius, Leo Kottke, Michael Hedges
West African and Afro-Cuban drumming
The Who, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Van Halen, Lynyrd Skynyrd
everything else I've ever heard
many composers and musicians I've found on MySpace | | Record Label | ZuccaTheCat | | Type of Label | Indie |
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| About Mark Sylvester |
Mark is a musician, composer and producer based in Takoma Park, Maryland. As a solo guitarist, Mark performs a broad range of instrumental music, including original compositions from his 2003 CD, American Gypsy. (Listen to "Caravan" and "Cathedral" above.) Mark also performs as a member of Great Noise Ensemble, a Washington, DC-based new music group. He plays guitar, banjo and mandolin with GNE, and the group has premiered several of Mark's newest works for banjo and small ensemble. (Listen to excerpts from "Banjo Trio 1" and "Banjo Trio 2" above.)
Mark is active in the Washington area's folk and acoustic music scene, and he has earned three WAMMIE nominations (2005, 2006, 2007) for contemporary folk instrumentalist. A sought-after accompanist on guitar, bass, banjo and mandolin, Mark performs and records with many of the area's singer/songrwriters, including:
- Verlette Simon
- Sense of Wonder
- Iain Campbell Smith
- Greta Ehrig
- Sarah Fridrich
Mark is also a member of the avant-folk group, Tree Surgeons.
Mark is a Company Associate of The Only Animal, a theatre company based in Vancouver, BC. He composed the music for their 2005 production of Other Freds, and his score was nominated for a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award. Mark is currently working with The Only Animal on the creation of NiX, Canada's first theatre of snow and ice.
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