Mark Templeton: Pianist, Arranger, Composer

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Mark Templeton was born in New York, NY on May 25, 1961, the son of portrait artist Robert Templeton. Starting on guitar, and continuing with the piano Mark applied himself at musical styles from classical to rock. Starting his training in classical piano, he became interested in jazz during his mid teens, and attended Berklee College of Music for several years before starting his professional career. Mark currently lives in Woodbury, CT.

Selected U.S. Performances:
Blue Note, N.Y.C. with Tony Purrone
Birdland, N.Y.C. with Mike Dapozzo
B. Smiths, N.Y.C. with Kenny Garrett Group
South Street Seaport with Sherri Winston
Lake Compounce with Chuck Berry
Oakdale Music Theatre with Connie Francis
Quinnipiac College with Randy Brecker
Quinnipiac College with Clark Terry
Gilson Theatre with Eddie Henderson
880 Club with Frank Foster
Iron Horse with Freddie Hubbard
Palace Theatre with Freddie Hubbard
Citys Edge with Curtis Fuller
Rocking Horse Cafe with Slide Hampton
Charles Ives Center with Clark Eno
Mannes College with Randy Johnston
The Hillside, Waterbury CT, with Gerry Bergonzi, Dave Santoro, and Ed Soph
New Haven Symphony Orchestra All Ellington Concert

Tours and Festivals:
1982: Sea World Cruises, Miami and the Bahamas with Mike Clark and Jed Levy
1985-86: Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, England, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden and Italy with the Freddie Hubbard Quintet
Berlin Jazzfest with Dizzy Gillespie and Woody Shaw
1987-90: St. Barts, British Virgin Islands and Nevis, West Indies with own group
1990-94: United States, Germany, France, Holland, Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain with Kenny Garrett and The Miles Davis All-Stars
1990-2002: Music Mountain classical and jazz festival featuring the Mark Templeton Trio
1991: World Expo '91, Seville, Spain with Kenny Garrett and the Miles Davis All-Stars
1994: The Montreal Jazz Festival with Kenny Garrett and the Miles Davis All-Stars.
2000: Portland Jazz Festival with Kenwood Denard.
1995-2010: The Cast of Beatlemania
Bangor Civic Center, Bangor, ME 
Broward County Convention Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 
Burlington County Amphitheater, Westampton, NJ 
Chinook Winds Casino Resort, Lincoln City, OR 
CM Performing Arts Center, Oakdale, NY 
Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta, GA 
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Appleton, WI 
Foxwoods Casino- Hard Rock Café, Ledyard, CT 
Freedom Hill Amphitheatre, Sterling Heights, MI 
Goucher College, Towson, MD  
Hollywood Casino Tunica, Tunica Resorts, MS 
Houma Terrebone Civic Center, Houma, LA
Ives Concert Park Univeristy Blvd Danbury, CT 
Jacob Brown Civic Center, International Blvd. Brownsville, TX 
Maui Grand Wailea Resort, Maui HI
Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA 
Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake, MN
New York Marriott Marquis, New York, NY   
Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT  
Paramount Center for the Arts, Bristol, TN
Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, FL
Ramapo College Mahway, NJ
Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ
Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT  
Robert Ferst Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA 
Rockhounds Stadium, Midland, TX 
Roxy Theater, Northampton, PA 
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 
Sim Park Amphitheater, New Port Richey, FL
Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, Smithtown, NY
St. Clair Park Amphitheater, Greensburg, PA 
State Theater, St Petersburg, FL 
State Theatre, Uniontown, PA 
TD Bank Amphitheater, Ben Salem, PA 
Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, BC 
Tilles Center for the Performing Arts w/The Nassau Pops Symphony Orchestra,  Boulevard Greenvale, NY 
Tulalip Casino, Marysville, WA  
Westchester Broadway Theater, Elmsford, NY

Teaching Experience:
Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Master classes and workshops as a member of Conntours, the Connecticut
Commission on the Arts touring program
Private instruction in piano, theory and harmony

Education:
Classical studies with Sylvia Schumacher, graduate of the Paris Conservatory and Leslie Merwin, MA Juilliard School of Music
Jazz studies at The Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
Private jazz studies with Ray Santisi and Kenny Barron

Current performance:
"The Cast Of Beatlemania", featuring cast members of the Broadway show
Concerts and club appearances with jazz trio "Asetta Templetons", featuring Mike Asetta on bass and Kevin Templeton on drums. 
Violin/ Piano duo with Alyce Cognetta-Bertz 

Recordings and broadcasts:
Clark Eno Orchestra: King of Swing, Push Records
Freddie Hubbard Quintet : National Public Radio from Helmskirk, Holland
Freddie Hubbard: National Public Television, Germany
Kenneth Collins: Urban Revelation, Hit City Records
Blind Society, KCP Productions
Mass-Conn Fusion: Alive at Guidos, VBC Records
Mike Ponella: G.W.B. Shuffle, M.A.P. Records
New Joy: Then and Now
Steve Brien: Token Entry, Polygram Records
Sugar Daddy: Sugar Daddy
Tom Chapin: Connecticut Public Television
Wishbone Ash: Illuminations, Renaissance Records 

Arranging:
Composed and arranged 2 pieces for the PBS special "American Photography: A Century of Images."
Composed and arranged music for Major League Baseball 2000 season for television and stadium play.
Commissioned by Hall & Oates to score 20 of their songs.
Musical director and arranger for vocalists Phil LoPresti, Paulette Barnes and "The Cast Of Beatlemania"
Scoring and recording original arrangement of Duke Ellington compositions for full orchestra.
Big band arrangements and transcriptions for national and international acts.