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Also a pianist with a wide range of experience, Marcus has accompanied church services (with and without choir) since a young age, rehearsed and accompanied singers in musical theatre and contemporary opera, won many Seattle-area and Washington-state awards for solo and concerto performance, and performed concertos by Mozart, Schumann, and Bartók with orchestras including the Seattle Symphony, the Sammamish Symphony, Orchestra Seattle, and Philharmonia Northwest. Since his early teens, he has further distinguished himself in frequent performances of challenging 20th-century and contemporary repertoire, including Carter’s Double Concerto (as piano soloist) and Triple Duo (with members of Speculum Musicae), as well as many small- and large-ensemble performances with Eastman’s Ossia New Music, Philharmonia, and Musica Nova ensembles, including works by Ligeti, Francesconi, Furrer, Ives, Crumb, Reich, Zorn, and others, and a number of US and world premieres. His piano teachers have included Michi Hirata North, Peter Mack, and Vincent Lenti, and he has played in master classes for Frank Heneghan, John Perry, Stephen Drury, and Charles Rosen.
Currently on a voluntary leave from Eastman, Marcus is pursuing a number of extramusical interests through mostly independent research, while continuing private study and professional work in piano performance, composing and arranging, and music engraving. He may be contacted for further information.