Mark Snyder
Bio
Using a laptop, video projector, clarinet, tuba & accordion, Mark Snyder creates wordless, multimedia compositions, orchestrated with live instrument processing, prerecorded sounds and video. Mark’s compositions have been described as “a fantastic and colorful sonic journey of musical storytelling.”
“Keep your ears peeled for where this talented composer and performer might be playing”
- Athens News
“Mark Snyder is so good, so Thunderously good...”
-9X Magazine
“Mark Snyder’s Horse “dropped the funk bomb” on the SCI crowd. The rumbles and squeaks of manipulated rocking horse sounds made a great counterpoint to the bass sax’s long sweeping lines. A great groove emerged in the recorded part and the bass sax quickly intercepted and joined in.”
- SCI Blog
“What is great about Mark Snyder and his work is that he brings a much needed feel of musicality to the tone-and-drone set. Instead of similar musicians who are doing the most they can with softsynths and the little musical training they possess, Mark Snyder’s music is the soundtrack of someone who is using a wealth of musical experience to make perfectly simple music.”
- Chain D.L.K.
Mark Snyder is a composer, performer and teacher living in Cleveland, Mississippi. Mark has written for orchestra, choir, wind ensemble, various chamber combinations, multi-media, film, theatre and dance. His music has been performed throughout the United States, Argentina, Europe, New Zealand, Taiwan and selected for festivals and conferences that include Third Practice, Electronic Music MidWest, National Flute Association, North American Saxophone Alliance, SCI, SEAMUS, Ocean, Imagine and the Imagine 2 Electro-Acoustic Festival which Mark founded and directed. Mark has been a guest artist at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, Brown University, Mansfield University, Wabash College, Ball State University, the University of Louisville, the University of Florida, the University of Central Florida, the University of Louisiana-Monroe, Henderson State University, Ohio University, Morehead State University and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. His work has been supported by generous grants from several organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts. As a performer, Mark has recorded and toured the U.S. with with an eclectic list of ensembles: One Ring Zero, Dirtball, Edison's Talking Machine, Amorphic Revelation, Easy Chair, Spike the Dog, Klezalachia, GB, J. D. Hutchinson, and Billy Rhinehart. In the Fall of 2010, Mark will be Assistant Professor of Entertainment Industry at the University of North Alabama and direct the Electroacoustic Juke Joint. Dr. Snyder earned his D.M.A. from the University of Memphis, an M.M. from Ohio University and a B.A. from the University of Mary Washington.