Mark Perlman
Conductor
Conductor Mark Perlman comes from a musical family, in which his
father, David Perlman, was Principal Bass of the Cleveland Orchestra (from 1966
until 1981), and his mother was a singer and violinist. Born in New York City, he was raised in Cleveland, and grew up going to symphony concerts from the
age of 5. He sang in school choirs and began playing guitar at the age of 7,
and began playing string bass at 13. As a bassist he has played in many
orchestras, and also played in a number of jazz groups. He entered college as a
student of chemistry and physics, but shifted to anthropology and philosophy,
while also studying music at the Cleveland Institute of Music. While continuing
to pursue music (including conducting), he received degrees in philosophy and
anthropology from Ohio State University. He spent a year studying in Munich, Germany in 1985-86, during which time he traveled throughout Europe and had the
chance to hear every major European orchestra. In 1994 he completed his Ph.D.
in Philosophy at the University of Arizona.
Dr. Perlman joined the Scottsdale Symphony Orchestra in January 1994, and was appointed Associate Conductor in November 1994. For four years he conducted almost half the music played by the orchestra, and in 1997 he conducted the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 on a CD recording with pianist Nicholas Carey and the Scottsdale Symphony.
Mark Perlman moved to Oregon in 1998 and began as Professor of Philosophy at Western Oregon University, and soon became Music Director of the Willamette Falls Symphony (Oregon City, Oregon). He is also Associate Conductor of the Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra (Oregon). With the Willamette Falls Symphony he has instituted regular summer Pops concerts as well as increasing the orchestra’s size and budget. In 2003 and 2007 he was featured as narrator of poems accompanying Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals with the Salem Chamber Orchestra. In July and August 2005 Dr. Perlman was in Russia to conduct the St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Orchestra and St. Petersburg “Congress” Orchestra, and in September 2005 conducted the Vratsa Philharmonic in Bulgaria. He was featured on Romanian television conducting the Sinfonia Bucharest in Romania in a concert on September 11, 2006 in honor of victims of terrorism. In 2007 he led the Willamette Falls Symphony and the Portland Mormon Choir in a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 ‘Choral’.
Dr. Perlman is the author of two books and several journal articles, and has given numerous public lectures. Among other subjects, he has taught Aesthetics, and specifically the Philosophy of Music. He has made a number of educational broadcasts on various music topics, including conducting, musical instruments, and numerous composers, for Educational Media Group (Scottsdale, Arizona). He also has experience as an announcer for a classical radio program for several years, and is an expert in historical orchestral recordings.
Mark Perlman
MUSICAL RESUME
CONDUCTING POSITIONS
Music Director / Conductor – Willamette Falls Symphony (Oregon City, OR) (May 2001 - present)
Associate Conductor – Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra (Hillsboro, OR) (September 2003 – present)
Associate Conductor – Salem Chamber Orchestra (Salem, OR) (April 2001 – April 2005)
Music Director and Founder - Arizona Camerata Chamber Orchestra (1998 - 2001)
Associate Conductor, Scottsdale Symphony Orchestra (April 1994-July 1998)
RECORDINGS
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4. Nicholas Carey & Scottsdale Sym. Orchestra Desert Legacy Records, Ó1997.
ORCHESTRAS CONDUCTED
Willamette Falls Symphony, Oregon City, OR – Numerous concerts since May 2001
Sinfonia Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania – September 2006
Vratsa Philharmonic, Vratsa, Bulgaria – September 2005
St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Orchestra, St. Petersburg, Russia – July and August, 2005
Salem Chamber Orchestra, Salem, OR – Numerous concerts 2001-2005
Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra, Hillsboro, OR – numerous rehearsals since 2004, and a concert in 2006
Arizona Camerata Chamber Orchestra, Chandler, AZ – July 1999 - 2001
Rose City Chamber Orchestra, Portland, OR – Guest Conductor for Sept. 9, 2001 concert.
Middleman Jewish Community Center Symphony Orchestra, Portland, OR – numerous times 2000-2002
Scottsdale Symphony Orchestra (AZ): Numerous Appearances as Associate Conductor, Nov. 1994 – July 1998
Mesa Symphony Orchestra, Mesa, AZ. Guest Conductor, March 1996 Pops Concert; covered rehearsals in 1997
Portland Reading Orchestra, August 2000, June 2001
Paradise Valley Community College Chamber Orchestra, Paradise Valley, Arizona – 1995
Ohio State University Symphony Orchestra, Columbus, Ohio – 1987
Various student chamber and string orchestras at the Institut für Musikwissenschaft in Munich, Germany – 1985-86
CONDUCTING STUDIES
California Conducting Institute: Bakersfiled, CA, May 2007.
Faculty: Daniel Lewis, Don Thulean, John Farrer Orchestra: Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra
International Academy of Advanced Conducting: St. Petersburg, Russia, July 24 – Aug. 7, 2005
Sponsored by the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Society and VISIT Artistic Management Agency.
Faculty: Yuri Temirkanov, Petr Gribanov, Leonid Kochmar, Sian Edwards, Adrian Gnam, Oleg Proskurnya
Orchestra: St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Orchestra
Conductors Guild Workshop: Seattle,WA, March 5-7,1999 Faculty: Murry Sidlin, Adrian Gnam, & Vilem Sokol
Works conducted: Schubert Symphony No. 8 ‘Unfinished’, R. Strauss’ “Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche”
Arizona State University: Attended graduate conducting repertoire seminar with Dr.Timothy Russell, Spring 1996
University of Arizona: Attended graduate conducting seminars with Dr. Leonard Pearlman, 1990-93
Ohio State University: Studied conducting with Dr. Richard Bernstein, 1986-87
Performed in numerous orchestras with distinguished conductors including:
Louis Lane, David Effron, Carl Topilow, Robert Bernhardt, Marshall Haddock, Sheldon Morgenstern, Leonard Pearlman, Irving Fleming, Mischa Semanitzky, Vassily Vasilenko, Alejandro Matos, Gordon Johnson, Harry Davidson, and David Lewis Crosby
GENERAL MUSICAL EDUCATION
Studied Music History and Music Theory, and performed in orchestras and other ensembles:
Cleveland Institute of Music and Case Western Reserve University (1982-85)
Ohio State University (1985-89, as both an Undergraduate and Graduate Student)
Attended Eastern Music Festival, Summer 1981, 1982.
One of select few festival participants to perform in the Eastern Philharmonic, the festival’s faculty orchestra.
Won Distinguished Soloist Award (on bass) at the Lakeland Jazz Festival (Lakeland, Ohio) 1982,
Award included Jazz Scholarship to Berklee School of Music
MUSICAL FAMILY HISTORY
My father, the late David Perlman, was Principal Bassist of the Cleveland Orchestra (1966-1981), as well as Professor of Music at the Cleveland Institute of Music and internationally known teacher, a well-known expert on bass instruments, and collector of some of the world's finest basses. He was also my first bass teacher.
principal instrument -- DOUBLE BASS Teachers have included (with period of study):
David Perlman, Former Principal Bass,
Cleveland Orchestra (1977-81)
Scott Haigh, Assistant Principal Bass of the Cleveland Orchestra (1981-82)
Paul Robinson, School of Music, Ohio State University (1986-89)
Performed in master classes with renowned bass soloist Gary Karr at Eastern Music Festival
1981 and 1982
David Snyder (1970-81)
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE - CLASSICAL BASSIST
Performed as double bassist with numerous orchestras (both amateur and professional), including:
Salem Chamber Orchestra (from Sept. 1998 - present)
Western Oregon Symphony (2000-2004)
Scottsdale Symphony Orchestra (1994-1998)
The San Marcos Symphony Orchestra (Chandler, Arizona) (1997)
Mesa Symphony Orchestra (Mesa, Arizona) (1998)
University of Arizona Symphony Orchestra (1989-93)
Tucson Symphony Orchestra (1989)
Youngstown Symphony Orchestra (1988)
Ohio State University Symphony Orchestra (1986-89)
Orchester des Instituts für Musikwissenschaft (Munich, Germany) (1985-86)
Cleveland Civic Orchestra/Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra (1980-82, 1984-85)
Ashland Symphony Orchestra, Ashland, Ohio (1984 and 1985)
Cleveland Institute of Music Symphony Orchestra (1983-1985)
Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra (Faculty Orchestra of Eastern Music Festival), Greensboro, N.C., (1981 and 1982)
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE - JAZZ BASSIST
Performed jazz on Double Bass, both upright and electric, in many groups - 1980-1988.
Educational Broadcasts Educational Media Group, Scottsdale, Arizona
Creator, Writer, Researcher, and Moderator of live (and videotaped) satellite-linked educational programs, including interviews and interactive discussion. (Video footage available on request.)
“The Orchestra and the Conductor” (Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition) (January 20, 1998)
“The Orchestra and the Conductor” (Haydn’s ‘Surprise’ Symphony (No. 94)) (January 20, 1998)
“African-American Composers II”: William Grant Still, Ulysses Kay, Roque Cordero (May 1996)
“African-American Composers I”: Cevalier de Saint-Georges, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (May 1996)
“Modern Composers”: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ralph Vaughn Williams (May 1996)
“Instruments”- all families, with samples on bass, flute, trumpet, xylophone (April 1996)
“The Symphony Orchestra Conductor” (May 1995)
“On Orchestra Conducting” (May 1995)
SPECIALIST on Historical Orchestral Recordings
In-depth knowledge of historical orchestral recordings and performance styles.
Extensive collection of reference material and over 6000 historical recordings of orchestral music.
RADIO ANNOUNCING
Classical Music Announcer for weekly radio show on WRUW 91.1 FM - Cleveland, Ohio 1982-84.
RECORDING ENGINEER
Served as Assistant Recording Engineer for Scottsdale Symphony Orchestra concerts: 8-track DAT recordings and
tape mixing, 1994-1998
Recording Engineer for concert of the Timberline Symphony Orchestra, Longmont, Colorado, December 1996.
LECTURER (also numerous non-music-related lectures and publications)
“Authentic Performance of Music: From Bach and Handel to Elvis, Ray Charles, and the Blues Brothers”, International Conference on the Arts in Society, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, August, 2006
“Misplaying a Musical Work: A Problem in Musical Ontology” University of Arizona, Feb. 20, 1998.
Organizer and Panelist for two day Philosophy Club Winter Symposium: “Music and Language”, Western Oregon University, January 30 and February 6, 2004.
NARRATOR
Twice performed narration of poems by Bruce Adolphe to orchestral performances of Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals, Feb. 2003 and Feb. 2007.
Willamette Falls Symphony
Mark Perlman Music Director and Conductor
www.willamettefallssymphony.org
President of the Orchestra: Margaret
Arighi
12853 S. Casto Rd., Oregon City, OR 97045
Phone: 503-632-7267 margarig@juno.com
Music Director duties include:
· Conducting all concerts and rehearsals
· Selecting repertoire
· Selecting soloists and preparing for rehearsals with soloists
· Supervising Orchestra personnel
· Auditioning new members when needed
· Planning rehearsal schedule and concert dates
· Serving as Member of the Board of Directors
· Serving as Member of the Committee of Orchestra Leaders
· Writing program notes
· Supervising layout of programs
· Supervising preparation of publicity materials
· Participating in fundraising activities and promotion of the orchestra
· Supervising all recording activities with the orchestra
Major works conducted in 2001-2008 Seasons: