Mark Ford (1958- )
Mark
Ford is the coordinator of percussion activities at The University of
North Texas in Denton, Texas and a past president of the Percussive
Arts Society. He is a marimba specialist and the coordinator of one of
the largest percussion programs in the United States at UNT. Ford is an
active performer on the marimba and he has been featured throughout the
United States at universities and music conferences. He also regularly
performs at International Music Festivals in South America, Asia,
Australia and Europe. With several marimba and percussion CDs to his
credit, Ford's recordings have further established his dedication
to excellence in music. Ford’s solo marimba CDs, Motion Beyond and Polaris, have received outstanding reviews including The Instrumentalist
which stated Ford's performance is "superb and his compositional style
is equally outstanding." Mark has also recorded two DVDs and a CD with
Japanese virtuoso marimbist Keiko Abe and the UNT Wind Symphony. As a
composer Mark Ford has written several popular works for solo marimba
and percussion ensemble including Head Talk, Polaris, Kingdom Lore Fanfare, Stubernic, Afta-Stuba!, Heads Up! and The Surface of Life.
His compositions have been performed at universities and concert halls
throughout the world and also featured on National Public Radio. Ford
is also the author of Marimba: Technique Through Music,
a four-mallet marimba method book published by Innovative Percussion,
Inc. Ford has been recognized as a leading percussion educator and
his UNT Percussion Ensemble was selected as a winner in the 2009 PAS
Int'l Percussion Ensemble Competition.COMPOSITIONS Mark Ford Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
Head Talk, percussion quintet (1987) ["a quintet for drums without shells"]
Stubernic, 1 marimba with 3 players (1988; pub. 1995)
One-Eyed Jacks, percussion ensemble (6 players) (pub. 1995)
City Soca (by Arthur Lipner; arr. for [marimba ensemble???] by Mark Ford, 1995)
Invention (by Billy Barber; arr. for percussion ensemble by Mark Ford, 1995)
Polaris, marimba (1995; pub. 1996)
Standup Shadow, percussion quartet with speaker (1997)
Motion Beyond, marimba (1998; pub. 1999)
Afta-Stuba!, 1 marimba with 3 players (2000) [a sequel to "Stubernic", 1988]
Nightwatch, steel drum ens. [tenor pan, 2 vibraphone, dbl seconds pan (opt.), 3 marimba, drmset, bass gtr, perc (pub. 2001?)
Ransom, marimba (2002)
Heads Up!, percussion ensemble (5 players) with only standard drum heads (2003)
Marimba, technique through music: a collection of etudes designed . . . for the intermediate 4-mallet marimbist (pub. 2005)
Kingdom Lore Fanfare, marimba (2005; pub. 2006)
The Green Road, marimba (2007; pub. 2008)
The Surface of Life, solo vibraphone and percussion ensemble (pub. 2008)
Stealing A Moment, marimba (pub. 2010)
Marimba Heritage, 4 marimba, 2 vibraphone, xylophone (or glockenspiel) and timpani (pub. 2010)
WORKS BY GENRE Mark Ford Links ~ top of page ~
Chamber or Percussion Ensemble
Head Talk, percussion quintet (1987) ["a quintet for drums without shells"]
One-Eyed Jacks, percussion ensemble (6 players) (pub. 1995)
City Soca (by Arthur Lipner; arr. for [marimba ensemble???] by Mark Ford, 1995)
Invention (by Billy Barber; arr. for percussion ensemble by Mark Ford, 1995)
Standup Shadow, percussion quartet with speaker (1997)
Nightwatch, steel drum ens. [tenor pan, 2 vibraphone, dbl seconds pan (opt.), 3 marimba, drmset, bass gtr, perc (pub. 2001?)
Heads Up!, percussion ensemble (5 players) with only standard drum heads (2003)
The Surface of Life, solo vibraphone and percussion ensemble (pub. 2008)
Marimba Heritage, 4 marimba, 2 vibraphone, xylophone (or glockenspiel) and timpani (pub. 2010)
Marimba
Stubernic, 1 marimba with 3 players (1988; pub. 1995)
City Soca (by Arthur Lipner; arr. for [marimba ensemble???] by Mark Ford, 1995)
Polaris, marimba (1995; pub. 1996)
Motion Beyond, marimba (1998; pub. 1999)
Afta-Stuba!, 1 marimba with 3 players (2000) [a sequel to "Stubernic", 1988]
Ransom, marimba (2002)
Marimba, technique through music: a collection of etudes designed . . . for the intermediate 4-mallet marimbist (pub. 2005)
Kingdom Lore Fanfare, marimba (2005; pub. 2006)
The Green Road, marimba (2007; pub. 2008)
Stealing A Moment, marimba (pub. 2010)
Marimba Heritage, 4 marimba, 2 vibraphone, xylophone (or glockenspiel) and timpani (pub. 2010)
Solo Percussion
The Surface of Life, solo vibraphone and percussion ensemble (pub. 2008)
MARK FORD LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
Marimba: An Interpretation (Mark Ford, Innovative Percussion)
Marimba Technique (Mark Ford, Innovative Percussion)
Perspectives - An Interview with Mark Ford (Dynasty Band)
Percussion Mallet Intruments in Band Literature: The Fouth Dimension (Mark Ford, The Midwest Clinic)
Composer website (at University of North Texas) . . . contact Mark Ford: here
Mark Ford @ Colorado State University
Mark Ford @ CSN International New Music Festival
Mark Ford @ Dynasty Percussion USA
Mark Ford @ Facebook
Mark Ford @ Innovative Percussion, Inc
Mark Ford @ InstantEncore
Mark Ford @ Lebanon Bands
Mark Ford @ Edward Lein
Mark Ford @ Latin Percussion
Mark Ford @ LinkedIn
Mark Ford @ MusicWeb International
Mark Ford @ Dave Sabine's Percussion Music Library
Mark Ford @ University of North Texas
Mark Ford @ University of Virginia
Mark Ford @ Zildjian
Publisher
Mark Ford @ C. Alan Publications
Mark Ford @ drop6 media
Mark Ford @ Innovative Percussion, Inc
Mark Ford @ MalletWorks
Mark Ford @ Steve Weiss Music
Streaming Audio
Mark Ford @ WNYC/New Sounds
Recordings
Mark Ford @ ArkivMusic
Mark Ford @ ClassicsOnline
Video
Mark Ford @ YouTube
Mark Ford @ Google Video
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