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Mark Vickness

Mark Vickness began his musical training on piano at age six. The road from there to the composer/modern fingerstyle guitarist he is today included a bachelor’s and master’s degree in composition, studies in classical piano, guitar, sitar and tabla, years as a performing jazz guitarist, composer and arranger, several film scores and two decades of recording and performing as the instrumental half of the acoustic fusion duo, Glass House. Mark’s performing experience spans a huge range of genres from free improvisation to West African drum and dance ensembles, from Motown and funk bands to big band jazz and orchestral conducting

Album

In The Rain Shadow

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: High Desert; The Gorge; Alluvial Fans; Stillness (for Will); Roadrunner; Rupak (for Ty); Cloud Shadows; On the Cliffs of Mohr; In The Rain Shadow.

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News: Recording

MVI (Mark Vickness Interconnected) To Release 'In The Rain Shadow'

MVI (Mark Vickness Interconnected) To Release 'In The Rain Shadow'

Following the release of Places in 2017 and Interconnected in 2020, composer/guitarist Mark Vickness announces the release of In The Rain Shadow with a newly expanded group, MVI (Mark Vickness Interconnected) comprising two time Grammy winning violinist, Mads Tolling, Matt Renzi on oboe/English horn and saxophone, cellist Joseph Hebert, Dan Feiszli on upright and electric bass ...

Album

Interconnected

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020

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News: Recording

Acoustic Guitar Virtuoso Mark Vickness To Release Second Album Interconnected

Acoustic Guitar Virtuoso Mark Vickness To Release Second Album Interconnected

Three years after releasing his debut solo CD, Places, composer/guitarist, Mark Vickness releases Interconnected featuring four new solo modern fingerstyle compositions and four original pieces with his new ensemble, also called Interconnected. In addition to Mark on acoustic guitars, the ensemble brings together two time Grammy winning violinist, Mads Tolling, cellist Joseph Hebert, Dan Feiszli on ...

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Article: Album Review

Mark Vickness: Places

Read "Places" reviewed by Andrew J. Sammut


Inspired by rock gods such as Jimi Hendrix and studying with the likes of Mel Powell, guitarist/composer Mark Vickness uses powerful technique and sophisticated harmony to explore texture and mood on “Prince William Sound." Comparisons with a body of water aren't cliche: a pensive six-note motif flows in gradually, surfaces over a subtle ground pulse, then ...

Album

Places

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2017
Track listing: A Thousand Islands; Wind River; Prince William Sound; New York City; Flight of the Rays; Bishop Pass; NYC 2.0; Wonder Lake Suite; I Must Tell Jesus.


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