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Mark Baynes
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About Me
Jazz musician, scholar and educator
Mark Baynes is a British born pianist. He has over 15 years as an international artist and has enjoyed working with quality acts such as NZ hip hop artist King Kapisi, Che-Fu, Andy Vargas USA (Santana), Tim and Neil Finn, The Mint Chicks, Clay Jenkins (USA), Tony Christie (UK), Tim Beveridge, Anika Moa, Don McGlashan, Battucada Sound Machine, Caitlin Smith, Tina Cross, Taisha, Annie Crummer, Tama Waipara, Bella Kalolo, Jackie Clarke, Frankie Stevens, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and the Topp Twins. He has been broadcast on Christmas in the Park TV3, Homegrown on C4, Juice and Alt TV. Mark worked for 18 months in the Middle East as an MD, a pianist/MD for ProShip (Canada) for two years, and has released two jazz albums under the pseudonym of ‘Ironic Trio’ (available on iTunes). Mark also collaborated with Georgia Wood to produce an album called Happenstance, by the Standard Funk Ensemble. Mark has worked with the Kid’s Music Company to MD and record three albums, two of which won gold and silver at the practical Pre-school Awards, UK, 2010-2011. Mark is a university tutor / lecturer at Auckland University and Massey University (New Zealand School of Music). In 2008 Mark was awarded the Ariadne Danilow Music prize (Victoria University of Wellington) and the Sir Alan Stewart Postgraduate Scholarship (Massey University) enabling him to pursue further education. Mark has studied under Gary Burton (USA) at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, he now holds an MMus in jazz performance (1st Class Honours) and is currently studying towards his DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) at Auckland University.
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This page was last updated on 2019-12-10.
