High School Band Director in MinnesotaPrivate Lesson Instructor since 1966Associate Conductor, Sarasota Concert BandPlay Baritone Sax in the Woodlands Concert BandMark B. Levenson is a professional saxophonist, music educator, conductor and woodwind repair technician. He studied under Dr. Frank Bencriscutto at the University of Minnesota and was a High School Band Director in Minnesoata.. While attending college Mark worked at a large Minneapolis music store wherein on his lunch hour, he spent time with a master woodwind repair specialist. Mark has been repairing woodwinds since 1969. He was the only band student who could repair instruments when Dr. Frank Bencriscutto took the Minnesota Concert Band Ensemble on a seven-week tour of the Soviet Union, culminating with a concert in the White House Rose Gardens for President Richard Nixon.. Mark will not let an instrument leave his shop without rigorously testing the horn himself.