Mark Tipton Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

Natick, Massachusetts, United States

In my role as Lead Instructor of Jazz and Contemporary Musical Arts at Walnut Hill School for the Arts I am responsible for designing jazz curriculum, teaching classroom courses, and coaching jazz ensembles. My other duties include recruitment, co-leading interdisciplinary performances, and liaising with educational institutions outside of Walnut Hill.

Portland, Maine Area

Live and recorded music production, including jazz, contemporary music, pop/rock, original music for silent films, modern film scoring, and collaborative arts presentations.

Portland, Maine

Les Sorciers Perdus, (“The Lost Wizards”), is a pan-genre musical ensemble that includes: trumpeter/composer Mark Tipton, guitarist Ryan Blotnick, bassist Tyler Heydolph, and percussionist Beau Lisy.LSP released their debut CD, “Alchemist’s Dream” in March of 2017. The album is dedicated to the memory of the group’s founding bassist, the late Chris.

Portland, Maine

The Mark Tipton Quartet/Quintet is a rotating personnel ensemble that performs originally-composed, freely-improvised, and classic jazz music in performance venues and at private functions throughout the Northeast and beyond. Begun in the late 1990’s, members have included: pianists Jesse Lynch, Peter Dugas, & Jesse Feinberg; guitarists Ryan Blotnick, Dan.

Portland, Maine

In April of 2017 I premiered a four-movement work titled, "After You'd Gone: Four Alan Brooks Poems" (2017), performed by Les Sorciers Perdus and poet/speaker Alan Brooks at the Back Cove Contemporary Music Festival at SPACE Gallery in Portland, Maine. In the Spring of 2015 I premiered a short ballet titled, "Unfolding" (2015), commissioned by the Portland.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

In this role I teach jazz trumpet lessons to middle school and high school students, as well as jazz composition.

Orono, Maine

Private lessons in jazz improvisation, currently being offered remotely.

Augusta, Maine, United States

Private lessons in trumpet and jazz improvisation, currently being offered remotely.

East Orland, Maine

Bar Harbor, Maine

As Development Director at the 1932 Criterion Theatre, I am responsible for ensuring the sustainability of Maine's premier Art Deco theatre, augmenting individual and business memberships, and increasing the organization's capacity to provide exemplary live performances, films, theatre, dance, and educational workshops to Bar Harbor's year-round residents.

Ellsworth, Maine

Brunswick, Maine

Portland, ME

As Executive Director of the Portland Conservatory of Music, I was responsible for creating and monitoring educational programs, hiring and evaluating faculty members, planning and overseeing concerts, festivals, and events, and maintaining positive and dynamic relations with faculty & staff, clients, clients' families, and the Board of Trustees. I was.

Waterville, ME

Gorham, ME

Doctor Of Musical Arts, Jazz Performance

Mm, Classical Trumpet Performance

Private Studies with Vincent Penzarella.

Master Of Music, Trumpet Performance

Bm, Classical Trumpet Performance

Private studies with Ryan Anthony, Roy Poper, and Jack Sutte.

High School Diploma, Trumpet Performance