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Last I knew, long ago and far away, Mark played a 5/4 Rudy. Still true? Not that it's all about the horn, just curious...

gregsundt wrote:Last I knew, long ago and far away, Mark played a 5/4 Rudy. Still true? Not that it's all about the horn, just curious...

Mark plays an HB-2P

When I was at school in Toronto, we had the huge privilege of sitting behind the low brass section of the Toronto Symphony during rehearsals. One that sticks out is listening to Mark play Prokofiev 5 while sitting about 3 feet away. I've yet to hear anything quite like it since.

Thanks for the reminder of that orchestra. I don't think of them often enough any more. In the 90s I was in non-musical graduate programs at two different institutions with the husband of a woman who played the harp with them. (She has since given up the harp and has become a soprano soloist in Chicago; there's no substitute for musical talent, I guess.) I listened to them a good bit then because of friendship as much as anything. But it's been a long time. I'm going to go poke around iTunes and YouTube.

I too was fortunate enough to hear the Toronto Symphony broadcast of Bruckner #4. Mark is one the true greats in the world of orchestral tuba playing! His sound has all the ingredients; plenty of girth while still maintaining focus and clarity. Both amateurs and seasoned professionals could learn a lot about tone production from Mark.

Gary Ofenloch
Utah Symphony

bydloman wrote:I too was fortunate enough to hear the Toronto Symphony broadcast of Bruckner #4. Mark is one the true greats in the world of orchestral tuba playing! His sound has all the ingredients; plenty of girth while still maintaining focus and clarity. Both amateurs and seasoned professionals could learn a lot about tone production from Mark.

Gary Ofenloch
Utah Symphony

He also plays a pretty great mouthpiece, Gary

Thanks, everyone. I'm sitting here blushing.

The mouthpiece alluded to is the Parke-Ofenloch, which I use on my 1984 Hirsbrunner HB-2P.

Mark