Mark Spielman

Mark is first and foremost a bass player with a professional career extending back 20 years starting with a degree from the University of Miami. His career has been divided equally between live performance, studio session, and education. As a member of "The Circle," a Florida based contemporary jazz group, he performed a variety of large venues including opening concerts for Hall and Oates, Chicago, Rod Stewart, and George Benson. Other performance credits span a variety of styles in including jazz dates with Frank Gambale, Dee Daniels, and Jimmy Haslip and pop/rock artists such as Ellen MacIlwaine, Shari Ulrich, and Paul Janz. The list of studio session dates include jingle and live broadcast for CBC, as well as numerous album productions in the role of player/producer. Currently Mark arranges and writes for the 10 piece R&B group, "What It Is."

Mark teaches: Bass, Labs, Ensembles, Contemporary Harmony, History of Jazz, and Computer Applications (MIDI).