Mark Gustavson:
CLASS OF 1977
Buffalo Grove High SchoolClass of 1977
Buffalo grove, IL
Mark's Story
Mark is from East Moriches, New York. Mark is married. Mark's schools include Buffalo Grove High School. Mark later attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Music Composition, Clarinet Performance). Mark works(ed) at Nassau Community College, Freelance Musician/Composer, Composer.
Music Mark likes includes Gary Powell Nash, composer, Julie and John Pennell, Hypercube. Books Mark likes include Edwina, Wilderness and the American Mind. Movies Mark likes include Baby. TV shows Mark likes include Jerry Seinfeld.
One of Mark's favorite quotes is:""The Earth is round, there is neither east nor west."".
More about Mark:"The American composer Mark Gustavson was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1959 and grew up in the Chicago suburbs. He began studying clarinet at eight and composing when he was sixteen. In high school he studied at the Music Institute of Chicago. He later went...Expand for more
on to study clarinet and composition at Northern Illinois University, University of Illinois, Columbia University and Conservatory of Amsterdam (under Chinary Ung, Ben Johnston and Mario Davidovsky).
Recently Mark's attention has turned to music for improvisation interacting with electroacoustic music. In 2012 Gustavson was commissioned by Stony Brook University for their "Premieres Concert" and composed "Turning," a mixed chamber ensemble piece. Other recent works of note are "The Fisherman Songs," a 40-minute song cycle for bass/baritone and piano.
Reviewing Gustavson's 2013 album of chamber music "Dissolving Images" on Albany Records, Frank J. Oteri wrote, "Hearing these five works collectively reveals a unified compositional aesthetic, one which seamlessly blends heady structural rigor with emotional intensity and humor."
His works are published by C. F. Peters.".
Register for Free to view all details!
Yearbooks
Reunions
Photos