Mark Zuckerman

Biography

Mark Zuckerman (b. 1948) has written extensively for virtuoso soloists, chamber ensembles, a cappella choir (including an internationally-recognized collection of Yiddish choral arrangements), wind ensemble, and string orchestra. He attended Juilliard and continued at the University of Michigan, Bard College, and Princeton University studying under David Epstein, George B. Wilson, Elie Yarden, Milton Babbitt and J. K. Randall.

His choral music has achieved an international reputation with choruses and at festivals and been performed and recorded by the Gregg Smith Singers, Chicago a cappella, The Goldene Keyt Singers, the New Yiddish Chorale, and The Workman’s Circle Chorus. Notable ensembles such as the Rutgers University Wind Ensemble, the Rutgers University Symphony Band, the Chicago Brass Ensemble, and the Seattle Sinfonia have recorded his instrumental music. Zuckerman earned a PhD from Princeton and has been a member of the music faculties at Princeton, Columbia, and Rutgers Universities.

He has taught a wide variety of subjects leading to a number of publications, including a book on listening to jazz drawn from his popular jazz survey course. He is a recipient of an artist fellowship from the New Jersey State Council for the Arts and recently had the first act of his opera, The Outlaw and the King, presented by the Opera Workshop at Rutgers University.

Characterized as "Highly accessible ... listeners are carefully guided through some very enjoyable musical metaphors ... quite moving" (Steve Schwartz, Classical CD Review), Zuckerman continues to compose for both professional and amateur performers ― especially student groups ― and for all kinds of audiences, from modern music aficionados to children.

  • instrumental quartet
  • ACE Publications

    100 title(s)
    Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
    Mark Zuckerman MARCHE COMIQUE pic, 2fl, 2ob, 3cl, altocl, bscl, cbcl, 2bsn, 2alsx, tsx, bsx, 3 cor, 2 tpt, 2flg, 4hn, 2btn, 3tbn, tba, timp(3), sndrm, bsdrm, cymb
    concert band
    Mark Zuckerman MENAGERÍE
    fl, sop, pf
    Mark Zuckerman Mir zaynen do tsu zingen! (We’re Here to Sing!) SATB a cappella
    Mark Zuckerman North-West Passage SATB Chorus
    Mark Zuckerman OFF THE WALL Trio: flute, bass trombone, and 5 wood blocks (or any semi-pitched uniform wood percussion, e.g., temple blocks)
    Mark Zuckerman ON THE EDGES
    pf
    Mark Zuckerman One Perfect Rose SATB Chorus
    Mark Zuckerman Organic Ingredients Organ
    Mark Zuckerman OUT OF THE WILDERNESS
    str. orch.
    Mark Zuckerman PARAPHRASES for flute alone solo flute
    Mark Zuckerman PROVERBS FOR FOUR AT FIFTY
    SATB
    Mark Zuckerman QUICK STUDY
    pf
    Mark Zuckerman QUINTIFICATIONS brass quintet
    D Tpt, C Tpt, Hn, Trb, Tba
    Mark Zuckerman RECOLLECTIONS - 5 Trombones
    tbn quintet
    Mark Zuckerman RECOLLECTIONS - 5 trumpets
    tpt quintet
    Mark Zuckerman RENEWAL
    c tpt and pipe organ
    Mark Zuckerman RETROGRESSIVE STUDY pf
    Mark Zuckerman REUNION
    2fl
    Mark Zuckerman SELAH Percussion Solo
    Crotales, Glockenspiel, and Vibraphone
    Mark Zuckerman SEVEN MINUTES FOR SEVEN PLAYERS
    Percussion Ensemble
    Mark Zuckerman SHALOM RAV
    Cantor and SATB
    Mark Zuckerman SHIR KINAH: ELEGY FOR VICTIMS OF TERRORISM
    Str. Orch
    Mark Zuckerman Short Circuits Flute, Violin, Cello, and Piano
    Mark Zuckerman Short Suite for Strings String Orchestra or String Quintet
    Mark Zuckerman Shtiler, shtiler (Hush)
    SATB

    Additional Works