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Marc is the Director of the School of Music at The
University of the Arts in Philadelphia and a Professor of Drumset
and Music Business. He is also President of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Music Alliance.
As a drummer, he has made concert appearances with a wide variety
of artists, including jazz atists Randy Brecker, Joey DeFrancesco,
Jon Faddis, Robin Eubanks, Gerald Veasley, Pat Martino,
Stanley Clarke, Phil Woods, Joe Beck, Lew Soloff, Clark Terry, John
Fedchock, Al Vizzutti, Diane Schuur, Christian McBride,
John Blake, Charles Fambrough, John Swana, Steve Slagle, Grover
Washington, Jr., Jeff Jarvis, Tom Kennedy, Peter Nero, and Jimmy Smith; singers/entertainers Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr.,
Ben Vereen, Tom Jones, Lou Rawls, Mel Torme, Dionne Warwick, and Natalie Cole; pop artists Boyz II Men, the Spinners,
the Stylistics, Paul Shaffer,
and Joan Jett; orchestras including the Boston Pops, the National Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony,
New Orleans Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Nashville Symphony,
and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He's performed on many television shows in Los Angeles for NBC, ABC, CBS, and Fox,
and on television, film, and jingle recording sessions in
ensembles with Doc Severinsen, Snooky Young, Pete Christlieb, Ron
Carter, James Moody, Ernie Watts, Stevie Wonder, Ray Parker, Jr.,
and Lee Ritenour, and recorded for Concord Records with guitarist
Jimmy Bruno. He spent many years touring internationally as drummer and musical director with
entertainer Ben Vereen, with whom he still continues to tour and perform in concert.
Marc has lectured and conducted countless clinics at colleges including
the University of Southern California, University of Nevada Las
Vegas, Villanova University, Cal State Long Beach, Duquense University, University of
Delaware, Temple University, American University, the Liverpool
Institute of the Performing Arts, Pro Jazz (Santiago, Chile), Tamagawa University (Tokyo, Japan), Prince Claus Conservatoire
(The Netherlands), Raum Arts (South Korea), and at conferences for the
International Association of Jazz Educators, College Music Society, Pennsylvania
Music Educators Association,
New Jersey Music Educators, New Jersey Association of Jazz Educators,
and at the Philadelphia Grammy in the Schools events. He is a frequent
adjudicator, and clinician at conventions and jazz festivals around
the country, and he teaches the nation’s only graduate drumset
course for music educators at Villanova University each summer.
He has been the Musical Director/Conductor for Philadelphia's Barrymore Awards
Show for the past 12 years, and is currently completing his fifth instructional drum book. He
joined the faculty and taught and performed at the KoSA International Drum and Percussion Camp and Festival in summer 2008.
At UArts, in addition to his work as Director of the School of Music, Marc teaches drumset, percussion, and courses in
music business to undergraduate and graduate students, directs an alternative percussion ensemble, and
produces the annual high school and college jazz festivals.
Marc has been with the Grammy organization (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences) for more than 20 years,
as Philadelphia Board Member, Philadelphia Chapter President, and member of the National Board of Trustees.
He has served on numerous national committees, and currently co-chairs the committee that created the
award-winning world-wide
“What’s The Download” campaign for the Recording
Academy that was premiered live to 25 million viewers world-wide
during a recent Grammy Awards telecast. This television,
radio, and print campaign deals with the problem of illegal downloading
and the protection of intellectual property. This committee is a
leader in advocating for the rights of the Academy’s 17,000
members and the creative community nationwide.
Marc is an drumset artist/clinician for Yamaha Drums,
Sabian Cymbals, Regal Tip Drum Sticks, Remo Drum Heads,
Latin Percussion, MONO Cases,
Music Molds, and writes for Modern Drummer Magazine,
Drum Club Magazine, Planet Drum Webzine,
Percussive Arts Society (PAS), and In-Concert magazines.
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