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Mark Alison Morton is principal bass of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, and is the first prize winner
An accomplished pianist, Morton began his musical studies both the double bass and piano. By the age of seventeen he had performed as piano soloist with several orchestras including the Houston Symphony Orchestra. He then focused his musical energies on the double bass, earning the undergraduate and graduate degrees from the Juilliard School in New York. He subsequently went on to be only the second bassist to receive the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in the history of that institution. A busy recitalist and concerto performer, Morton has been a featured double bass soloist on radio and television broadcasts including NPR's "Performance Today". He shares a compact disc with world-renowned bassist Gary Karr of solo double bass music by Paul Ramsier on Albany Records. In addition to the "Dr. Morton" series of books on the art of bass playing, Mark has had many articles appear in Strings, Bass World, and American String Teacher magazines, as well the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Mark Alison Morton is the Artistic Director of the American School of Double Bass, housed in a century-old restored firehouse. The American School of Double Bass draws students, teachers, and professionals from all over the United States to its summer camps, private lessons, workshops and masterclasses. As a soloist, Mark Alison Morton performs on a string bass made circa 1775 in Naples, Italy by Gennaro Vinnacia. When playing in the bass section of the Columbus Symphony, he performs on a large double bass, also made in Naples, by Antonio Gagliano in 1805. For booking information, please see the Ohio Arts Council web page at http://www.oac.state.oh.us/artistsontour/music/m_mmorton.htm .
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American School of Double Bass, 734 Oak Street, Columbus, Ohio 43205 USA
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of the 1990
International Society of Bassists Solo Competition in New York City. Morton was the assistant double bass instructor to Gary Karr at The Hartt School of Music, and is currently the bass
professor at Capital University.