Mark George, pianist and President of the Music Institute of Chicago, has enjoyed a unique career making music and connecting people of all kinds to the performing arts. As a musician, educator and administrator, he has created or participated in a series of exciting and significant endeavors.
Dr. George has held faculty positions at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Case Western Reserve University, Mount Union College and the Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music. He received a master of music degree from Indiana University in 1985 and a doctor of musical arts degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music in 1989.
A highly regarded pianist, he has performed and recorded extensively throughout the United States. His chamber ensemble, North Coast Trio, was grand-prize winner of the 1992 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and first prize co-winner of the 1993 Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition. He has appeared frequently as a recitalist and soloist with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Trinity Chamber Orchestra, Epicycle: An Ensemble for New Music, the University Circle Wind Ensemble and many others.
Dr. George previously served as director of the Hartt School Community Division where he developed a number of new programs, including the David Einfeldt Chamber Music Seminar and the International Summer Ballet Academy.
As Director of Distance Learning at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Dr. George established his program as a national leader in adapting interactive videoconference technologies for music performance and teaching. He has produced thousands of music related videoconferences for a diverse array of schools, from primary levels to international conservatories of music.
Dr. George developed a number of innovative arts outreach programs, including ICARE (the Initiative for Cultural Arts in Education), a program that created long term partnerships between public schools and arts organizations, and one that has had a profound impact on arts education in Cleveland, Ohio. His work as an interdisciplinary curriculum developer and consultant has rendered the arts and humanities more accessible to diverse communities hungry for knowledge.
Mark George also led the resurgence of the 2006 Grammy award winning Cleveland Chamber Symphony, an orchestral ensemble completely dedicated to the music of our time. His board level leadership, striking performances as a pianist, and inventive programming ideas have re-established the ensemble as a major force in contemporary music.
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