Mark Templeton was born in New York, NY on May 25, 1961, the son of portrait artist Robert Templeton. Starting on guitar, and continuing with the piano Mark applied himself at musical styles from classical to rock. Starting his training in classical piano, he became interested in jazz during his mid teens, and attended Berklee School of Music for several years before starting his professional career. Mark currently lives in Woodbury, CT.
Selected U.S. Performances:
- Blue Note, N.Y.C. with Tony Purrone
- Birdland, N.Y.C. with Mike Dapozzo
- B. Smiths, N.Y.C. with Kenny Garrett Group
- South Street Seaport with Sherri Winston
- Lake Compounce with Chuck Berry
- Oakdale Music Theatre with Connie Francis
- Quinnipiac College with Randy Brecker
- Quinnipiac College with Clark Terry
- Gilson Theatre with Eddie Henderson
- 880 Club with Frank Foster
- Iron Horse with Freddie Hubbard
- Palace Theatre with Freddie Hubbard
- Citys Edge with Curtis Fuller
- Rocking Horse Cafe with Slide Hampton
- Charles Ives Center with Clark Eno
- Mannes College with Randy Johnston
- The Hillside, Waterbury CT, with Gerry Bergonzi, Dave Santoro, and Ed Soph
- New Haven Symphony Orchestra All Ellington Concert
- Lake Compounce with Red Skelton
- 1982: Sea World Cruises, Miami and the Bahamas with Mike Clark and Jed Levy
- 1985-86: Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, England, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden and Italy with the Freddie Hubbard Quintet
- Berlin Jazzfest with Dizzy Gillespie and Woody Shaw
- 1987-90: St. Barts, British Virgin Islands and Nevis, West Indies with own group
- 1990-94: United States, Germany, France, Holland, Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain with Kenny Garrett and The Miles Davis All-Stars
- 1990-2002: Music Mountain classical and jazz festival featuring the Mark Templeton Trio
- 1991: World Expo '91, Seville, Spain with Kenny Garrett and the Miles Davis All-Stars
- 1994: The Montreal Jazz Festival with Kenny Garrett and the Miles Davis All-Stars.
- 2000: Portland Jazz Festival with Kenwood Denard.
- 1995-2010: The Cast of Beatlemania
- Bangor Civic Center, Bangor, ME
- Broward County Convention Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Burlington County Amphitheater, Westampton, NJ
- Chinook Winds Casino Resort, Lincoln City, OR
- CM Performing Arts Center, Oakdale, NY
- Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta, GA
- Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Appleton, WI
- Foxwoods Casino- Hard Rock Café, Ledyard, CT
- Freedom Hill Amphitheatre, Sterling Heights, MI
- Goucher College, Towson, MD
- Hollywood Casino Tunica, Tunica Resorts, MS
- Houma Terrebone Civic Center, Houma, LA
- Ives Concert Park Univeristy Blvd Danbury, CT
- Jacob Brown Civic Center, International Blvd. Brownsville, TX
- Maui Grand Wailea Resort, Maui HI
- Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA
- Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake, MN
- New York Marriott Marquis, New York, NY
- Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT
- Paramount Center for the Arts, Bristol, TN
- Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, FL
- Ramapo College Mahway, NJ
- Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ
- Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT
- Robert Ferst Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA
- Rockhounds Stadium, Midland, TX
- Roxy Theater, Northampton, PA
- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
- Sim Park Amphitheater, New Port Richey, FL
- Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, Smithtown, NY
- St. Clair Park Amphitheater, Greensburg, PA
- State Theater, St Petersburg, FL
- State Theatre, Uniontown, PA
- TD Bank Amphitheater, Ben Salem, PA
- Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, BC
- Tilles Center for the Performing Arts w/The Nassau Pops Symphony Orchestra, Boulevard Greenvale, NY
- Tulalip Casino, Marysville, WA
- Westchester Broadway Theater, Elmsford, NY
- Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
- Master classes and workshops as a member of Conntours, the Connecticut Commission on the Arts touring program
- Private instruction in piano, theory and harmony
- Classical studies with Sylvia Schumacher, graduate of the Paris Conservatory
- Jazz studies at The Berklee School of Music, Boston, MA
- Private jazz studies with Ray Santisi and Kenny Barron
- "The Cast Of Beatlemania", featuring cast members of the Broadway show.
- Concerts and club appearances with The Mark Templeton Trio featuring Nat Reeves on bass and Kurt Berglund on drums.
- Violin/ Piano duo with Alyce Cognetta-Bertz.
- Flute / Piano duo with Tim Hegarty.
- Clark Eno Orchestra: King of Swing, Push Records
- Freddie Hubbard Quintet : National Public Radio from Helmskirk, Holland
- Freddie Hubbard: National Public Television, Germany
- Kenneth Collins: Urban Revelation, Hit City Records
- Blind Society, KCP Productions
- Mass-Conn Fusion: Alive at Guidos, VBC Records
- Mike Ponella: G.W.B. Shuffle, M.A.P. Records
- New Joy: Then and Now
- Steve Brien: Token Entry, Polygram Records
- Sugar Daddy: Sugar Daddy
- Tom Chapin: Connecticut Public Television
- Wishbone Ash: Illuminations, Renaissance Records
- Composed and arranged for the PBS special "American Photography: A Century of Images."
- Composed and arranged music for Major League Baseball 2000 season for television and stadium play.
- Commissioned by Hall & Oates to score 20 of their songs.
- Musical director and arranger for vocalists Phil LoPresti, Paulette Barnes and "The Cast Of Beatlemania"
- Scored and recorded original medley of Duke Ellington songs for tenor voice and full orchestra.
- Big band arrangements and transcriptions for national and international acts.
- Created full accompanying tracks, including vocals, for use in seminars by renowned drummer Chris Parker (Bette Midler, Cher, Donald Fagen,The Brecker Brothers).