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Mark Walton is a highly respected and popular figure in the Australian and New Zealand musical scene and widely acknowledged in many parts of the world as a leading clarinet and saxophone performer, inspiring teacher and charismatic musician.
He left his native New Zealand to study clarinet in New York and London and since 1985 Mark has been resident in Sydney and is now Chair of Performance, Outreach and Communications at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, having been Chair of Woodwind there for several years. He remains Lecturer in Clarinet and Saxophone.
Mark has established a groundbreaking instrumental music teaching system using video conferencing for young musicians in remote areas of Australia and has set up music programmes in many country areas.
Mark has written, compiled or edited for several different publishers over one hundred and fifty music publications, many of which have become standard woodwind teaching repertoire. He has recorded ten solo albums and his latest CD is 'High Spirits'.
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