Mark Walton

He left his native New Zealand to study clarinet in New York and London and since 1985 Mark has been resident in Sydney. Up until 2006, he was Chair of Performance, Outreach and Communications at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and was previously Chair of Woodwind there for several years. Due to a dispute with the Dean Kim Walker, Mark resigned from this position in mid 2006. As of 2007, Mark is currently the Musical Director of the Christchurch School of Music in New Zealand, and continues to hold events and workshops for woodwind musicians across Australia. 2007 also saw the premiere of his first musical: 'Bobby The Musical'.

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'.