Mark Wood in Concert: "Electrify Your Strings!"

Mark Wood
May 31, 2014
8:00PM - 9:30PM
Weigel Auditorium

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2014-05-31 20:00:00 2014-05-31 21:30:00 Mark Wood in Concert: "Electrify Your Strings!" The culminating event of the workshop, "Moving String Music Education into the 21st Century with Mark Wood and Bob Gillespie: Mark Wood presents 'Electrify Your Strings!'" This finale concert features all workshop participants comprised of string teachers from across the country; string students from Ohio State and other universities; middle and high school string students; guest artist Mark Wood and Robert Gillespie, professor of string pedagogy. Susan Van Pelt Petry, chair of the Ohio State dance department, assists Mark Wood in teaching the students movement principles in performance.Special guest performers include Shawn Wallace, professor of jazz saxophone; Milton V. Ruffin, director of the Ohio State Gospel Choir, with two featured vocalists; Paul Robinson, professor of double bass; and two drummers from the studio of jazz faculty percussionist Jim Rupp.This concert is open to the public.Admission at the door (please note that these prices have been updated since the original posting)   $12 / Adults$6 / University students and pre-college age students Cash or check only - we cannot accept credit cardsMark Wood’s dexterity, ferocity, texture and attack of playing almost invariably lead to comparisons with some of the rock era’s most renowned guitarists. Comparisons, however, cannot come close to capturing the electricity, passion, and innovation exhibited in all of his very unique music. In an industry where originality is a highly prized commodity, recording artist, performer, producer, inventor, Emmy-winning composer, and music education advocate Mark Wood is truly an original. He began his career with a full scholarship to the prestigious Juilliard School in New York and had the privilege of studying under Maestro Leonard Bernstein at the Tanglewood Music Program.Dubbed "The Les Paul of the Violin World" by PBS, Mark Wood first turned the string establishment on its head in the early 1970s with his invention of the first solid-body electric violin. His company Wood Violins is the premier manufacturer of electric violins, violas and cellos worldwide; he holds the patent for the first-ever self-supporting violin.  Weigel Auditorium America/New_York public

The culminating event of the workshop, "Moving String Music Education into the 21st Century with Mark Wood and Bob Gillespie: Mark Wood presents 'Electrify Your Strings!'" This finale concert features all workshop participants comprised of string teachers from across the country; string students from Ohio State and other universities; middle and high school string students; guest artist Mark Wood and Robert Gillespie, professor of string pedagogy. Susan Van Pelt Petry, chair of the Ohio State dance department, assists Mark Wood in teaching the students movement principles in performance.

Special guest performers include Shawn Wallace, professor of jazz saxophone; Milton V. Ruffin, director of the Ohio State Gospel Choir, with two featured vocalists; Paul Robinson, professor of double bass; and two drummers from the studio of jazz faculty percussionist Jim Rupp.

This concert is open to the public.

Admission at the door (please note that these prices have been updated since the original posting)
 

  •   $12 / Adults
  • $6 / University students and pre-college age students 
  • Cash or check only - we cannot accept credit cards

Mark Wood’s dexterity, ferocity, texture and attack of playing almost invariably lead to comparisons with some of the rock era’s most renowned guitarists. Comparisons, however, cannot come close to capturing the electricity, passion, and innovation exhibited in all of his very unique music. In an industry where originality is a highly prized commodity, recording artist, performer, producer, inventor, Emmy-winning composer, and music education advocate Mark Wood is truly an original. He began his career with a full scholarship to the prestigious Juilliard School in New York and had the privilege of studying under Maestro Leonard Bernstein at the Tanglewood Music Program.

Dubbed "The Les Paul of the Violin World" by PBS, Mark Wood first turned the string establishment on its head in the early 1970s with his invention of the first solid-body electric violin. His company Wood Violins is the premier manufacturer of electric violins, violas and cellos worldwide; he holds the patent for the first-ever self-supporting violin.