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Mark O’Connor
“One of the most talented and imaginative artists working in music – any music – today.” – The Los Angeles Times
“The audience was on its feet... cheering for the only musician today who can reach so deeply first into the refined, then the vernacular, giving his listeners a complex, sophisticated piece of early-21st-century classical music and then knocking them dead with the brown-dirt whine of a Texas fiddle.” - The New York Times
“Every member of the audience felt it. I’ll never forget tonight...Please thank each member of the band, on behalf of every person there tonight- it was truly the best concert I have ever heard.”
William Ransom Juneau Jazz & Classics
“Mark O’Connor and his band are FANTASTIC artists, each and every one of them. They perform so well together, and make you feel as if you are in a club, even in a large concert hall. With or without an Orchestra, the impact of the Band’s performance is special.”
Lawrence Tucker
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
9TH Season On Tour
Grammy-Winning Bluegrass Band Appearing in Performing Arts Centers.
The Mark O’Connor Band, the winner for “Best Bluegrass Album” at the 2017 Grammy Awards
was the result of four O’Connors coming together - Mark, Maggie, Forrest and Kate. Celebrating his 45th year as a recording artist with 45 feature album releases to date, Mark is well-known for his New Nashville Cats, Strength in Numbers, Heroes, Appalachia Waltz, Hot Swing Trio, The Fiddle Concerto, An Appalachian Christmas,
American Music Shop T.V. Show, and his revolutionary O’Connor Method for string education, Mark has won 3 GRAMMYs and 7 CMA Awards, appeared on 450 albums, collaborated with the likes of Johnny Cash, Wynton Marsalis, John Williams, Dolly Parton, and Yo-Yo Ma, and performed everything from original violin concertos at Carnegie Hall to swing at Jazz at Lincoln Center. But until recently, he had not worked in a band quite like this.
String Education Outreach Workshops/Presentations/Masterclasses
NEW FRONTIER TOURING, INC. - Art Fegan 615-646-9606 afegan@newfrontiertouring.com markoconnor.com markoconnorband.com
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