HONORS:
Thomas Jefferson High School (Bloomington, MN) - Charter Inductee - Arts & Activites Hall of Fame 2007
Lake Conference Award (Jefferson H. S. - Bloomington, MN) Outstanding Achievement in Music 2003
"T for Terrorist" awarded "Best Short Film" at the 2003 Boston International Independent FilmFestival
Winner of the SLATE Award for "Best Score" at the 2002 California Independent Film Festival for his original score to "The Interrogation"
GOLD RECORDS: Windham Hill Records - Jim Brickman "By Heart", "Picture This", "The Gift" and "Destiny" Albums 1995-1997, 1999
(co-producer, arrangements / string orchestrations / synthesizer programming)Selected for and participated in the ASCAP/Fred Karlin Film Scoring Workshop 1996
Telly Award for Midwest Express Airlines "Take Your Pick" 1992
"Brass Trio (1988)" - International Horn Society Composition Contest - Grand Prize Winner 1989
Adweek Annual Baddie Award for Bully Bowl Cleaner "Don't Be Bullied By Your Bowl" 1983
International TV & Radio Festival of New York "Gold Award" for La Yogurt (composed / arranged & co-produced) 1982
Disneyland All-American College Band 1974
United States Marine Corps JOHN PHILLIP SOUSA AWARD for Outstanding Musicianship 1973
PREMIERES:
"Monkey Mind" (for Concert Band) - Premiered November 13, 2022 by Marcellus Brown and the Boise State University Symphonic Winds
of Boise, Idaho (composer)"Syncopation in Blue" (for Concert Band) - Premiered December 17, 2021 by Dr. Alex Kaminsky and the VanderCook College of Music
Symphonic Band @ the 75th Annual Midwest Clinic - Chicago, Illinois (composer)"Pops on Parade" (The Tucson Pops Orchestra March) - Premiered May 19,2019 by Maestro László Veres and the Tucson Pops Orchestra
of Tucson, Arizona (composer)"Extra! Extra! Read All About It!" (for Concert Band) - for Tedd Gullickson and the City of Lakes Community Band of Minneapolis
- Premiered May 14, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota (composer)"Gloria in Mundo Pax" (for Concert Band) - Premiered March 3, 2019 by Jerry Luckhardt and the Medalist Concert Band
of Bloomington, Minnesota (composer)"Reverie" (for Concert Band) - Premiered November 11, 2018 by Maestro László Veres and the Arizona Symphonic Winds
of Tucson, Arizona (composer)"Golden Anniversary Fanfare" (for Concert Band) - Premiered July 14, 2018 by Jerry Luckhardt and the Medalist Concert Band
of Bloomington, Minnesota (composer)"Labyrinth" (for Concert Band) - Premiered April 15, 2018 by Marcellus Brown and the Boise State University Symphonic Winds
of Boise, Idaho (composer)"March Malchus" (for Concert Band) - Premiered September 30, 2017 by Maestro László Veres and the Arizona Symphonic Winds
of Tucson, Arizona (composer)"The Tucson March" (for Concert Band) - for Maestro László Veres, the Arizona Symphonic Winds and the City of Tucson, Arizona
- Premiered March 26, 2017 in Tucson, Arizona (composer)"The Tucson March" (for Orchestra) - for Maestro László Veres, the Tucson Pops Orchestra and the City of Tucson, Arizona
- Premiered May 28, 2017 in Tucson, Arizona (composer)"Vertical Planes" (for Brass Quartet & Concert Band) - for Dr. David M. Booth and the Wright State University Wind Symphony
- Premiered February 2, 2017 in Dayton, Ohio (composer)"Colonial Scenes" (for Orchestra) - Premiered May 28, 2017 by Maestro László Veres and the Tucson Pops Orchestra
of Tucson, Arizona (co-composer & arranger)"Colonial Scenes" (for Concert Band) - Premiered November 6, 2016 by Maestro László Veres and the Arizona Symphonic Winds
of Tucson, Arizona (co-composer & arranger)"Spectral Shifts" (for Clarinet Trio and Pianoforte) - for The Ironwood Clarinet Trio and pianist Gail Novak
- Premiered August 5, 2016 in Lawrence, Kansas at the Int'l. Clarinet Association ClarinetFest 2016 (composer)"Sonoran Celebration" (for Concert Band) - for Maestro László Veres and the Arizona Symphonic Winds of Tucson, Arizona
- Premiered March 20, 2016 in Tucson, Arizona (composer)"Residual Tension" (for Concert Band) - for Dr. Rodney C. Dorsey and the University of Oregon Wind Ensemble
- Premiered May 1, 2016 in Eugene, Oregon (composer)"Fast Falls The Eventide" (for Concert Band) - for Dr. Timothy Mahr and the St. Olaf College Concert Band
- Premiered March 2016 in Northfield, Minnesota (composer)"March László" (for Concert Band) - for Maestro László Veres and the Arizona Symphonic Winds
- Premiered May 31, 2015 in Tucson, Arizona (composer)"Spectral Shifts" (for Clarinet Trio and Band) - for The Ironwood Clarinet Trio, Marcellus Brown and the Boise State University Symphonic Winds
- Premiered March 5, 2015 in Reno, Nevada at the 81st Annual American Bandmasters Association convention (composer)"All Points Bulletin: In Hot Pursuit" (for Concert Band & Video) - for Dr. Amy Roisum Foley and the Minnesota State University
Concert Wind Ensemble - Premiered February 24, 2015 in Mankato, Minnesota (composer)"Soldiers of Destiny" - Premiered November 9, 2014 by Maestro László Veres and the Arizona Symphonic Winds in Tucson, Arizona. (composer)
"Divertissement" by Jacques Ibert (Transcribed for Band by Mark E. Wolfram) - Premiered March 2014 by Jerry Luckhardt and
the Medalist Concert Band in Bloomington, Minnesota"The Swashbuckler" (A Concert March) for Band - Premiered February 22, 2014 by Dr. Charles P. Conrad and the Indiana Wind Symphony
in Carmel, Indiana (composer)"With Malice Toward None" (A Hymn for Band) -Written for Marcellus Brown and the Boise State University Symphonic Winds
- Premiered April 22, 2012 in Boise, Idaho (composer)"Tirolean Trek" (for Band) - Premiered May 13, 2012 by Lorelei Conrad and the Tucson Concert Band of Tucson, Arizona (composer)
"Rhapsody" (for Solo Violoncello) - Premiered February 16, 2012 by 'cellist Paul Wolfram of New York City (composer)
"Labyrinth" (for Brass Quintet) - Premiered January 20, 2012 by the Crown City Brass Quintet of Los Angeles, California in Ojai, California (composer)
"The Jaguar Jaunt March" - for Daniel Fretland and the Jefferson High School Band - Premiered November 2007 by the
Jefferson High School Marching Band of Bloomington, Minnesota (composer)"Monograms" for Symphonic Band - for Dr. Earl C. Benson - Premiered May 1996 by the Jefferson High School Concert Band
of Bloomington, Minnesota (composer)"Interludes for Percussion & Trumpet" - Premiered at the 1985 Percussive Arts Society Nat'l. Conference in Los Angeles, California
by percussionist Michael A. Englander & trumpeter G. Burnette Dillon (co-composer)"Yogurt Variations" - Premiered November 1982 by The New Britain Symphony Orchestra, Jerome Laszloffy, conductor (co-composer)
"Brass Trio (1988)" - Int'l. Horn Society Composition Contest - Grand Prize Winner - Premiered in Munich, Germany August 1989 -
Performed regularly in concerts throughout Europe, North & South America (composer)
FILM / TV / RADIO:
Zoom In Focus Production "T for Terrorist" Feature Short (composer / orchestrator)
Zoom In Focus Production "The Interrogation" Feature Short (composer / orchestrator)
Zoom In Focus Production "Saving Egyptian Film Classics" Documentary Film (composer / orchestrator)
Kushner-Locke Productions "Gun" - ABC-TV Mini-Series (arranger / orchestrator)
LucasFilm, Ltd. "Young Indiana Jones & The Attack of the Hawkmen" TV Movie (orchestrator)
The Essence Awards - Fox TV Network (composer / orchestrator)
The Special Olympics Awards - NBC-TV (composer / orchestrator)
The People's Choice Awards - CBS-TV (composer / orchestrator)
General Hospital - ABC-TV (composer / orchestrator / producer)
Original Cin Productions "Nick O'Teen: Private Ego" Feature Short (composer)
Luminair Productions/PBS-TV's "McDonald's in Moscow: A Taste of the West" (composer / orchestrator)
Milford-Haven Productions - BBC-5 Radio "Milford-Haven, U.S.A." Radio Drama (co-composer / co-producer)
Hanna-Barbera Productions "Jonny Quest", "The Smurfs", "The Flintstone Kids", "Captain Caveman" (composer)
Thousands of TV & Radio Commercials for such clients as: McDonald's, Cadillac, American Airlines, Pontiac, Budweiser, Twix, Disney, Chrysler, Hallmark, Subway, Keebler, Kellogg's, Reebok, American Movie Classics, Chevrolet, Cheer and more!
DISCOGRAPHY:
Wrightwood Records "Invictus - Nine New Works for Winds & Percussion" CD (composer / conductor / producer) 2022
Wrightwood Records "GET HIM OUT OF HERE" CD Single (arranger / producer / performer) 2020
Wrightwood Records "Safe Harbor" CD (composer / producer / performer) 2017
Wrightwood Records "Colonial Scenes" CD (composer / producer / performer) 2016
Wrightwood Records "American Journeys" CD (producer / performer) 2014
Wrightwood Records "Marilyn Harris: 72 Days" CD Single (producer / arranger / performer) 2011
Wrightwood Records "Marilyn Harris: Orphans" CD (producer / arranger / performer) 2011
Wrightwood Records "Marilyn Harris: Round Trip" CD (producer / arranger / performer) 2006
Wrightwood Records "Marilyn Harris: Future Street" CD (producer / arranger / performer) 2004
Wrightwood Records "Unicorn's Journey" CD (producer / performer) 2004
Wrightwood Records "A Koto Keys Christmas" CD (producer / performer) 2003
Wrightwood Records "Winds on Ivory" CD (producer / performer) 2003
Wrightwood Records "Koto Keys" CD (producer / performer) 2003
Wrightwood Records "Music from 'An American Odyssey' " Stageplay (composer / orchestrator / producer) 2003
Wrightwood Records "T for Terrorist" Soundtrack (composer / orchestrator / producer) 2003
Wrightwood Records "The Interrogation" Soundtrack (composer / orchestrator / producer) 2002
Wrightwood Records "Saving Egyptian Film Classics" Soundtrack (composer / orchestrator / producer) 2001
Wrightwood Records "Piercing The Celluloid Veil: An Orchestral Odyssey" (composer / orchestrator / producer) 2000
Wrightwood Records "Marilyn Harris: Between The Lines" Album (arranger / co-producer) 1993
Windham Hill Records - Jim Brickman "By Heart" , "The Carols of Christmas #1 & #2", "Picture This", "The Gift" and "Destiny" Albums
(co-producer, arrangements / string orchestrations / synthesizer programming) 1994-1999Windham Hill Records - "Jim Brickman's Visions of Love" album cut "Like Love" (co-arranged & co-produced) 1998
Jasemusiikki Oy - "Brass Trio (1988)" recorded by Trio Puhallus (composer) 1990
Milford-Haven Productions - "The Hidden Legacy" Music for Recorded Book (co-arranger / co-producer) 1999
Milford-Haven Productions - "Stickeen" Music for Recorded Book (co-orchestrator / co-producer) 1999
Breaking Records "The Shining Lights: Say Shalom" Album (co-arranger / co-producer) 1987
MCA Records "Buddy Morrow & The Tommy Dorsey Band" Album (arranger) 1981
Qwest Records "Lena Horne: The Lady & Her Music" Broadway Show & Cast Album (arranger / orchestrator) 1981
Taurean Records "The Chicago Bears Band: Strike Up The Band" Album (arranger / co-producer) 1978
MARK WOLFRAM CATALOG:
"Pops on Parade!" (The Tucson Pops Orchestra March) *** (May 2019 Premiere)
"Extra! Extra! Read All About It!" (for Concert Band) *** (May 2019 Premiere)
"Gloria in Mundo Pax" (for Concert Band) *** (March 2019 Premiere)
"Reverie" (for Concert Band) *** (November 2018 Premiere)
"Golden Anniversary Fanfare" (for Concert Band) *** (July 2018 Premiere)
"Piercing The Celluloid Veil" (for Concert Band) ***
"Monkey Mind" (for Concert Band) ***
"Syncopation in Blue" (for Concert Band) *** (December 2021 Premiere)
"Four Fripperies for Band" ***
"Paean" (for Concert Band) ***
"Invictus" (for Concert Band) ***
"The Tucson March" (for Concert Band) *** (March 2017 Premiere)
"Labyrinth" (for Concert Band) *** (April 2018 Premiere)
"March Malchus" (for Concert Band) *** (September 2017 Premiere)
"The Tucson March" (for Orchestra) *** (May 2017 Premiere)
"Vertical Planes" (for Brass Quartet & Concert Band) *** (February 2017 Premiere)
"Sonoran Celebration" (for Concert Band) *** (March 2016 Premiere)
"Homily" (for Concert Band) ***
"Colonial Scenes" (for Concert Band) *** Composed by Mark Wolfram & Marilyn Harris - Arr. by Wolfram (November 2016 Premiere)
"Colonial Scenes" (for Orchestra) *** Composed by Mark Wolfram & Marilyn Harris - Arr. by Wolfram (May 2017 Premiere)
"Residual Tension" (for Concert Band) *** (May 2016 Premiere)
"Fast Falls The Eventide" (for Concert Band) *** (March 2016 Premiere)
"March László" (for Concert Band) *** (May 2015 Premiere)
"Spectral Shifts" (for Clarinet Trio & Band) *** (March 2015 Premiere)
"All Points Bulletin: In Hot Pursuit" (for Concert Band & Video) *** (February 2015 Premiere)
"Divertissement" (by Jacques Ibert) - Transcription for Band *** (April 2014 Premiere)
Theme to "Captain Kangaroo" (Puffin' Billy) - Arrangement for Band ***
"Spectral Shifts" (for Clarinet Trio & Pianoforte) *** (August 2016 Premiere)
"Tag - You're It!" (for Band) ***
"Ticonderoga - The Big T"" (by Eddie Fritz) Arrangement for Band, Antiphonal Trumpets & Male Chorus ***
"E lucevan le stelle" (by G. Puccini) - Transcription for Tenor Vocal Solo & Band ***
"December's Finally Here" (by Marilyn J. Harris) - Arrangement for Concert Band & SATB Chorus ***
"December's Finally Here" (by Marilyn J. Harris) - Arrangement for Orchestra & SATB Chorus ***
"Overture Ciné Noir" (for Band) ***
"An American Rhapsody" (for Band) ***
"With Malice Toward None" (A Hymn for Band) *** (April 2012 Premiere)
"The Swashbuckler" (A Concert March) for Band *** (February 2014 Premiere)
"Tirolean Trek" (A Hike in the Bavarian Alps) for Band *** - (May 2012 Premiere)
"Soldiers of Destiny" (for Band) *** (November 2014 Premiere)
"Three Intradas for Band" ***
"Labyrinth" (for Brass Quintet) *** - (January 2012 Premiere)
"Rhapsody" (for unaccompanied Violoncello) *** - (February 2012 Premiere)
"Interrogation" (for Orchestra)
"Corridors (A Concerto for Orchestra)" ***
"Brass Trio (1988)" - International Horn Society Composition Contest - Grand Prize Winner ***
"Piercing The Celluloid Veil" (for Orchestra) ***
"The Celluloid Odyssey - A Suite for Orchestra: Dogged Pursuit/Big Sky/Farewell/Wondrous Journey/Wistful Disappointment/
Unseen Terror/Credo""Monograms" for Symphonic Band *** - Written for Dr. Earl C. Benson (May 1996 Premiere)
"The Jaguar Jaunt March" (for Marching Band) - Written for Daniel Fretland and the Jefferson H. S. Band (November 2007 Premiere)
"Yogurt Variations" for Orchestra - Composed (with Marilyn J. Harris) for Jerome Laszloffy and the New Britain Symphony Orchestra
(March 1983 Premiere)"Consummations" (for String Orchestra)
"Interludes for Percussion & Trumpet" *** - Premiered at the 1985 Percussive Arts Society Nat'l. Conference
"Ethical Dilemma" for Orchestra
"Lamentation & Dance" for Solo 'Cello and Pianoforte***
"Cityscape: Dusk to Dawn" for Soprano Sax, Marimba, Pianoforte & Prepared Tape
*** Available from soundstudiopublications.com
For interviews, appearances or more information, contact Betty Richards at bettyrichards@wrightwoodrecords.com.