Adviser Profiles
Mark Walton – Woodwind Adviser
Mark Walton is a highly respected and popular figure in the Australian music scene and widely acknowledged as a leading clarinet and saxophone performer, inspiring teacher and charismatic musician.
Mark left his native New Zealand at the age of eighteen to study clarinet in New York and London with Stanley Drucker of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Gervase de Peyer of the London Symphony Orchestra.
He spent nine years in England developing a successful solo career, touring seventeen countries, performing concertos, giving solo recitals and masterclasses.
Mark has lived in Sydney since 1985 and has been Chair of Woodwind and a lecturer in clarinet and saxophone at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music for several years.
He has written, compiled or edited over one hundred music publications, many of which have become standard woodwind teaching repertoire. He has recently founded a series of woodwind festivals throughout Australia and New Zealand to promote the performance of woodwind chamber music.
Mark records frequently for radio and has recorded ten solo albums. His latest classical CD is recorded with pianist David Miller and is entitled Tracks.