About Mark Yannie…
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Mark Yannie has been playing Saxophone, Clarinet, and Flute professionally in the Twin Cities area since 1999. He has played for many national acts, toured, and freelanced for years in the Orlando/Tampa, Florida area, and Cleveland, Ohio. Currently his ensembles: the Swing Trio, Jazz Quartet, Small Big Band, and Classical Duo can be heard locally in a variety of settings. Videos and sounds of the groups can be visited at www.livemusicjazz.com. In the past, Mark has toured with Melissa Manchester, Wayne Newton, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. He has had steady engagements with Norwegian, Princess, and Scandinavian World Cruise Lines, The Grand Floridian, and Seaworld Renaissance Hotels, and has also played as a back-up musician for many entertainers including: Rosemary Clooney, Vic Damone, Al Martino, Patti Page, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Rich Little, Bob Hope, Martha Raye, Bobby Rydell, Lou Rawls, George Burns, Carol Channing, Don Rickles, Dianne Carrol, Frank Gorshin, Charo, Martha Raye, Duke Daniels, and Jack Jones. He has worked as a pit musician in Tampa, Orlando, Minneapolis, and St. Paul, and as an auxiliary member of the Jacksonville Symphony. Mark has taught as an adjunct at the College of St. Benedict/St. Johns University and Crown College, currently teaches privately and is an adjunct at Crown College where he teaches Woodwind Methods and saxophone and clarinet. |
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Mark Yannie
Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute
| PERFORMANCE 1999- present Free-lance Musician, woodwind instruments, Minneapolis/St. Paul Contracting Musical Groups—Live Music http://www.livemusicjazz.com 1985- 1999 Free-lance Musician, woodwind instruments, Central Florida 1995- 1997 Jazz Quartet, Seaworld Renaissance Hotel, Orlando, Florida 1986- 1995 Little Big Band Music Productions (own business) Conventions- Orlando area, Scandinavian World Cruises, Mt. Dora Art Festival, Images Festival, New Smyrna Beach, Florida Responsible for procuring work, hiring of musicians, leading of performances, payroll, and acquiring, developing, maintaining library 1989-1991 MGM Studio Sax Quintet 1989 Wayne Newton- U.S. and Canadian tour 1988 Grand Floridian Hotel Band 1987 Melissa Manchester- Florida tour 1985-1986 Contractor of Musicians- Premier Cruise Lines, Cape Canaveral, Florida 1984-1985 Princess Cruise Lines, Los Angeles, California 1983-1984 Norwegian Caribbean Lines, Miami, Florida 1980 Glenn Miller Orchestra- U.S. and European tour THEATER Westside Story, Singing in the Rain, Lady Be Good, Can-Can, Guys and Dolls, Bye-Bye Birdie, Grand Hotel, Teddy and Alice, Gypsy, Anything Goes, Timbuktu, Annie Get your Gun, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (McKnight), Merrily We Roll Along (Guthrie Lab) BACK-UP FOR SHOWS Susan Anton, Frankie Avalon, George Burns, Red Buttons, Dianne Carrol, Carol Channing, Charo, Rosemary Clooney, Vic Damone, Duke Daniels, Phyllis Diller, Lola Falana, Eddie Fisher, The Four Aces, The Four Tops, Frank Gorshin, Bob Hope, Jack Jones, Shirley Jones, The King Sisters, Carol Lawrence, Rich Little, Al Martino, The Marvelettes, Andrea McArdle, Jim Nabors, Bob Newhart, Helen O'Connell, Donald O'Conner, Patti Page, Martha Raye, Lou Rawls, Bobby Rydell, Dinah Shore, Kaye Starr, Enzo Stuarti, The Temptations, Tommy Tune, Jerry Vale, Frankie Valli, Bobby Vinton OTHER APPEARANCES Pastiche –CSB/SJU Faculty Ensemble 10/01, Many performances with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra ’96-‘99, Florida Orchestra- Tampa, Cleveland Civic Orchestra, Ohio Ballet, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Montreaux Jazz Festival, Nice Jazz Festival, Akron Jazz Workshop, RECORDINGS "The You In Me" -Solo Album --2000 (Listen at:) http://www.livemusicjazz.com/CD_page.htm GMO: Live in Europe—1980 MEMBERSHIPS --American Federation of Musicians TEACHING 2009-present Crown College-St. Bonifacius, MN Adjunct Instructor of Jazz Ensemble, Applied Saxophone, Clarinet 2007-2009 Hopkins High School-Group Instruction 2005-2006 St. Louis Park High School- Private Instruction 2004-2005 My Music –Golden Valley, Minnesota 2000-2003 College of Saint Benedict/St. John's University St Joseph/Collegeville, Minnesota Instructor of Applied Woodwinds- Adjunct 1991-1992 Private instrumental Instruction, Orlando, Florida 1979-1980 University of Akron- Graduate Assistant Jazz Studies- 1974-1978 Cleveland Supplementary Educational Center -Cleveland, Ohio Individual and group instruction in music. EDUCATION 1983 Master of Music, Performance Clarinet (Concentration: Woodwinds) University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 1979 Bachelor of Music, Performance Saxophone University of Akron, Akron, Ohio Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory, Berea, Ohio Eastman Jazz Workshop 1993 Master of Library and Information Science University of South Florida- Tampa, Florida |
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"The You In Me" by Mark Yannie |