Competitor Antonio Chen Guang premieres Mark Isaacs' Walk a Golden Mile and The Wind in the Willow from Songs Without Words in his Preliminary Round 2 at the Sydney International Piano Competition.
Jazz Upstairs - at St Stephen’s in the city
Mark Isaacs’ solo piano program is a reimagining of much-loved classic melodies. All are new-to-jazz choices from the 1960s & 70s including by songwriters such as Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell and the late Burt Bacharach. “Isaacs, with every release, has refined his systematic approach to post-modernity jazz to the point that his sound defines what jazz […]
Distinguished New Zealand violinist Amalia Hall will perform the world premiere of my very recent composition 'BODHI: Chaconne for solo violin'.
Loretta Palmeiro & Mark Isaacs Saxophone Sonata World Premiere + Extemporisations Wednesday February 26, 2025, 6pm-7pm ST STEPHEN’S IN THE CITY 197 Macquarie Street, Sydney Bookings here Spearing, heart-rending lines....they travel deep into a land of melodic luxuriance John Shand, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD (4½ stars) A deep, near spiritual, communication, along with an openness […]
Program MARK ISAACS Benediction from Sonata for Soprano Saxophone and Piano LORETTA PALMEIRO Nocturne MARK ISAACS Mercy LORETTA PALMEIRO & MARK ISAACS Extemporisations GUY WOOD My One and Only Love
Lunchtime Concerts - Semester Two
At the end of a week in Perth as a visiting artist at the Western Australian Academy of the Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University, working with jazz and classical students, Mark Isaacs will perform in this public concert material from his past Resurgence band project with an ensemble of their students.