Mark Berger

Mark Berger, composer/violinist/violist, is highly active as a performer in the Boston freelance scene and has performed with many of Boston’s finest ensembles, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Esplinade, Emmanuel Music, Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Boston Lyric Opera. An avid chamber musician, he is a member of Music at Eden’s Edge, the Worcester Chamber Music Society, has a duo partnership "The Two Composers" with pianist/composer Ketty Nez, and has been a guest artist with the Lydian String Quartet. Mark has performed at summer festivals such as Kneisel Hall and Tanglewood, where he was a member of the New Fromm Players, new music ensemble-in-residence.

Also a gifted composer, Mark’s works have been presented locally by the NewYork New Music Ensemble, Dinsaur Annex, ALEA III, Xanthos Ensemble, Musicat Eden’s Edge, QX, and the Lydian String Quartet, as well as nationally and internationally by the the Third Coast Percussion Quartet, Ensemble Permutaciones (Mexico) and the Hellenic Ensemble of Contemporary Music (Greece). Mark has received awards from the League of Composers/ISCM and ASCAP, and he has received grants from NEFA and the Brannen Cooper Fund. Mark is currently on the music faculty at Clark University, UMass Lowell and Middlesex Community College.