Mark Bunce, recording engineer/technician for the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music and director of Recording Services at the College of Musical Arts at Bowling Green State University, holds a bachelor's degree from Olivet College and a master's degree in composition from BGSU. He is also a part-time Instructor for the College of Musical Arts, teaching Recording Techniques, a position he has held from 1987 to 1993 and 1998 to the present. He has been involved professionally in recording for over 30 years, and with over 50 commercial releases to his credit has recorded and edited for such labels as Opus One, Koch Discover International, Newport Classics, Centaur Records, Orion, Albany, Sony Classics, Neuma, Vox, Nine Winds Records, Titanic Records, Equalibrium, AMP Recording and Capstone. He has also engineered more than 90 contemporary music programs for public radio.

As a composer, his composition Waterwings, for saxophone and interactive computer, has been performed in Canada, Australia, Italy, Greece and the United States. Other compositions have been featured on the BGSU New Music & Art Festival, as well as performances in Great Britain. He has composed theme music and soundtracks for several programs at WBGU including: theme song for the WBGU-TV weekly sports program "Time Out," theme song for the WBGU-TV program featuring concerts from the College of Musical Arts Encore Series and soundtracks for two documentaries "Baseball in Japan" and "The 1934 Electric Auto-Lite Strike". He also composed soundtracks for numerous industrial video projects including a series on security for the business traveler "Look Out!" and "Drugs, Take Notice!". "Look Out!" won a Golden Cassette award, an international award in media communication excellence .

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Education:

B.A. in music composition - Olivet College, 1977, cum laude.

M.M. in composition - Bowling Green State University, 1985.

Recipient of "Outstanding Thesis Award."

Employment:

Recording Engineer/technician, MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music at Bowling Green State University, College of Musical Arts, 1987 to present.

Director of Recording Services, Bowling Green State University, College of Musical Arts, 1980 to present. Responsibilities include: supervise the recording of

CMA faculty and large and small ensemble concerts; sound reinforcement for various CMA groups and performances; hiring, training and supervision of student engineers; maintenance and purchasing of  audio equipment in the College; purchasing of all recording materials; scheduling of College's 24-track digital recording studio; and College archives of concerts.

Director of Summer Recording Studio Camp for high school students, 1989 to present.

Co-director of summer workshop "The Technological Revolution: A Musician's Toolbox,"1989 to present. Workshop for musicians and educators covering the topics of MIDI, sequencing, sampling and interactive video; and music software.

Associate engineer for Aardvark Media Productions, Findlay, Ohio, 1990 to present.

Part-time Instructor, Bowling Green State University, Recording Techniques, 1987 to 1993 and 1998 to present.

Interim Recording Engineer/technician, Bowling Green State University, College of Musical Arts, Contemporary Music Program, January to May 1987.

Chief  Engineer for BGSU Recording Studio, 1980 to present.

Recording Engineer for Recording Services at BGSU, 1978-1980.

Director of Recording Services at Olivet College, 1973-1977.

Sound Engineer for Olivet College Jazz Ensemble and Vocal Jazz Ensemble, 1973-1977.

Other Related Experience:

Recording Engineer for New Music Festival at BGSU, 1980 to present. Duties include technical setups and recording of all scheduled Festival concerts at Bowling Green State University's College of Musical Arts and the Toledo Museum of Art.

Recording Engineer for New Music Festival Radio Series, 1982 to 1997.

Engineer for saxophonist John Sampen at the 10th World Saxophone Congress in Pesaro, Italy. Performance of "In Two Worlds" by Morton Subotnick, Fall 1993. Recording Engineer for the signature music written by Marilyn Shrude for the nationally broadcast PBS series "Amish Cooking."/li>

Recording Engineer for BGSU Festival Series for radio broadcast. Artists include: Nathaniel Rosen, Janos Starker, Andre Watts and Charles Treger, Costanza Cuccaro, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Turtle Island String Quartet, Pieces of Eight, Dawn Upshaw, Bang On A Can, Ying String Quartet, Empire Brass, YoYo Ma, Eroica Trio and others.

Recording Engineer for BGSU Young Concert Artist Series for radio broadcast, 1985 to 1989, including artists such as Dawn Upshaw.

Sound Engineer for BGSU Festival Series/Student Activities Organization, 1985 to present. Artists include: Windham Hill Artists, Scott Couseau, Dukes of Dixieland, UrbanBush Women, Wynton Marsalis, Modern Jazz Quartet, Moloney, O'Connell & Keane, Oregon, George Shearing, Joe Williams, Dave Brubeck, Billy Taylor Trio, Marion McPartland, Cleo Lane, Eddie Daniels, Joshua Redman Trio, Gene Harris and Ray Brown Trio.

Sound Engineer for BGSU Jazz Week, 1983 to 1989. Artists include: Toshiko-Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin Big Band and Phil Woods Quintet.

Sound Engineer for Bowling Green Summer Musical Theater, 1987-1989.

Composed theme song for the WBGU-TV weekly sports program "Time Out."

Composed theme song for the WBGU-TV program featuring concerts from the College of Musical Arts "Encore Series" and recorded the concerts for series.

Composed soundtracks for WBGU-TV documentaries "Baseball in Japan" and "The 1934 Electric Auto-Lite Strike." Also served as the audio-mix engineer for those programs.

Composed soundtracks for C-K Communications' video series on security for the business traveler "Look Out!" and "Drugs, Take Notice!." "Look Out!" won a "Golden Cassette" award, which is a prestigious prize in the industrial video industry.

Re-mix Engineer for the WBGU-TV weekly program "Forum," 1987-1988.

Recording Engineer for composition by Peter Ware, commissioned by the Minnesota Composers' Forum, 1987.

Recording Engineer for musical sound track for Miss Cincinnati Beauty Pageant, 1985-1987.

Teaching Assistant for Recording Techniques, BGSU. 1985-1987.

Sound Engineer for the biannual Toledo Arts Awards titled "Night Life," 1986.

Recording Engineer for composer Barney Child's work "A Question of Summer," 1986.

Recording Engineer for the BGSU Encore Series. 1981-1982. Artists included: Soviet Emigre Orchestra and the Canadian Brass.
 

Recordings

Recording engineer, digital editing and mastering for "The Composers Voice New Music from Bowling Green," Volume III with the Bowling Green Philharmonia, Emily Freeman Brown conducting. Compact disc on Albany Records (TROY 633), 2004

Recording engineer, digital editing and mastering for Lambis Vassiliadis "Piano Works by P.I. Tschaikofsky" with Lambis Vassiliadis, piano. Compact disc on AMICME Classical (CD 5200106770011)

Recording engineer, digital editing and mastering for "Music for Velvet" with Velvet Brown, tuba. Compact disc on Crystal Records (CD693), 2003

Recording engineer, digital editing, mixing and mastering for "3 and "1 with the Bowling Green Faculty Jazz Quartet. Compact disc on AMP Recording (AMP 3192-2), 2002

Recording engineer, co-producer, mixing and mastering for "Toraigh Tripping up the Stairs." Compact disc on Toraigh (TOR01-2), 2002

Recording engineer, digital editing and mastering for "The Composers Voice New Music from Bowling Green," Volume II with the Bowling Green Philharmonia, Emily Freeman Brown conducting. Compact disc on Albany Records (TROY 490), 2002

Recording, mixing, digital editing and mastering for "I Can Pick My Friends" with Chris Buzzelli and guest artists. Compact disc on AMP Recording (AMP 8975-2), 2002

Digital editing and mastering for "Waiting for Sunrise," orchestral works by Anthony Iannaccone. Compact disc on Albany Records (TROY 486), 2002

Digital editing and mastering for "Elation/Guale" by Max Schubel with the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the University of New Mexico Chamber Ensemble. Compact disc on Opus One (CD 190), 2002

Digital editing and mastering for "Ernst LevyTenth Symphony France with the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, George Maul, conductor. Compact disc on Opus One (CD 188), 2001

Digital editing for "Distant Visions" by Brian Bevelander. Compact disc on Equalibrium (EQ 47), 2001

Recording, editing and mastering for "Have You Met This Jones," The Wendell Jones Trio. Compact disc on AMP Recordings (AMP 06), 2001

Recording, editing and mastering for "Mazurka," Matthew Ardizzone, guitar. Compact disc on AMP Recordings (AMP 05), 2001

Editing and mastering for "Distant Voices," Brian Bevelander. Compact disc on Equilibrium, 2001

Recording, editing and mastering for "Visions in Metaphor," John Sampen, saxophone - Marilyn Shrude, piano. Compact disc on Albany (Troy 442), 2001

Editing and mastering for "Anthony Iannaccone," string music Compact disc on Albany (Troy 414), 2001

Editing and mastering for "Esquisses en désarroi-Recherche pour la Vision au delà-Cyrèniäde," Max Schubel. Compact disc on Opus One (CD 184), 2001

Editing, mixing and mastering for "Junk and Jubilee, an Epidrama," Max Schubel. Also musical production coordinator and conductor for the recorded voices. Compact disc on Opus One (CD 178), 1999.

Recording, editing and mastering for "The Composer's Voice-New Music from Bowling Green" Compact disc on Albany (Troy 321), 1999.

Recording engineer for "Canto IV" from a collection by Samuel Adler. Compact disc on Albany (Troy 306), 1998.

Editing and mastering for "Sea Drift -Wind Music of Anthony Iannaccone." Compact disc on Albany (Troy 280), 1998.

Recording and Mix Engineer for "Cafe Shadeaux," Tom Gorman and Tom DelGreco. Compact disc on AMP Recordings (AMP Rec 03), 1998.

Recording Engineer, editing and mastering for "Delusions De Grandeur," Sax 4th Avenue. Compact disc on AMP Recordings (AMP Rec 02), 1998.

Recording Engineer, editing and mastering for "The Young Scarlatti," Vincent Corrigan, harpsichord. Compact disc on AMP Recordings (AMP Rec 01), 1997.

Recording Engineer, editing and mastering for "The Electric Saxophone," John Sampen, saxophone. Compact disc on Capstone Records (CPS-8636), 1997.

Recording Engineer, editing and mastering for "20th Century Etudes," Frances Renzi, piano. Compact disc on Centaur (CRC 2301), 1997.

Editing and mastering for "Society of Composers, Inc. Grand Designs," for "Synthecisms No. 4" by Brian Bevelander. Compact disc on Capstone (CPS-8639), 1997.

Editing and mastering for "What Goes Around," Chris Buzzelli, guitar. Compact disc on Schoolkids' Records, 1997.

Recording Engineer, editing and mastering for "Allen Sapp-Piano Sonatas," Lambis Vassiliades, piano. Compact disc on Koch Discover International (DICD 920535), 1997.

Recording Engineer, editing and mastering for "Bartok-Poulenc-Scriabin-Szymanoswski," Lambis Vassiliades, piano. Compact disc on Koch Discover International (DICD 920484), 1996.

Editing and mastering for "The Tanosaki-Richard Duo New Music for Clarinet and Piano by Japanese Composers." Compact disc on Nine Winds Records (NWCD0188),1996.

Editing and mastering for "5 by Max." Compact disc on Opus One (CD 171), 1996.

Recording Engineer, editing and mastering for "Brian Bevelander and Leslie Bassett." Compact disc on Opus One (CD 161), 1996.

Recording Engineer, editing and mastering for "The Piano Music of Sigismund Thalberg," Ian Hominick, piano. Compact disc on Titanic Records (Ti-227), 1995. Nominated for a 1995 Northcoast Canadian Recording Award.

Editing and mastering for "Jackpot." Compact disc on Opus One (CD 151), 1995.

Recording Engineer, editing and mastering for "Brahms-Schumann," Lambis Vassiliades, piano. Compact disc on Koch Discover International (DICD 920257), 1995.

Recording Engineer, editing and mastering for "Schumann-Jerome Rose" Jerome Rose, piano. Compact disc on Vox (Vox 7515), 1995.

Recording Engineer, editing and mastering for "Barber-Martinû-Bartók-Bavicchi," Gordon Epperson, cello and Frances Burnett, piano. Compact disc on Centaur (CRC 2275), 1995

Producer, editing and mastering for "Emma's Christmas," Tower Brass Quintet. Compact disc for Capstone (CPS-8629), 1994.

Recording Engineer for "Muzio Clementi-Four Sonatas for Fortepiano," Maria Rose, fortepiano. Compact disc on Newport Classics (NPD85571), 1994.

Recording engineer and editing for "Liszt-Nocturnes." Jerome Rose, pianist, Artist-in-Residence, BGSU. Compact disc released on Newport Classics, 1992.

Recording engineer and editing for "The Complete Sonatas for Piano" (Chopin). Jerome Rose, pianist, Artist-in-Residence, BGSU.  Newport Classics (NCD 60068), 1992.

Recording Engineer, editing and mastering for "The Contemporary Saxophone." John Sampen, saxophone. Compact disc released on Neuma (Neuma 450-80), 1992.

Recording Engineer for "Hummel Sonatas." Maria Rose, fortepiano. Compact disc released on Newport Classics (NCD 60100), 1991.

Recording Engineer and editing for "Electric Clarinet." Burton Beerman and F. Gerrard Errante, clarinet. Compact disc released on Capstone Records (CPS 8607), 1991.

Recording Engineer for "Chopin-Ballades." Jerome Rose, pianist, Artist-in-Residence, BGSU. Compact disc released on Newport Classics (NCD 60053), 1990.

Recording Engineer and editing for "New Music Festival I Virtuosi." compact disc released on Capstone Records (CPS 8603), 1988.

Recording Engineer and editing for Trinity Episcopal Church "Canterbury Choir." recorded at Trinity Episcopal Church, Toledo, Ohio. Released 1987.

Recording Engineer and editing for Ruth Inglefield, harpist. Released on ORION Master Recording (ORS 83458), 1983.
 

Membership & Affiliations

Charter member and president of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia chapter at Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan.

Member of the Audio Engineering Society since 1990.

Member of NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences) since 2002.

Member of BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) since 1996.