Current
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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR of the ST. PETERSBURG OPERA COMPANY: 2007 – present www.stpeteopera.org
OPERA COMMISSION: 2007 – 2010 Mr. Sforzini is currently working under commission by an anonymous patron to compose a new opera for production in 2010
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR of the Palladium Theater’s ENCORE SERIES: 2007 – present
PRIVATE INSTRUCTION: 1991 – present
Vocal Coaching
Chamber Music Coaching
Bassoon Lessons and Coachings on all instruments
Conducting Lessons
Audition Preparation
Composition Instruction
Upcoming
& Recent Conducting Engagements:
St. Petersburg Opera presents Carmen, June 4, 6 & 8, 2010
Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg, Florida
Asheville Lyric Opera, southeast tour of Carmen, April 2010
St. Petersburg Opera presents Cosi Fan Tutte, January 2010
Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg Opera presents Into the Woods, September 11, 12 & 13, 2009
Shorecrest Preparatory
School, St. Petersburg, Florida
Crested Butte Mountain Theater presents The Music Man, June 26 – July 3, 2009
Crested Butte, Colorado
Pinellas Opera League & St. Petersburg Opera presents
The Barber of St. Pete, June 12, 2009
Largo Cultural Center, Largo, Florida
St. Petersburg Opera presents La Traviata, June 5, 7 & 9, 2009
Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg, Florida
Encore Series presents
Maurice Ravel, Three Songs of Stephan
Mallarme, March 10, 2009; Michelle Rego, soprano
soloist
Palladium Theater,
St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg Opera
presents The Merry Widow, January 16,
17 & 18, 2009
Palladium Theater,
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida Suncoast Opera Guild & St. Petersburg Opera presents Meet Me At Maxim’s, December 6, 2008
Crested Butte Music Festival presents Into the Woods, June 26, 27, 28 and July 1, 2 & 3, 2008
Saint Petersburg Opera presents Don Giovanni, June 13, 15 & 17, 2008
FloriMezzo Goes to the Heartland, Palladium Theater – ENCORE series, St. Petersburg, FL, April 1, 2008
--Copland Appalachian Spring; Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915; Bernstein Glitter and Be Gay; Taranto The Ragtime of Life; Montague Thule Ultima
(clink link above to download audio file – the Copland and Barber are very large files and will take some time to transfer depending on your transfer speed)
Saint Petersburg Opera presents L’Elisir d’Amore, December 28 & 30, 2007
Saint Petersburg Opera presents From Russia with Love, December 5, 2007 @ the St. Petersburg Yacht Club
Progress Energy Center for the Arts 1st Annual Fourth of July Concert with the FloriMezzo Community Band
Saint Petersburg Opera presents La Bohème, June 8, 10 & 12, 2007
Faure Requiem, Friday, April 6, 2007 7:00pm at Northside Baptist Church, 6000 38th Avenue North, St. Petersburg
With the FloriMezzo Orchestra and Northside Baptist Church Choir
FloriMezzo Goes to the Opera, Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:30pm at the Palladium Theater
Perri Montané, mezzo-soprano and Todd Donovan, baritone with the FloriMezzo Orchestra
Highlights
from the opera, Carmen
Die Fledermaus at the Palladium Theater; December 29 and 30, 2006, 7:30pm (Fledermaus REVIEW)
With the FloriMezzo Orchestra; Stage Direction by Jon Truitt
Principal Artists: Elizabeth Truitt, Elizabeth Claxton, Jon Truitt, Todd Donovan, Perri Montané, Kevin Courtemanche, Jacob Pence,
Baron Garriott, Charleene Closshey, Bob Heitman and Algimantas Karnavicius
FloriMezzo Fall Concert at the Palladium Theater; Sunday, October 29, 2006, 2:30pm
Strauss Suite in B-flat
FloriMezzo Wind Ensemble at the Palladium Theater on June 17, 2006
The Barber of Seville (Two performances at the Palladium Theater on June 2, 7:30pm and June 4, 2:00pm)
With the FloriMezzo Orchestra and principal singers: Jon Truitt, Valerie Nicolosi, Bryce Westervelt, Russell Franks, Liana Valente and Todd Donovan
Auburn Community Orchestra on April 29, 2006 in Auburn, Alabama
program includes Mozart Symphony No. 33, Grieg Holberg Suite and Mozart Bassoon Concerto
Upcoming & Recent Performances of Compositions: (click date links for additional performance information)
(clink title link for additional information about the work) CONTACT the composer @ mark@marksforzini.com to add a performance to this list
September 2009,
7:30pm @Holley Hall, Sarasota, FL
The Sarasota
Orchestra’s quintet of principals, The Florida Wind Quintet performs
April
28, 2009, 7:30pm @The Palladium Theater, St.
Petersburg, FL
Encore
Series – Zamparas, Sforzini & Landmeyer
Trio
Rhapsody for Flute
and Bassoon
April
13, 2009, 7:30pm @The Palladium Theater, St.
Petersburg, FL
Encore
Series – A Tale of Two Cities
As Far as Angels Ken WORLD PREMIERE
Sara Peeples, Soprano; Brian Moorhead, Clarinet; Robert Smith,
Trumpet; Miroslava Panayotova,
Piano; Saundra Buscemi, Violin;
Alexander Scheirle, Cello; Alexis Spieldenner,
Harp; Mark Sforzini, Conductor.
April
5, 2009, 7:00pm @The Toledo Club, Toledo, OH
--performed by
Principal Players of the Toledo Symphony
July 22, 2008, 8:00pm @Eastern Music Festival, Greensboro, NC
Sextet for Piano and Winds
--Carnegie Chamber Series, performed by EMF Music Faculty including Gideon Rubens, piano
July 13, 2008, 7:30pm @Center for the Arts, Crested Butte, CO
Theme and Variations on a Slavic Song WORLD PREMIERE
--performed by the Crested Butte Music Fesitval Orchestra; Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor
May 4, 2008, 3:00pm @Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL
Pinellazartian Overture
WORLD PREMIERE
--performed by the Pinellas Youth Symphony in honor of their 50th Anniversary, Susan Robinson, conductor
February 20, 21, 22, 10:30am @Holland Performing Arts
Center, Omaha, NE
--performed by the Omaha Symphony for the Margre Durham Concerts for Youth: “The Composer’s Craft”
January 29, 2008 @St. Petersburg College Music Center, St.
Petersburg, FL
Sextet for Piano and Winds WORLD PREMIERE
--performed as part of the Palladium Theater’s ENCORE series. Pascal Rogè, piano, with Quantum Winds
July 28, 2007 @Center for the Arts, Crested Butte, CO
--performed at the Crested Butte Music Festival
April 17, 2007 @The Palladium
Theater, St. Petersburg, FL
Triple Concerto WORLD PREMIERE
--performed by Musician’s Out of the Box with soloists: Sean O’Neil, violin, Aaron White, Bass & Mark Sforzini, bassoon
April 6, 2007 @Northside
Baptist Church, St. Petersburg, FL
Excerpts from Water Works – Aqua Rising
--performed by FloriMezzo
March 20, 2007 @The Palladium
Theater, St. Petersburg, FL
--performed by Fred Gratta, cello, and Judith Alstadter, piano
December 1, 2006 @The University
of Oregon, Portland, OR
--performed by the University of Oregon Faculty Wind Quintet