A champion of new music, Andrew Mark has collaborated with some of the world's most distinguished composers including Witold Lutoslawski, Donald Martino, John Harbison, and Leon Kirchner, and has premiered nearly 100 works. His most recent recording of Messaien’s Quartet for the End of Time on Ongaku Records has won critical acclaim. The American Record Guide hailed, “These are no ordinary performers. Each player shines in the extended solo passages. It’s brilliant.”

As soloist, Mark has performed with the Florida Philharmonic, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the Palm Beach Opera Orchestra, the New Hampshire Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of Boston and the Yamagata Symphony Orchestra of Japan. In 1988, Mr. Mark was the first place winner of the United States Artistic Ambassador Competition. He has since performed recitals and given master classes throughout the United States, Europe, South and Central America, and the Far East. He has been guest artist at music festivals including the Newport Music Festival, the Contemporary Music Festival at Tanglewood, the Portland Chamber Music Festival, the Chautauqua Festival, June in Buffalo, Florida International Festival, Apple Hill, and the Castle Hill Festival. He has recorded for New World, Koch, Albany, Dorian, CRI, Ongaku, and Neuma Recordings.

Mr. Mark continues an ongoing commitment to teaching and is a member of the music faculties of the New England Conservatory Prep Division, the Walnut Hill School for the Arts, and The Boston Conservatory where he serves as Chair of the String Department. Mr. Mark is the recipient of the 2008 Studio Teacher of the Year Award presented by the Massachusetts chapter of the American String Teachers Association.