Mark Alun Anderman

Composer, guitarist, arranger, producer, and educator Mark Anderman is a multi-faceted musician whose style infuses jazz with a rock/funk edge, balanced with a classical sensibility. His four albums form a musical odyssey that stretches the boundaries between traditional and contemporary jazz, rock, funk, and orchestral music.

As a compser of concert music, his works include orchestral, choral, jazz band, symphonic band, vocal jazz, and chamber pieces. Highlights include: For Us All (for symphonic band and choir) commissioned for the 2020 grand re-opening of Burbank Auditorium, Thursday Rain (for orchestra) premiered at Jackson Theater in memoriam of the 2017 Sonoma County wildfires, and Pieces of Yesterday premiered by the SRJC Jazz Band and featured by the Sonoma State University Jazz Orchestra at the Green Music Center.

Born in Ohio, raised in California, Mark sang and played trumpet as a child. He picked up guitar at age 13, then bass and keyboards at age 16. As a guitarist, his mentors included jazz virtuoso (and Joe Pass protégé) Frank Potenza, Martin Austin of the iconic prog rock group Ixt Adux, and Chord Chemistry guru Ted Greene.

Mark spent over 30 years performing as a guitarist, bassist, singer, and keyboardist in and around Los Angeles and San Francisco. Open to almost any style, his work included jazz, classical chamber music, gospel, rock, and musical theater. He performed at the Fullerton and Carson Jazz Festivals, and served as a featured performer/clinician at the Redwood Empire Jazz Festival.

His fourth album Horizon is due for worldwide release in March, 2024. His previous albums are Confluence (2019), Double Vision (1997, recorded in Singapore with fellow guitarist Bruce MacLeod), and his debut EP Ascension, recorded and released in San Francisco in 1995.

Mark holds a Doctorate in Music Education from Boston University as well as Music degrees from San Francisco State University, CSU Long Beach, and Long Beach City College. Dr. Anderman currently holds the position of Professor of Music Theory at Santa Rosa Junior College.