UNC Jazz Press

(8 Brass) Awarded the 2005 Downbeat Award for Best Original Composition, Regions is a ballad which features guitar. Saxes will need their doubles on this one, flute, soprano sax, two clarinets and bass clarinet. The guitarist will have fun playing over the lush chord changes on this one.

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Six-time Downbeat award winning composer, MARK DENIS, is based in Los Angeles, CA. Originally from the Green Bay/Wisconsin area, he earned a Bachelor of Music in Saxophone Performance from the University of Northern Colorado and a Master of Music in Studio Jazz Writing from the University of Miami. In the summer of 2004, Mark was an Overture Composer for the Henry Mancini Institute. Mark's musical compositions have been performed across the United States from Maine to Hawaii. Mark's most recent project involved orchestrating for Latin-Grammy award winner Nestor Torres and the Cleveland Pops Orchestra.