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Marc is an adjunct faculty member in the Wells School of Music at West Chester University of PA, former Professor of Drum Set and Music Business and Dean of the College of
Performing Arts at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and a busy international performer, instructor, clinician, and researcher with
dozens of international concert dates and clinics throughout the year.
He has made concert appearances with a wide variety of artists, including jazz musicians Randy Brecker, Joey DeFrancesco, Jon Faddis, Robin Eubanks,
Christian McBride, Gerald Veasley, Pat Martino, Stanley Clarke, Phil Woods, Clark Terry, John Fedchock, Diane Schuur, Grover Washington, Jr., Tom Kennedy,
and Jimmy Smith; singers Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Ben Vereen, Tom Jones, Lou Rawls, Mel Tormé, Dionne Warwick, and Natalie Cole; pop artists
Boyz II Men, the Spinners, and the Stylistics; and orchestras including the Dallas, New Orleans, San Diego, Buffalo, Long Beach, Honolulu, Edmonton,
Jacksonville, Nashville, North Carolina, Hartford, Gulf Coast, Philadelphia, Boston Pops, and the National Symphony. He's performed and recorded for
major network TV shows and films in Los Angeles including two telecasts of the Golden Globe Awards, the Tonight Show, and in ensembles with Doc Severinsen,
Snooky Young, Pete Christlieb, Ron Carter, James Moody, Ernie Watts, Stevie Wonder, Ray Parker, Jr., and Lee Ritenour. He spent many years touring internationally
with entertainer Ben Vereen, with whom he continues to tour and perform.
Marc has lectured and conducted clinics at countless universities including USC, LSU, UNLV, Cal State Long Beach, U of Texas El Paso, East Carolina, U of Maine,
Appalachian State, Duquense, U of Delaware, Kent State, Santa Monica, American U, Villanova, Temple, West Chester, and colleges and schools in England, Chile, Japan, South Korea,
and Singapore, at international conferences (IAJE, JEN, & PASIC), and regional conferences (PMEA, NJMEA, CMS, Grammy in the Schools).
Marc was recently honored as the recipient of the prestigious Drumset Education Legacy Award presented by Yamaha Drums at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention.
In February 2020, he was selected as the Artist-in-Residence at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in their Health Design Lab MEDiA (Medicine intersecting Art)
Residency Program to research drumming and virtual and augmented reality to help rehabilitate the physically disabled, emotionally challenged,
and those with neurological or neurodevelopmental disorders. Marc was recently selected as a member of the Scholarly Research Committee of the
international Percussive Arts Society. His first peer-reviewed research paper on Handedness in drumming,
titled Handedness:
Are Drummers Right Handed or Left Handed? They Are Neither and Both! was published in April 2024 in the Percussive Notes Online Research Edition.
His numerous articles, podcasts, videos, and interviews on drumming, practice, learning, technique, and skill development based on his teaching experience and research in drumming,
neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and related fields are published in leading magazines, journals, and on websites. Print and on-line and publications include Modern
Drummer Magazine, Percussive Arts Society, his own website and those of prominent drum companies such as Vic Firth, Zildjian, and Yamaha.
As an academic, Marc taught at the University of the Arts for 30+ years and served in numerous senior leadership positions including Director of the School of Music,
Dean of the College of Performing Arts, and University Dean. As a Full Professor, he taught private lessons and group classes on drum set to music majors and non-majors,
Afro-Cuban hand drumming, electronic drums and percussion, and courses in drum set improvisation and music business to both undergraduate and graduate students.
He also directed an alternative percussion bucket drum ensemble and a Salsa Ensemble. He created the nation's only graduate drum set course for music educators
that he taught at Villanova University and Ursinus College each summer for more than 25 years, and which he continues to teach as a member of the faculty at West Chester
University of PA on their campus.
Marc has been with the Grammy organization (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences) for more than 30 years as Philadelphia Board Member,
Chapter President, and member of the National Board of Trustees where he also chaired a national committee on intellectual property. In addition, he was the Chair of the Board of
Directors and Head of the Education Committee of the Philadelphia Music Alliance, an organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Philadelphia's rich musical legacy.
Marc is a drum set artist/clinician for, and is endorsed by Yamaha Drums,
Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth Drum Sticks, Remo Drum Heads,
Latin Percussion, MONO Cases,
and writes for Modern Drummer Magazine,
Drum Club Magazine, Planet Drum Webzine,
Percussive Arts Society (PAS), and In-Concert magazines.
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