Mark Alan Wade - Biography

Biography

Mark Wade joined the faculty of Denison University as affiliate instructor of trumpet in August 2006. Since that time, Wade completed his D.M.A. in trumpet performance at The Ohio State University, where he studied with Timothy Leasure. Prior to his appointment as Graduate Teaching Associate at The Ohio State University, Wade received his Bachelor of Music from Ohio Wesleyan University (1999), studying trumpet with Dr. Larry Griffin, and his Master of Music from The Ohio State University. Wade won the D.M.A. Concerto Competition and appeared with the Ohio State University Symphony Orchestra as a soloist during the 2006/2007 season.

Wade has performed on different occasions for Presidents William Clinton & George Bush Sr., Ross Perot, and the former U.S. Secretary of Defense, William S. Cohen. While pursuing his Master of Music, Wade toured Austria, Slovakia and Hungary as co-principal trumpet with the Classical Music Festival Orchestra of Eisenstadt, Austria. Dr. Wade is currently the second trumpet player of the Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra in Ohio. He has also recently appeared with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra, and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in Ohio. Wade also played principal trumpet on the Ohio State University Wind Symphony's new CD entitled "The Winds of Nagual" under the Naxos Records label.

In addition to his experience as a trumpet player, Wade is also an accomplished hammered dulcimer performer and teacher. In 1998, he won the Walnut Valley National Hammered Dulcimer Championship held in Winfield, Kansas. His students include the 2004 and 2007 National Hammered Dulcimer Champions. He can be heard on more than a dozen recordings; he has personally released six CDs and a method book.