Mark Kuss has received awards from the American Academy and the Institute of Arts and Letters, the N.E.A., the Jerome Foundation, Meet the Composer, A.S.C.A.P., the Copland Foundation and others. His work has been performed by the 20/21st Century Consort, the Folger Consort, the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra, at Merkin Hall, the 92nd Street Y, the MacDowell Colony, the Swannanoa Music Festival, the Monadnock Music Festival, Composers Inc., Vancouver Chamber Music Festival, and throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe.
      His recent projects include a Soprano Saxophone Concerto written for and premiered by Branford Marsalis and the NHSO, music for the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, Jazz Vocalist Nnenna Freelon, Cellist Fred Raimi, and for Hesperus--ensemble in residence at the Smithsonian Museum of American History (with whom he has toured as pianist). He is currently writing a Violin Concerto to be premiered by Eric Pritchard and Orchestra New England, an Alto Saxphone Concerto for Branford Marsalis, and a new String Quartet--all planned for the 2007-08 concert season. Mr. Kuss is an Associate Professor as S.C.S.U. in New Haven, CT.
Email: kussm1@southernct.edu.