Mark Timmerman, a native of Davenport, Iowa, is a member of the New Jersey Symphony and the Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra, and recently spent a season as Principal Bassoon of the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He is a graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and also studied at Temple University and the University of Michigan. During the 2007-2008 season, Mark was on sabbatical from the NJSO to perform once again as a member of the MET Opera Orchestra. An accomplished orchestral player, he has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic and Hawaii Symphony. Music festival appearances have taken Mark to Japan, the former Soviet Union, Italy and Brazil. He also participated for three summers in the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont, went on several Music from Marlboro U.S. tours, and has been heard on the St. Paul Sunday Morning radio program.

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