Mark Custom Recording Service
Mark Custom Recording Service, Inc., is an American recording and production company for music of collegiate, scholastic, military, civic, and professional groups. It was founded in 1962 by Vincent S. Morette (1936–1989)[1] and incorporated in the State of New York in 1968. Mark is based in Clarence, New York.
Mark audio businesses
- Mark Custom Recording Service – 2 to 32 track digital location recording service
- Mark Studios – 24 track analog and 32 track digital studios
- Mark Digital Editing
- MarkArt – custom artwork design
- Mark Audio Equipment Sales – specializing in high end professional recording equipment sales and installation
- Mark Custom Manufacturing – pressing of group CDs
- Mark Records – Mark's record label
- Mark Masters Series – commercial record label featuring wind band field and other classical music
- Epigram Records
History
At its founding, Vincent S. Morette capitalized on the growing miniaturization of recording technology on the 1960s to provide live, on-site recordings for college and secondary school ensembles as well as concerts at clinics and workshops. The original company has since expanded into CD manufacturing, custom art work, and studio recording. Since 1990 they have provided recordings of ACDA conferences, performances at the Midwest Clinic and the All-State high school festivals in such states as Texas, New York, and Indiana. They have also recorded National and State Music conferences in Florida, Kentucky, and Illinois.
On-site recording allowed schools and universities to record their ensembles and performances by professional engineers and have those recordings produced and distributed by a professional service. Live concert recordings are also important as historical records of festival events. Such recordings often feature repertoire not recorded by traditional labels. The live recordings of festival concerts also serve as the sonic equivalents of a memorial photographs providing a tangible memento of the event.
Ownership & personnel
The company is currently owned by Cecelia M. Morette (born 1939; née Charvella) and Mark J. Morette (born 1963), wife and son of the founder, respectively. Mark Morette, the namesake of the firm, has been running the company since 1989.
Selected recording artists on Mark Records
- Julie Giroux
- Evan Chambers
- Greg Danner
- Atlantic Brass Quintet
- A'tris
- Earle Louder
- Goo Goo Dolls
- Rick James
- Spyro Gyra
- Roy Clark
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Dr. Billy Taylor
- Bunky Green
- John Faddis
- Phil Woods
- Clark Terry
- Wynton Marsalis
- Branford Marsalis
- Willie Thomas
- 10,000 Maniacs
- Richie Havens
- Ginger Baker
- Denny Laine
- The Misfits
- Saxophone Quartet
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Geoffrey Giuliano
- Chicago Symphony
- Houston Grand Opera
- Baltimore Symphony
- Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
- United States Air Force Band
- "The Presidents Own" United States Marine Band
- United States Navy Band
- "Pershing's Own" United States Army Band
- United States Coast Guard Band
Awards
- 2001, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra award for “Outstanding service to the music industry”
- 2004, International Precy Grainger Society’s “Grainger Medallion” to Mark Morette for lifetime service in the promotion of the music of Percy Grainger (http://www.percygrainger.org/)
- 2009–2011, Kappa Kappa Psi's Distinguished Service to Music Medal in the area of Industry to Mark Morette
References
- ↑ Obituary: Vincent S. Morette, Former Music Teacher, Buffalo News June 25, 1989
External links
- Official website
- American Choral Directors Association recordings
- Tri-State Productions, Covington, Kentucky