Mark Isaacs

Mark Isaacs (born 22 June 1958, London[1]) is an Australian classical and jazz composer and pianist.[2]

Mark Isaacs
Born (1958-06-22) 22 June 1958
London, England
GenresClassical Jazz
Occupation(s)Composer, pianist, conductor
Websitewww.markisaacs.com

Isaacs has also composed and conducted music for film and television.[3]

Discography
List of releases (all are albums, unless otherwise shown), with selected details
Title Details
Originals
  • Released: 1980
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Battyman Records (BAT 2071)
Preludes
  • Released: 1987
  • Format: LP, Cassette
  • Label: Jarra Hill Records (JHR 2003)
Encounters
(with Dave Holland & Roy Haynes)
  • Released: 1990/1991/1995/2013
  • Format: LP, Cassette, CD
  • Label: ABC Jazz (846 220-2)/veraBra (vBr2076)/ABC Jazz (479 785-2)/Gracemusic (GR005)
For Sure
  • Released: 1993
  • Format: CD, Cassette
  • Label: ABC (518 397-2)
Fire
  • Released: 1995
  • Format: CD
  • Label: ABC (479823-2)
Air
  • Released: 1995
  • Format: CD
  • Label: ABC (479824-2)
Water
  • Released: 1995
  • Format: CD
  • Label: ABC (479825-2)
Earth
  • Released: 1995
  • Format: CD
  • Label: ABC (479826-2)
The Elements
  • Released: 1996
  • Format: 4-CD boxed set
  • Label: ABC (479827-2)
Elders Suite
(with Kenny Wheeler)
  • Released: 1997
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Grace Recordings (GR001)
On Reflection
  • Released: 1998
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Grace Recordings (GR002)
Closer
  • Released: 2000
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Naxos Jazz (86065-2)
Keeping the Standards
(with Jay Anderson & Adam Nussbaum)
  • Released: 2004
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Vorticity (VM011309-1)
Visions
  • Released: 2005
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Vorticity (VM021309-2)
Resurgence
(with Vinnie Colaiuta, Bob Sheppard, Jay Anderson,
Steve Tavaglione & James Muller)
  • Released: 2007
  • Format: CD
  • Label: ABC Jazz (476 6160)
Tell It Like It Is
(as Mark Isaacs Resurgence Band)
  • Released: 2009
  • Format: CD
  • Label: ABC Jazz (270 3869)
Aurora
(as Mark Isaacs Resurgence Band)
  • Released: 2010
  • Format: CD+DVD
  • Label: Gracemusic (GR003)
The Wind in the Willows
Hush Collection Volume 12 (with members of Goldner String Quartet, Australia Ensemble & Sydney Symphony; narration by Andrew Ford)
  • Released: 2012
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Hush
Children's Songs
  • Released: 2013
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Soundbrush Records SR1029
Duende
(as Resurgence)
  • Released: 2013
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Gracemusic (GR004)
Ulpirra Sonatines
(with Melissa Doecke)
  • Released: 2016
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Melissa Doecke (MD002)
The Present
(EP, with Loretta Palmeiro)
  • Released: 2020
  • Format: Digital
  • Label: Bandcamp
Robin Hood: The Film Music of Mark Isaacs Vol. 1
  • Released: 2020
  • Format: 2×CD
  • Label: 1M1 Records (1M1CD1039)
Forgotten Fields
  • Released: 2020
  • Format: Digital
  • Label: Gracemusic
All Who Travel With Us
(with Loretta Palmeiro)
  • Released: 2020
  • Format: Digital
  • Label: Some of Two Parts
Intimacies
  • Released: 2020
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Gracemusic (GR006)
Ravel: Ondine
(single)
  • Released: 2022
  • Format: Digital
  • Label: Gracemusic

Filmography

Awards and nominations

AIR Independent Music Awards

The AIR Awards (or Jägermeister Independent Music Awards) give awards for independent albums in various categories.

YearNominee / WorkAwardResultRef.
2011Aurora (as Mark Isaacs Resurgence Band)Best Independent Jazz AlbumNominated[4]

Albert H. Maggs Composition Award

The Albert H. Maggs Composition Award is a commission-based Australian classical composition award. It is administered by the University of Melbourne and is awarded annually in August.

YearResultRef.
2007Won[5]

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2007 Resurgence Best Jazz Album Nominated [6]
2009 Tell It Like It Is (as Mark Isaacs Resurgence Band) Nominated [7]

Art Music Awards

The Art Music Awards are presented each year by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA AMCOS) and the Australian Music Centre (AMC).

YearCategoryWorkResultRef.
2021Performance of the Year - Jazz/Improvised Music All Who Travel With Us (with Loretta Palmeiro) Nominated (Finalist) [8]
Work of the Year: Jazz
2016Award for Excellence in JazzFor his sustained contribution over four decades
and 2015 Queensland Regional Tour		[9]

Australia Council Fellowship

Australia Council Fellowships of $80,000 support outstanding, established artists’ and arts workers’ activity and professional development for a period of up to two years.

YearResultRef.
1996Won[10]

Other activities

Lifeline Australia

Isaacs is a volunteer telephone counsellor at Lifeline Australia, the nationwide crisis support and suicide prevention service.[2]

References
  1. "Isaacs, Mark, 1958- - Full record view - Libraries Australia Search". librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  2. Galvin, Nick (16 January 2018), "For Mark Isaacs all that matters is the music", Sydney Morning Herald
  3. Galvin, Nick (14 April 2020), "Musical adventures with Robin Hood", Sydney Morning Herald
  4. "Independent Music Awards Nominees Announced". Tone Deaf. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  5. "Albert H Maggs Composition Award : Prize : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  6. "2007 ARIA Awards Winners". www.aria.com.au. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  7. "2009 ARIA Awards Winners". www.aria.com.au. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  8. "Art Music Awards - APRA AMCOS & AMC". APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  9. "Art Music Awards 2016". APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  10. "Mark Isaacs : Represented Artist Profile : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
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