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Mark Jordan – Clarinet

Mark was born in Cheshire and studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music. After a short period as principal clarinet with the BBC Training Orchestra in Bristol, he spent some years concentrating more on the saxophone and was leader of the English Saxophone Quartet. Eventually he came back to the clarinet and joined the B.B.C. Northern Symphony Orchestra, which became the B.B.C Philharmonic, where he spent 33 years, often appearing as soloist in a work written for him by the orchestra's then composer in residence, Sir Peter Maxwell Davis, in which he has to play Northumbrian Pipes and juggle! He was, during that time, always involved in the orchestra's education and outreach department, working with children, students and amateurs on all aspects of performance and composition. Away from the orchestra, he maintains an interest in other genres of music, being involved in renaissance, jazz, rock and traditional music on a variety of instruments.

Mark Jordan - Clarinét

Cafodd Mark ei eni yn swydd Gaer ac astudiodd yn y Royal Manchester College of Music. Ar ôl cyfnod byr fel prif chwaraewr clarinét gyda'r BBC Training Orchestra ym Mryste, treuliodd rai blynyddoedd yn rhoi mwy o sylw i'r sacsoffon ac ef oedd arweinydd yr English Saxophone Quartet. Yn y pen draw, daeth yn ôl at y clarinét ac ymunodd â BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, a ddaeth yn B.B.C Philharmonic, lle treuliodd 33 o flynyddoedd yn aml yn ymddangos fel unawdydd mewn gwaith a ysgrifennwyd ar ei gyfer ef gan gyfansoddwr preswyl y gerddorfa ar y pryd - Syr Peter Maxwell Davis, lle'r oedd yn rhaid iddo chwarae Pibelli Northumbria a jyglo! Yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw, yr oedd bob amser yn cymryd rhan yn adran addysg a gwaith allanol y gerddorfa, gan weithio gyda phlant, myfyrwyr ac amaturiaid ar holl agweddau ar berfformiad a chyfansoddi. Y tu allan i'r gerddorfa, mae ganddo ddiddordeb mewn genres eraill o gerddoriaeth, gan gymryd rhan yng ngherddoriaeth y dadeni, jazz, roc a cherddoriaeth draddodiadol ar amrywiaeth o offerynnau.