Mark davenport biography

Mark Davenport was born in New York City to musical parents. He spent most of his early childhood growing up in an experimental artist's community in Rockland County, New York, living among painters, potters, dancers, avante garde film makers, performers and composers (John Cage among them). His extensive musical training began at age three, studying recorder with his father, LaNoue Davenport, a prominent name in the Early Music field.

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He has been performing professionally on renaissance and baroque woodwinds since first touring with the internationally acclaimed New York Pro Music in the late 1970s, including sold-out concerts at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City.

At age eight Mark began studies on the cello, working for seven years under the tutelage of the renowned cellist Laurence Lessor, and later with Judith Davidoff.

He began lessons in both jazz and classical piano at age 15. Mark attended Sarah Lawrence Coll Mark A. Davenport | IEEE Xplore Author Details NALIT