Attention Music and Entertainment Writers: Looking for an expert to turn to as you cover this season's run of the hit show American Idol?
Mark Bosnian is a veteran voice teacher, award-winning singer/songwriter and a member of the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. Now entering his fourth decade in the music business, Bosnian is a widely recognized expert in the field of vocal performance. His teaching experience includes coaching rock singer Courtney Love (lead singer of the band Hole) for a concert at the Portland, Oregon Rose Garden in March of 1999 and teaching his popular How To Sing From Your Heart & Soul Seminar in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in 2000. Bosnian's vocal clients have included such prominent artists as Dan Reed, Linda Hornbuckle, Stephanie Schneiderman, Meredith Brooks and the Fallen Angels Choir.
Mark attended California State University, Fullerton, and has been a professional voice, piano and guitar teacher for 22 years. Bosnian trained with esteemed vocal teacher Tom Blaylock, head of the Northwest Institute of Voice. He expanded his education with other voice professionals such as Oren Brown, considered a pioneer in Voice Therapy; Daniel R. Boone, one of the founding fathers of speech pathology; Robert Bastian,otolaryngologist, voice surgeon and head of The Bastian Voice Institute and Bonnie Raphael, Ph.D., celebrated theater arts voice coach. Bosnian teaches private lessons, group lessons, workshops and his popular Karaoke 101 and Harmony 101 Seminars. He also recently appeared on Portland, Oregon's Fox News-12, where he coached the news anchors on karaoke singing.
In addition to his work as a music educator, Bosnian is also an accomplished musician in his own right. He performed live on NBC's Today Show and the Pat Sajak Show in 1989, after winning first place in the Portland Musicians Association song writing contest. His album, "Shed My Skin," was chosen as one of the 12 best independent recordings in the nation by Performing Songwriter Magazine in 1997. Other live credits include performing the National Anthem at numerous Portland Trailblazer NBA basketball games, and singing at the inauguration of Oregon Govs. Barbara Roberts in 1991 and Ted Kulongoski in 2003 and 2007.
More about Mark Bosnian: Mark Bosnian is well known in the Portland, Oregon area for creating the successful bands Salmon Dave and Body & Soul, and as a member of 80s national act Nu Shooz. Mark has also sung and played piano on more than 20 CD's recorded by Portland artists as well as sung on radio and TV commercials for clients including Safeway, Fred Meyer, and Shari's Restaurants. He was inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame in December 2001.
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