Mark Morton is Principal Bass of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, and is the first prize winner of the International Society of Bassists Solo Competition in New York City. Morton is currently instructor of bass at Capital University, in Bexley, Ohio. Formerly, he was the assistant double bass instructor for Gary Karr at the Hartt School of Music. Starting in fall of 2008, Morton will be Assistant Professor of Double Bass at Texas Tech University, in Lubbock, Texas. A busy recitalist and concerto performer, Mark Morton has been a featured double bass soloist on radio and television broadcasts including NPR's "Performance Today." His “Thresholds” album is a compact disc that covers important repertoire for the solo Double Bass. Brad Opland of Bass World Magazine writes, “Mark Morton has produced a well-rounded CD for a new generation of aspiring bassists.” An accomplished pianist, Morton began his musical studies on both the double bass and ...