About Author: Mark Porter

Mark Porter grew up on the Isle of Wight but now lives in Oxford, where he studied. He completed his Masters at King’s College London, and is currently pursuing a PhD at City University London exploring issues of musical taste and identity at the interface between praise and worship music and everyday musical life. He has a keen involvement with music within and outside the church and enjoys pushing boundaries of creativity and community.

Posts by Mark Porter

  • James Cave and Ewan King are not names with which I was familiar before hearing their recent album, Pay the Musick. That isn’t to say they are unknown; they have appeared at Greenbelt, established a presence on the London jazz...

    Review: Pay the Musick by The King/Cave Project

    James Cave and Ewan King are not names with which I was familiar before hearing their recent album, Pay the Musick. That isn’t to say they are unknown; they have appeared at Greenbelt, established a presence on the London jazz...

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  • Osvaldo Golijov’s La Pasión según San Marcos was commissioned in 2000 as one of a quartet of new passion-settings. The work attracted glowing reviews and made a striking impact on its first audiences [1]. In La Pasión, Golijov, an Argentinian...

    A Transformational Passion

    Osvaldo Golijov’s La Pasión según San Marcos was commissioned in 2000 as one of a quartet of new passion-settings. The work attracted glowing reviews and made a striking impact on its first audiences [1]. In La Pasión, Golijov, an Argentinian...

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