Mark O’Connor: A Biography

To be published by the University Press of Mississippi “American Made Music” series in 2027

Photo by Deanna Rose

A deep dive into the musical life of violinist, composer and educator Mark O’Connor – from his years as a child prodigy, when won nearly every major fiddle, flat-picking guitar and mandolin contest in the country and his stints with the David Grisman Quintet and The Dregs – to his years as a top tier Nashville session player and member of the elite super-stars of new acoustic music – to his accomplishments as a composer of classical music and development of a new music teaching method, this biography will bring to the fore the immeasurable contributions this extraordinary musician has made to traditional and contemporary American music for over a half a century.