Cultural conservation and the urgent need to protect America’s creative and historical legacy.
Vanishing musical heritage: classical music, jazz, film scores, and musical theater in education.
The disappearance of language, fine arts, books, and history from American schools and culture.
Celebrity culture and social media’s impact on students’ awareness and appreciation of the liberal arts.
Solutions for families and individuals to rediscover the joy of music, language, and the arts despite cultural chaos.
Six pillars supporting cultural conservation: Music, Books, Art, Language, History, and Ideas.
Personal achievement and pride in the creative disciplines in the age of “trash talk” and entertainment overload.
Actionable steps for educators, parents, and community members to revive and safeguard cultural education.
Evans founded Pinehurst’s local television station and is president of “Cultural Conservation,” a foundation dedicated to preserving America’s cultural resources.
He studied under legendary composers like Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Roy Harris, and grew up in the world of Hollywood film music.
Evans hosts the “Mark! My Words” television and radio programs, celebrated for spotlighting the best of America’s cultural past, present, and future.
His books, including “Mark! My Words” and “Our Musical Heritage,” provide a manifesto on rediscovering music, language, and achievement amidst modern cultural chaos.
Evans is a vocal advocate on America’s cultural amnesia, warning that the disappearance of history, language, and the fine arts may be the greatest threat to the nation’s future.
He is regularly called “the best interviewer on the tour” and has hosted and produced programs with the world’s most celebrated figures in music, literature, art, film, government, and education.
Available for interviews tied to America’s 250th anniversary, Dr. Evans brings powerful storytelling, sharp insight, and actionable steps for safeguarding America’s cultural legacy.
Dr. Mark Evans, Ph.D., is a composer, conductor, pianist, and organist with a multifaceted background in music, writing, broadcasting, and education. He literally grew up in the world of film music in Hollywood and has studied with legendary composers such as Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Roy Harris. Dr. Evans is founder and president of the foundation “Cultural Conservation,” which is dedicated to preserving America’s cultural resources as carefully as its natural ones.
He is the author of acclaimed books including “Mark! My Words,” which explores America’s ongoing cultural crisis—from the vanishing of classical music, jazz, film scores, and musical theater to the loss of good books, art, and historical awareness in schools and society. His book “Soundtrack: The Music of the Movies” is recognized as the definitive work on film scoring. Dr. Evans hosts the “Mark! My Words” television and radio programs and has written columns for The New York City Tribune.
Widely respected as an engaging communicator and storyteller, Dr. Evans provides informed, entertaining, and actionable commentary on the need to reclaim music, language, and creative heritage in the age of social media and celebrity culture. He has collaborated on books with notables like Robert Stack and Xavier Cugat, and his insightful, educational broadcasts and live presentations reach a broad national audience.
What people have said about Mark after “Marking! His Words”
If we had a Mark Evans on every station, we would have some cultural stirrings. ~ Norman Corwin – “The Poet-Laureate of Radio”
A man of the future, a worker in the present, A master of the past. ~ Nicolas Slonimsky – Composer, conductor, editor, “Baker’s Biographical Dictionary “
As always, the best interviewer on the tour. ~ Judson Hale – Editor, Yankee Magazine and “The Old Farmer’s Almanac”
A deep bow to Mark Evans. ~ Anita Loos – Author of “Gentleman Prefer Blondes”
Truly a jig! The ideal interviewer. ~ Pat O’Brien – Star of stage and screen
Honestly, this was the most knowledgeable and interesting interviewing I’ve ever experienced. ~ Martin Gottfried – Saturday Review and New York Post
A wizard interviewer! A huge addition to our community, a real cake of yeast in a slow-rise territory. ~ Voit Gilmore – former President, American Society of Travel Agents, former Dir., U.S. Travel Service
I have spent some 50 years in our journalistic question and answer business and cannot recall another so accomplished interviewer. ~ Mohsin Ali, O.B.E. – Former Diplomatic Editor, Reuters
Very talented indeed. ~ Tad Mosel – Pulitzer-prize winning playwright
I’ve rarely met anyone in the mass media with his insight and intelligence. ~ Joseph Murphy – President, Bennington College
Admiration for Mark’s talent in words, music and ideas. ~ Richard Armour – Author of 60 books of humor and light verse, Dean of the Faculty, Scripps College
A super interview. ~ Dick Locher – Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist, Chicago Tribune Delightful! ~ Leonard Wibberley – author,”The Mouse That Roared”
I cannot begin to say how much I enjoyed the time we spent together, and what a fine interviewer his insight, interest, and enthusiasm matched by almost no one. ~ Howard Teichmann – Broadway playwright, biographer, Professor, Barnard College, Columbia University
Perceptive questions. ~ Bill Rice – Washington Post
Admiration for Mark’s music and his words. ~ Jerome Lawrence – Peabody-award winning playwright
A delightful experience from start to finish. ~ John Walker – Director, National Gallery of Art
One of life’s great gifts is getting to meet and know talented people like Mark Evans. ~ Loonis McGlohon – Composer, “North Carolina Is My Home”
Great interview. ~ Bob Timberlake – Nationally renowned North Carolina artist and designer
Marvelous and highly original program. ~ Colleen McCullough – “The Thorn Birds”
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