Mark Nowakowski is a composer whose works represent a thoughtful merger of bold expression and mystical contemplation, Slavic pathos, and American individualism. His music has been commissioned and performed globally by such notables as the Kronos Quartet, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the Silesian Quartet, Three Notch’d Road, Composers Inc, His Majesty’s Men, cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, Orkiestra Camerata Stargard, The Cleveland Chamber Choir, Band of Voices, The Stonybrook Premieres, The Crested Butte Music Festival, Stowarzyszenia Mozart, Chor Omnia of Slovakia, the Soni Spatium festival, the Canton Symphony, Vox Musica of Sacramento, the “Chaps” Choir of Poland, the Choir of the Shrine of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, the choirs of St. John Cantius in Chicago, the Cracow Brass Quintet, and many others. He currently serves as the composer in residence for His Majesty’s Men.