Chuck
Marohnic has enjoyed a multi-faceted career. Starting four
decades ago as a jazz pianist, he is a respected musician,
educator, author, composer, and arranger. He is the author
of numerous books and has recorded over 35 CDs. He has recorded
with such jazz greats as Chet Baker, Joe Henderson, David
Friesen, and Jamey Aebersold. He also served as music minister
at The Fountains, a United Methodist Church in Fountain Hills,
AZ, for three years and was also music minister for Blessed
Sacrament Catholic Church in Scottsdale, AZ.
Chuck Marohnic has served as a
visiting clinician and performer at festivals in Germany,
Brazil, and France. For five years
he acted as Coordinator of Jazz Studies and a guest artist
at the Fairbanks summer Arts Festival in Fairbanks, Alaska.
In May of 1998, Chuck visited Brazil for a second time where
he performed concerts and presented clinics for a week’s
residency. While in Brazil he recorded an instructional video
for MPO entitled "The Creation of a Solo Jazz Piano Arrangement." Chuck
was also invited to perform the Concerto with the Bulgarian
National Youth Symphony Orchestra for a European tour.
Since retiring from his position as Director of Jazz Studies
at Arizona State University, Chuck Marohnic has been devoting
his time developing his ministry, Sanctuary Jazz. He is also
Director of Education and Workshops for Music Serving the Word
Ministries.
Chuck continues to write jazz piano arrangements of familiar
church hymns and worship and praise songs, as well as create
new choral arrangements that utilize jazz accompaniment taking
them from inside church walls to the entire community.
He
is in demand as a guest performer at churches and church
conferences throughout the US. He currently resides in Louisville,
KY with his wife, Mary Ann. He can be contacted at www.sanctuaryjazz.com.
Piano
music by Chuck Marohnic
Brass
music by Chuck Marohnic
