Mark Slater(XI)

Mark Slater was born in Surrey, England. His father, Christopher, was a conductor and professor at the Royal College of Music. Slater began musical study with the violoncello at age 5 and won a scholarship to enter Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford at age 7. He went from Oxford to Oakham School in Rutland also on a full music scholarship.

Slater studied Engineering Acoustics at Southampton University for a year, before changing to Law, completing his Bachelor's Degree in London. Following completion of his Law degree, Slater worked in transitional and supported housing for various special needs client groups in England.

After completing a Master's Degree in Music Composition for Film & Television at the London College of Music and Media, Slater was commissioned to write music for a major product launch for electronics company Philips and a project produced by Unit9 and Tribal DDB. The music score was recorded at Abbey Road with members of the London Symphony Orchestra. The site subsequently received several industry awards for innovation and music. Subsequently, Slater was chosen to write music for the HD documentary film, 400 Years of the Telescope, which was broadcast on PBS and funded by the National Science Foundation. This project also included a full-dome planetarium film, Two Small Pieces of Glass, which became the most played show worldwide for 3 years running.

In 2009, Slater moved to Los Angeles and and continues to write music for media productions, conducting orchestras in Prague and Budapest and supporting other composers with orchestration, computer programming and music preparation.