MARK LALAMA HAS WORKED WITH A VAST ARRAY OF ARTISTS, APPEARING WITH ; MARIAH CAREY, JON BON JOVI & RICHIE SAMBORA, TOM JONES, ANNE MURRAY, MARTINA McBRIDE, MICHAEL MACDONALD, OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN, PAUL ANKA, ROGER HODGSON, DENNIS DeYOUNG, GUIDO BASSO, AMY SKY, MARC JORDAN, SUSAN AGLUKARK, GEORGE FOX, FRANK MILLS, DAN HILL...AND MANY MORE. HE WAS THE PIANIST AND ARRANGER FOR THE CTV HIT SHOW CANADIAN IDOL , WHERE HE WORKED CLOSELY WITH ALL OF THE CONTESTANTS AS WELL AS WITH ARTISTS; TONY BENNETT, NELLY FURTADO, BRYAN ADAMS, JOHN LEGEND, KELLY CLARKSON, THE BARENAKED LADIES, HEDLEY, SIMPLE PLAN, ENRIQUE IGLASIAS, AND MANY MORE... AS A PRODUCER, MARK HAS WORKED WITH: DIVINE BROWN, GUIDO BASSO, DAVID TYSON, ORIN ISAACS, RYANDAN, IVANA SANTILLI, LUCAS ROSSI, MICHEL BERUBE, THE MANTINI SISTERS, ELVIS STOJKO, KEVIN BREIT , AND MANY MORE… - AS A COMPOSER, HIS SONGS HAVE APPEARED ON NUMEROUS COMMERCIAL RECORDINGS, CANADIAN AND U.S. TELEVISON; MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS, AND THE CANADIAN MUSIC CHARTS. - AS A STUDIO MUSICIAN, HIS PIANO, ORGAN, ACCORDION AND VOCAL PERFORMANCES HAE APPEARED ON SUCH TELEVISION SHOWS AS: CBS'S THE BRIDGE, CBC'S BATTLE OF THE BLADES, CTV'S CANADIAN IDOL, DISCOVERY CHANNEL'S, EMMY NOMINATED METEOR AND FRIENDS, AND NATIONAL TELEVISION COMMERCIALS FOR GENERAL MOTORS, TIM HORTON'S AND OTHERS. AS WELL, HE IS THE LEAD SINGER OF THE THEME SONG OF THE HIT SERIES 'TOOT AND PUDDLE' ON TREEHOUSE TV. -HE HAS PERFORMED FOR JEAN CHRETIEN, JACQUES CHIRAQ, AND FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT, AL GORE.. YOU CAN GO TO www.rankincancerrun.com TO HEAR AND DOWNLOAD '3 CHORD SONG'-THE SONG MARK DONATED TO HELP RAISE MONEY AND AWARENESS FOR CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT IN NIAGARA. MARK WORKS PRIMARILY OUT OF HIS SMOKIN' STATE OF THE ART RECORDING STUDIO, "THE OLD SUMBLER HOUSE" WHICH BOASTS 5 ISOLATION ROOMS AND A WIDE RANGE OF VINTAGE, ANALOG, AND DIGITAL GEAR. MARK HOLDS A BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE FROM YORK UNIVERSITY WHERE HE STUDIED MUSIC COMPOSITION AND PERFORMANCE WITH JOHN GITTENS, FRANK FALCO, MARK EISEMAN, AND OSCAR PETERSON, AMONG OTHERS. HE PERFORMS AS A SOLO ARTIST AND WITH HIS WORLD MUSIC TRIO 'ACCORDION CRIMES' AND THE JUNO AWARD WINNING GROUP 'SISTERS EUCLID'.