RutzMusicWorks

Chicago, IL, USA

The last few years have been years of achievement in mid-career activities of performances and recording with local and national honors. In autumn of 2019, the album Blueprints Figure One: Frameworks was released which had tracks that appear on a story from NPR’s Morning Edition. The album was in consideration for a Grammy nomination that year. Also in January 2020 an album release concert was played for a New York City performance debut. The second volume of music from the project was released in September 2020 as Blueprints Figure Two: New Designs. Album recognition and reviews were accompanied by several radio interviews and global radio features notably in France and Germany. Closer to home in Chicago Markus was selected as a representative of Chicago Music for the 2020 Year of Chicago Music. More recently a live album has been released featuring a quintet performance at Merrimans' Playhouse in South Bend, Indiana. Look for the record in mid-February 2023 from JMARQ Records.