Mark MacNamara
VerifiedAwards
San Francisco Press Club
2017 - Digital Media, Columns-Features
First Place: Mark MacNamara, “Van Cliburn and the Cruelty of the Piano,” San Francisco Classical Voice (SFCV.org)
San Francisco Press Club
2018 - Newspapers-Daily, Profile
First Place: Mark MacNamara, “The Extremity of Love: Wu Han and David Finckels Chamber Music Odyssey (Part 1)” San Francisco Classical Voice (SFCV.org). Third Place: Mark MacNamara, “Midori is in the Zone” San Francisco Classical Voice. Radio/Audio-Non-Commercial, Feature Story / Serious Nature. Second Place: Mark MacNamara, “In an Age of Ultra-Nationalism What Happens to Music” San Francisco Classical Voice (SFCV.org)
San Francisco Press Club
2019 - Digital Media: Feature Story / Serious Nature
Second place: Mark MacNamara, “The Orpheus Effect Revisited”, San Francisco Classical Voice (SFCV.org). Third Place: Mark MacNamara, “The Mindful Provocateur: Conductor Michael Morgan in Strange Times”, San Francisco Classical Voice (SFCV.org)
City and Regional Magazine Association
2000 - Writer of the Year
Gold Award (based on six articles, which included profiles, essays and an investigative piece about boot camps for teens)