About Marc Enkin

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Marc Enkin’s dynamic career as a multi-instrumentalist, performer, producer, and music teacher began in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where, as a child, he took lessons in piano and banjo (Aubrey Rolf). Marc and his friend Anthony taught themselves to play harmonica on their walks to and from Sir Alan McNabb Secondary School. Later, Enkin studied guitar, arranging, and composition at Berklee College, the premier jazz education institution in the United States, and continued his training at York University in Toronto, completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in music. At York, he studied piano with Frank Falco, and arranging and composition with David Mott, Srul Irving Glick, and Paul Hoffert. Privately, he studied voice with Gwen Little. For a brief time, Enkin worked as an apprentice to Ari Isaac, a master piano technician and builder of piano hammers, in North Toronto. From 1990 to 2006, Marc managed The Village Studio, a recording studio in west Toronto, where he produced and recorded demos for singers, songwriters, jazz bands, and classical ensembles.

Marc Enkin lives in west Toronto, Canada, with his wife, singer Rebecca Enkin, and their beagle Barney. They have two adult sons.

Teacher

Private Lessons, Groups, Elementary School Bands

As one of Toronto’s most popular teachers of piano, guitar, bass, voice, banjo, ukulele, harmonica, theory, and songwriting, Marc Enkin teaches children and adults from his studio in Bloor West Village, Toronto, and at Etobicoke private school Kingsley Primary School. In 2016/17, Enkin was the band teacher at Karen Kain School of the Arts. He gets a thrill from teaching new musicians–in person and on Zoom–and starting them on the road to a lifelong love of music.

Composer

Recent Composing Projects

In 2001, Marc released Escapades, an independent jazz rock instrumental CD featuring saxophonist Jonathon Kroeker, bassist Maurey Lefoy, guitarist Kevin Vineau, and drummers Mark Mariash and Jeff Macpherson, and co-produced with Michael Jack. It was launched at Hugh’s Room, one of Toronto’s most popular entertainment venues. In 2023, Enkin released a CD of original vocal songs, many of them comedic, called What Planet Am I From?, featuring singer Adam Enkin and co-produced with Anthony Panacci. Released in February 2024, Lend Me Your Ear, an EP of Enkin’s instrumentals, featured guitarist Jason Fowler and was co-produced with Mark Shannon. A Fork in the Road, a CD of Enkin’s pop and jazz instrumentals, is forthcoming in spring 2024 and includes production expertise from both Panacci and Shannon. Listen to Marc Enkin on Spotify.

Marc Enkin composing music

Marc Enkin, lead singer on the album What Planet Am I From?

Adam Enkin, lead singer on the album What Planet Am I From?

Current Composing Projects

Enkin is putting the finishing touches on a new EP entitled Fork in the Road.

Purchase Marc’s latest releases on Bandcamp

and listen on Spotify

Tracklist

Cram

Guitar Masterpiece

Blues a La Carlton

Downstream

A Chance Meeting

Into the Sunset

Tracklist

Up n’ Adam

Hi Ho Harvey

Escapades

Specs on Me

Realasy

Bec and Call

Amigo

Noah’s Lark

Piggyback

Paradise Found

Performer

Enkin Entertainment

Marc performs with his jazz singer wife Rebecca Enkin. Their ensembles perform regularly at clubs, private functions, and corporate events and they have also performed at jazz festivals, private parties, weddings, and Bar Mitzvahs. Clients include Aya Kitchens, Backes and Strauss, Carat Cairns Canada, Husky Canada, the Ontario Science Center, The Pemberton Group, Kingsley School, Solel Congregation, Junction Shul, and Pepsi Canada. In the 1990s, Marc formed a jazz band called Horizon, featuring jazz vocalist Rebecca Enkin and Toronto Symphony Orchestra musicians Dave Longenecker (bass), Bill Cross (trombone), and Rob Carli (saxophone). To book Enkin Entertainment, please email marcenkin@gmail.com.

Rebecca Enkin

Marc Enkin Klezmer Band