HallOfFame-MarkSelivan

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=62 BGCOLOR="#BBBBBB" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>The Balalaika and Domra Association of America</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>  </B></FONT><B>  |    </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Balalaika and Domra Association of A"><FONT COLOR="#003333"><B>Home</B></FONT></A></div> <div> <B>RETURN TO   </B><A HREF="bdaa_study_tours_84.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE BDAA HALL OF FAME "><FONT COLOR="#000066"><B>BDAA Hall of Fame</B></FONT></A><B>   </B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=418 BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>The BDAA Hall of Fame ~ Mark Selivan</B></I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="10" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="686" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#0000BF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 454 ><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="10" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="651" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#EEEEEE > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 422 WIDTH="629"><div> <B>MARK SELIVAN - 1981</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5e328860.jpg" border=0 width="296" height="390" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >     As a youth Mark Selivan studied the mandolin, balalaika and the domra as well as the violin.  He played the vaudeville circuit with balalaika orchestras at the Capitol, Strand and Roxy theatres in New York.  Under the tutelage of the outstanding domra player, Nicholas Kovac, Mr. Selivan decided to concentrate his attention on the domra and he began to research music, transcribing it an adapting it for domra solos.</FONT></div> <bR> <div>      In 1981 he founded the  Balalaika and Domra Society of New York  in order to encourage and advance interest in this type of music.  The Society performed regularly in New York and nearby communities.</div> <bR> <div>    Under Mr. Selivan's direction the  Andreyev Balalaika Ensemble recorded two albums entitled "Around the Samovar" and "Play, My Balalaika."</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> .</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>