Career Highlights
Festival Performances
• Lake Tahoe Music Festival
• Monterey High School Jazz Festival—CA
• Jazz on the Green—Sun Valley, ID
• Westport Music Festival—Westport, CT
• Jazz in the Parks—Olympia, WA
• Seafair Ball, Bellevue WA
Notable Concerts
• Walnut Creek Performing Arts Center—CA
• Concierto de Aranjeuz, Caldwell Orchestra—ID
• Northwest Performing Arts Concert—Seaside, OR
• Solo Classical Guitar Concert—Weiser, ID
• St. Mark’s Solo Classical Guitar—Boise, ID
Tours
• Toured in Japan for 3 months as a solo guitarist
• Toured with Scott Cossu throughout the Northwest
• Toured in Idaho with the 25th Army Band
Club Performances
• Jazz Alley—Seattle, WA
• Triple Door—Seattle, WA
• Tula’s—Seattle, WA
• The New Orleans—Seattle, WA
• Jubilante’s—Renton, WA
• The Backstage—Ballard, WA
• The Gamekeeper—Boise, ID
Performances with Nationally Renowned Artists
• Tonight show saxophonist Pete Christlieb
• Windham Hill recording artist Scott Cossu
• Canadian jazz great Rob McConnell
• World famous trumpet player Bobby Shew
• Roger Fischer of Heart fame
• Opening act for Maynard Ferguson
Music Director
• Seattle Central Jazz Orchestra
• Federal Way Symphony Big Band
Educator
• Federal Way Jazz Camp—WA
• Illahee Middle School Clinic—WA
High Profile Events
• Dinner of the Decade at Ste. Michelle Winery—WA
• Microsoft Christmas party, Qwest Stadium—Seattle
• Lunchtime concerts, WA Trade Center—Seattle
• Top of the Elliott Hotel—Astoria, OR
Performed with
• West Seattle Big Band
• Seattle Composer’s Alliance Big Band
• Grooving Higher Jazz Orchestra
• Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra
• Seattle’s Jazz Police
Plays and Musicals
• Tacoma Actors Guild—numerous plays including
The Return of Mad Housewives
• A My Name is Still Alice, Group Theatre—Seattle
• Love is Love, Village Theatre—Issaquah, WA
Selected Discography
• About the Day CD, Lonnie Mardis Band
— About the Day Publishing
• The Mayn Thing CD, Grooving Higher Jazz
Orchestra—Emerald Star Entertainment
• Grateful Heart, Kate Moody—Frog Rock Prod.
• Heritage, Trent Pomeroy
Radio and TV Appearances
• Classical solo guitar for Channel 4—Boise, ID
• Boplicity Jazz Concert on Channel 4—Boise, ID
• Radio Interview on KUMN—Astoria, WA
Film Scores
• Tip Toes
• Open House, Seattle International Film Festival
— Fly Filmmaking
Noteworthy Achievements and Affiliations
• Masters in Jazz Performance, New England Conservatory
• Performing Arts panelist for Idaho ’91 Commission on the Arts
• Composer/Arranger for Sunhawk Music & 25th Army Band
Japan tour
Lonnie in Sally Tibbs jazz trio
Lonnie in Spice of Life
