Description: Home page of Mark Northfield / Cherry Mint Koala, a composer group from Reading. Homepage for UK composer, songwriter and recording artist Mark Northfield, and also his piano trio Cherry Mint Koala
Home Introducing Topical Satire Sound & Vision Photos The albums Alterations Ascendant Beguiling Transmissions European Dream Reviews Store Press Kit Contact Welcome! Hey. Glad you could drop by. Have a seat and a cuppa. I'm an indie-pop-rock-classical-crossover kinda guy from Berkshire, England. I play piano for a living and young-ish people jump around to it. I adore getting creative with other people's melodies, whether at work, for satirical mashing or for the simple delight of leading old songs down ne
But I've also created plenty of original work (whatever 'original' means): swoonsome string arrangements, theatrical melancholy, occasional disco, many guest singers. You get the picture. A sort of ABBA/Divine Comedy/Pink Martini/Beethoven smoothie, if that helps.
This nominally 'solo' output has involved much musical collaboration en route, and led to the development of a separate piano trio project called Cherry Mint Koala with the absurdly talented Tony Woollard on cello and Charlie Brown on violin. T&C also contributed to my covers album, 'European Dream', on which I explored the darker side of some classic Europop. You can find videos for taster cuts 'Saturday Night' and 'Ride On Time' on the Sound & Vision page, along with a bunch of other earlier promotional c