Mark Halisky / Band leader, keyboards, piano, trumpet, guitar, arranger
Mark was born into a military family in Fort Monmouth, NJ. He spent a great deal of his youth traveling the world because of his father’s career in the Air Force. He arrived in St. Petersburg, Florida in his mid-teens and attended local schools. After high school it was off to Boston for a stint at Berkley Music College. Mark was a founding member of “Street Life” and spent more time overseas touring with this band after college. He gained a great deal of jazz experience working with Al Di Meola and has been with Bertie for almost ten years. Bertie relys on him for damn near everything musically for the production of the show. He is often involved extensively in Bertie’s studio recordings as arranger and keyboardist. He is known as “The man who plays everything”. A great talent! He now resides in St. Petersburg, FL