Clark attended Northwestern University in Chicago, studying conducting with John P Paynter and trombone with Frank Crisafulli of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and was subsequently awarded a Junior Fellowship to study conducting with Timothy Reynish at the RNCM. He regularly conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom he made his debut in 1987, as well as others including the BBC Philharmonic, the Hallé and the Philharmonia Orchestra, with whom he recently performed at the Royal Albert Hall.
As an arranger, he collaborated with Louis Andriessen on a suite from the composer’s recent opera Writing to Vermeer, with Mark-Anthony Turnage on an expanded version of Turnage’s Invention on Solitude and with Dutch Latin jazz group Zuco 103 on a joint concert with the Residentie Orchestra. He is also Artistic Director of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s new music group, Ensemble 10/10 and makes his debut with the Schoenberg/Asko Ensemble in Amsterdam in 2007 in a programme which includes a world premiere by Michel van der Aa.
