International Artists Foundation

11/01/2023

Happy Halloween! For our Halloween, Mark played the silent movie Nosferatu in the Carolina theater in Greensboro, North Carolina. 

10/14/2022

We are pleased to announce that the video documentary "The Gift of Music," written by Billy Warden, about Mark's youth in Lumberton, just won a Gold 2022 Muse Award! Many thanks to Mark Andersen, Lynn Andersen, Billy Warden, Janiel Miller, Kendrix Singletary, The Robeson County Arts Council, and The Carolina Civic Center Historic Theater!!!

Crescendo Episode 412 The Gift of Music: A Documentary by International Artists Foundation | Category: Video - Documentary | MUSE Awards

10/03/2022

https://youtu.be/pMAt_pAgfy0
So pleased to present this documentary on Mark Andersen's life by author/narrator Billy Warden professionally recorded and edited by Lynn Andersen and featuring the beautiful voice of Janiel Miller. This originally appeared in "Our State" magazine last Christmas and now it's live on stage. Recorded at the Carolina Civic Center Historic Theater in Lumberton.

This special episode of Crescendo! is a documentary, based on the Our State Magazine article written by Billy Warden in December 2021, titled "A Christmas Hy...

11/24/2021

A very well written article about Mark Andersen and his mother, and the gift of music.

The printed magazine comes out in North Carolina December 1, 2021.

Growing up in a chilly 1950s household in Lumberton, a prodigy received the gift of music — a beautiful cherrywood piano. The instrument guided him through hardship, triumph, and, ultimately, redemption.