Mark Uranker joined the Department of Music faculty in 1999. He has enjoyed a varied career as a concert pianist, chamber musician, composer and dance musician. He has concertized extensively and has premiered the works of many composers. He has performed at many venues such as the Luckman Center for the Arts, The Carpenter Performing Arts Center, California Institute of the Arts, The Palm Springs Winterfest Bach Festival, and the Sundays at Four program on KUSC, a live broadcast from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

He has composed for both theater and dance; his works include incidental music for Moliere's Bourgeois Gentleman, Peter Shaffer's Royal Hunt of the Sun and music for prominent choreographers. Mark composed and directed the music for the Gala Opening of the Aquarium of the Pacific.