Artist Feature – Marcus McCauley from The Congress

Marcus McCauley was blessed with the gift of playing the piano at the early
age of six. He was banging away on his grandmother piano when she
stopped him and told him that he had a gift of music. She enrolled him in
piano lessons the next day.

From that day forward, the Oakland, California native became a serious
musician. He won awards for best classical piano performance during his
grade and middle school years. He played at many churches in the bay area
and was recognized for his piano performance.

McCauley only applied to one school to further his studies in music. He was
accepted to Berklee College of Music in the spring of 2004 and graduated
with a B.A in Contemporary Writing and Music Production and Music Business
and Management in the spring 0f 2009.

At the age of twenty-four, McCauley has shared the stage and worked with
notable people in the music industry such as Shelia E., Burt Bacharach, Carl
Wheeler, John Beasley and many others. As of now McCauley is a working
composer, arranger, musician, producer, and constantly striving to be
innovative in everything he does.

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