Mark Grizzard
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
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Biography
Dr. Mark Grizzard conducts Treble Choir and teaches undergraduate courses in music theory and musicianship. Grizzard has served as a guest clinician for school choirs across the Midwest, presented seminars on music arranging and performance for the National Association for Music Education and the Illinois Music Education Association, adjudicated Illinois High School Association organizational contests, and served on the board of the Illinois chapter of the American Choral Director’s Association as Men’s Choir Repertoire and Standards Chair. A prolific arranger, Grizzard’s arrangements have been performed by the National Symphony Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Apollo Chorus of Chicago, and vocal jazz ensemble Chapter 6, with whom Grizzard has produced four studio albums and received Best Jazz Album at the 2012 Contemporary Acappella Recording Awards (“Color By Number”, executive producer). He lives with his wife Leigh and their two children in Peoria, IL.
Current Courses
MUS 207.001 Group Instruction In Basic Musicianship III
MUS 207.002 Group Instruction In Basic Musicianship III
MUS 101.001 Music Theory I
MUS 101.002 Music Theory I
MUS 101.003 Music Theory I
MUS 186.001 Treble Choir
MUS 286.001 Treble Choir
MUS 219.001 Advanced Sight Singing
MUS 219.002 Advanced Sight Singing
MUS 108.001 Group Instruction In Basic Musicianship II
MUS 108.002 Group Instruction In Basic Musicianship II
MUS 108.004 Group Instruction In Basic Musicianship II
MUS 100.002 Introduction to Music Studies: Theory and Collegiate Life
MUS 102.003 Music Theory II
MUS 186.001 Treble Choir
MUS 286.001 Treble Choir
MUS 291.003 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Music
Research Interests & Areas
The focus of Dr. Grizzard's research is contemporary Latvian cultural expression through choral music. His article “Castle of Light: A Snapshot of Latvian Choral Music as the Nation Turns 100” received publication in the August 2019 issue of the American Choral Director’s Association’s Choral Journal.