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Mark Grizzard

Instructional Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Choral Studies
School of Music
Office
CE Centennial East 30
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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.

DMA Choral Music

University of Illinois
Urbana, IL

MM Choral Conducting

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

MM Composition

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

BA Music, Composition

Millikin University
Decatur, IL

Outstanding University Teaching Award - Non-Tenure Track

Illinois State University Teaching Committee
2019

Journal Article

Grizzard, M. Castle of Light: A Snapshot of Latvian Choral Music as the Nation Turns 100. Choral Journal 60.3 (2019): 51-60.