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Mark David Buckles
Director of Music
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Mark Buckles
Director of Music
MBuckles@ASCBoston.org
Mark David Buckles, conductor, composer, music educator, and multi-instrumentalist, is a native of Beverly Hills, Michigan.
Mark received his Masters of Music in Conducting at the Boston University College of Fine Arts and his Bachelors of Music in Composition from the University of Michigan School of Music.
Mark serves as Adjunct Professor of Music Theory at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and as Music Director Emeritus of Juventas, the acclaimed Boston-based New Music Ensemble dedicated to performing the works of young composers, which he co-founded in 2005.
In 2003 and 2005, Mark participated in the European American Music Alliance in Paris, where he received honors for his studies in counterpoint and harmony.
Mark is also a 2006 graduate of the Conductors' Institute at Bard College.
A prolific composer and arranger of choral, vocal, and instrumental music, Mark has received commissions from the University of Michigan Women's Glee Club, the University of Michigan Honors Convocation, Miller College, and Dixboro United Methodist Church.
His works have been performed and recorded by the University of Michigan Chamber Choir, the Boston Choral Ensemble, the Boston University Concert Chorus, the Saint Petersburg String Quartet, and various other ensembles.