MARKLOPEZMUSIC
About
Mark Lopez, a native of Novi, Michigan, received a Bachelor of Music degree from Western Michigan University and a Master of Music - Performance degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He received the Kalamazoo Arts Council’s Emerging Artist Grant and was selected to attend the 20th annual Leigh Howard Stevens International Marimba Seminar in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Mark was the runner-up in the Bruce Eckstrand Memorial Graduate Performance Competition at the University of Colorado, and in 2003, traveled to France to study privately with marimbist Eric Sammut of the Conservatoire de Paris.
As Accompanist:
The Merce Cunningham Dance Company Trust (NYC)
The Joffrey Ballet School Contemporary Program (NYC)
The Harkness Dance Center (NYC)
The Wayne State University Dance Department (Michigan)
The Hope College Dance Department (Michigan)
The Oakland University Dance Department (Michigan)
ArtsConnection (NYC)
The Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Colorguard (Michigan)
The Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Dance Department
As Ensemble Member:
The Longmont (Colorado) Symphony Orchestra
The Aurora (Colorado) Symphony Orchestra
The Timberline (Colorado) Symphony Orchestra
The Holland (Michigan) Symphony Orchestra
The Jacobs Street Theatre on Broadway (NYC) Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson - Sub List
The Muskegon Civic Theatre (Michigan) Into the Woods, Mary Poppins, My Way
The Mason Street Theatre (Michigan) Nunsense, The Musical
The Holland Concert Jazz Orchestra
The Grosse Sein Beirband
The General Assembly Big Band
The Starry Night Octet
The Boardwalk Brass of Grand Haven
The Rhythm Kings Detroit
Zanderdanz (NYC)
The Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps
The Northern Aurora Drum and Bugle Corps
As Composer/Arranger:
The Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance at Wayne State University
The Hope College Department of Dance
The H2 Dance Company
The Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Student Dance Ensemble
The Große Seen Bierband
The Legends Drum and Bugle Corps
The Reeths-Puffer High School Marching Band and Winter Percussion
The University of Colorado Marching Band
The Reeths-Puffer High School Vocal Music Department
The Western Michigan University Marching Band
The Legends Percussion Independent A Ensemble
The Godfrey-Lee (Michigan) High School Marching Band
The Cedar Springs (Michigan) High School Marching Band
The Spring Lake (Michigan) High School Marching Band
The Coopersville (Michigan) High School Marching Band
The Parchment (Michigan) High School Marching Band
The Arvada West (Colorado) High School Marching Band
As Soloist:
The White Lake Arts Council’s Chamber Music Society
The West Michigan Concert Winds
The University of Colorado Percussion Ensemble
Mark has studied with Douglas Walter, Judy Moonert, She-e Wu, Gordon Stout, Leigh Howard Stevens and Thomas Starr. Currently, he is active as a performer, arranger, and educator in West Michigan, as an accompanist and adjunct faculty member for the Hope College Department of Dance and as Professor of Percussion for the Hope College Department of Music in Holland, Michigan. Mark is an adjudicator for USBands, Scholastic Marching Bands, and the Michigan Competing Band Association, and from 2011 to 2017 he was the Frontline Coordinator for the Legends Drum and Bugle Corps from Kalamazoo, Michigan.