Sunday School • 9:45am
13100 Warwick Blvd • Newport News • VA 23602
Tel: 757.249.0374
Christopher Newport University Jazz Ensamble
Sunday, February 24, 2008, 4 p.m.
Dr. Mark Reimer, Conductor and Chair of the Department of Music.
Dr. Reimer is conductor of the CNU Wind Ensemble and the Chair of the Department of Music at Christopher Newport University. He teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting, wind literature and aural skills and serves frequently as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator in the United States and abroad.
Dr. Reimer conducts the CNU Contemporary Music Ensemble and the CNU Chamber Performers on their international tours that have included performances in Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, France, Austria, Slovenia, and Scotland.
Dr. Reimer earned the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Drake University where he was voted “Most Outstanding Senior: by the music faculty, the Master of Music degree in wind conducting and literature from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where he served as the Assistant Conductor of the CCM Brass Choir, and the Doctor of Music degree in wind conducting and literature from Indiana University, the first student to earn this degree. His conducting teachers include Ray Cramer, Terrence Milligan, and Don Marcouiller, and his brass teachers include Harvey Phillips, Sam Green, and Robert Weast.
The concert is open to the public. A free-will offering will be received and a reception will follow the concert.
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