Mark Butler

Dr. Mark Butler, Director of Choral Studies & Activities
Dr. Mark Butler, Director of Choral Studies & Activities

Mark Butler

composer, Conductor, music educator, pianist, baritone. 

 

Butler received his undergraduate degree in Music Education from Florida A&M University. He holds an M.M.E. degree from Florida State University and a Doctorate (D.M.A.) in Choral Conducting from The American Conservatory of Music in Hammond, IND.

Dr. Butler is the Director of Choral Activities and Studies at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, FL. He also serves as a choral consultant, adjudicator for NATS vocal competitions, and Conductor for various Choral Music Festivals & Concerts.

In October 2018, Dr. Butler presented at the Florida ACDA on the topic "Performing the Concert Spiritual." In April 2018, he served as clinician and Conductor for the Miami / Dade High School Honors Chorus. In the Spring of 2017, Dr. Butler served as choirmaster for a performance of Verdi's Requiem with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra along with the Florida A&M University Concert Chorale and Tallahassee Community Singers. He has also conducted significant works by Handel, Vivaldi, and other great composers.

In 2019, Butler was selected to serve as the commissioned composer for the first HBCU Honors Choir at the Southern Region of the American Choral Director's Association (Mobile, AL). In 2015 he also served as Composer in Residence and Vocal Consultant at the Grady Rayam Vocal Competition, where he too conducted a Master Class series (Orlando, FL.) In addition, Dr. Butler served as Guest Conductor of the AASCA Music Festival in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and as a Conductor at the Florida Music Educators Conference with the FAMU Concert Choir, presenting a performance and topic demonstration "Gospel Performance in the Choral Setting." Dr. Butler and the FAMU Concert Choir will be present in performance again at the Florida Music Educators Conference in January 2022 (Tampa, FL)

As a published composer, his compositions have quickly grown to widespread fame and are in performance demands at National and International music events such as the American Choral Director's Association, Music Conferences, and Festivals. The internationally acclaimed Boys and Girls Choir of Harlem performed his arrangement "Glory Hallelujah to the New Born King" on The Good Morning America Show. In 2018, his composition "I Am The Voice" had its debut performance by The Morehouse Glee Club and the Men of FAMU Concert Choir. Dr. Butler has conducted the Perdido Symphony Orchestra and the FAMU Concert Choir in a performance of "Handel's Messiah."

He is a member of the American Choral Director's Association, Music Educator's National Conference, NATS, American Composer's Forum, and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Dr. Butler continues to serve as guest conductor /choral consultant and composer in residence for State and National Choral Events, Church Workshops, and other Musical involvements throughout the United States.