A Festival of Nine Lessons

Philharmonie Austin Singers + Brass
Mark Dupere, conductor

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Mark Dupere, Conductor

Mark Dupere is Associate Professor of Music at Lawrence University, where he is the Director of Orchestral Studies. He currently conducts the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonie Austin, as well as making guest appearances with Regional and National Honor Youth Orchestras. As a cellist, Mark performed throughout Europe with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Haagsche Hofmuzieck, Anima Eterna Brugge, and as an apprentice with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in London. Mark was an “Emerging Artist” at the Victoria Bach Festival, performed in the Leipzig Bach Competition, and was recently named a national finalist for the American Prize in Conducting. Mark holds degrees in Cello from the University of Texas at Austin and the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, The Netherlands, and a Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting from Michigan State University.