About Us
Mark Dennis McConnell (B.A., M.M), holds degrees from the University of Northern
Colorado and the University of New Mexico. He studied composition under William Wood
and Erik Ona, and double bass under James D. Vaughn and Mark Tatum. In 2005, he
was a featured composer in the University of New Mexico's Composers Symposium. He
has performed with Performance Riverside, COD, Redlands Bowl Summer Musical,
OnStage Musicals, Slee Sinfonietta, Santa Fe Symphony, San Juan Symphony, Roswell
Symphony, ACLOA, June in Buffalo, and Western New York Chamber Orchestra.
McConnell has had his compositions performed throughout the US by the Society for
New Music (New York), the Colorado State University Arts Symposium, the Midwest
Graduate Music Conference (Madison, WI), the SUNY-Buffalo New Composers Series,
on KUNM radio (Albuquerque, NM), and by the Crafton Contemporary Ensemble in
Southern California. In 2000, McConnell received the Brian M. Israel prize in composition.
McConnell is Professor of Music at Crafton Hills College in Southern California, where he
directs the Jazz Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, and Contemporary Ensemble.
McConnell lives in Redlands, California with his wife Mari Mizutani and his daughters,
Emiko and Aiko.
Mark Dennis McConnell (B.A., M.M), holds degrees from the University of Northern
Colorado and the University of New Mexico. He studied composition under William Wood
and Erik Ona, and double bass under James D. Vaughn and Mark Tatum. In 2005, he
was a featured composer in the University of New Mexico's Composers Symposium. He
has performed with Performance Riverside, COD, Redlands Bowl Summer Musical,
OnStage Musicals, Slee Sinfonietta, Santa Fe Symphony, San Juan Symphony, Roswell
Symphony, ACLOA, June in Buffalo, and Western New York Chamber Orchestra.
McConnell has had his compositions performed throughout the US by the Society for
New Music (New York), the Colorado State University Arts Symposium, the Midwest
Graduate Music Conference (Madison, WI), the SUNY-Buffalo New Composers Series,
on KUNM radio (Albuquerque, NM), and by the Crafton Contemporary Ensemble in
Southern California. In 2000, McConnell received the Brian M. Israel prize in composition.
McConnell is Professor of Music at Crafton Hills College in Southern California, where he
directs the Jazz Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, and Contemporary Ensemble.
McConnell lives in Redlands, California with his wife Mari Mizutani and his daughters,
Emiko and Aiko.
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