Upcoming Events at the Brooks Center

Rockapella

September 4th, 2008 at 8:00 pm - The undisputed kings of contemporary pop a cappella, the sound of this five-man powerhouse is an inf Learn More...

Gleb Ivanov, pianist

September 11th, 2008 at 8:00 pm - Twenty-five year old Russian pianist Gleb Ivanov is “eerily like the ghost of Horowitz…His talent is Learn More...

Music in the Air VI

September 14th, 2008 at 5:00 pm - Bells and more will ring from the tower of Tillman Hall as university carillonneur Linda Dzuris pres Learn More...

Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway

September 16th, 2008 at 8:00 pm - 100 Years of Broadway is a revue featuring five of Broadway’s finest singers accompanied by an all-s Learn More...

The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley

September 26th, 2008 at 7:00 pm - Ten year old Stanley Lambchop makes it cool to be flat! Although an unfortunate encounter with a bu Learn More...

Music Faculty

Dr. Mark J. Spede

Dr. Mark J. Spede is the director of bands, director of Tiger Band, and conductor of Symphonic Band at Clemson University. He previously served on the faculties at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Florida in Gainesville as assistant director of Bands. At Florida, he also taught percussion. As a freelance arranger, he has written extensively for high school and college marching bands, and his symphonic band arrangements are published by Peer Music, Schirmer, Boosey and Hawkes, and Carl Fischer. He served as assistant conductor of the Dallas Wind Symphony, where he also helped to produce two of their recordings. His professional performing experience includes orchestra (principal in Gainesville Chamber Orchestra, Muncie Symphony Orchestra, Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Flint Symphony Orchestra), jazz (performing with such artists as Randy Brecker, Ray Brown, Pete Christlieb, Dennis DiBlasio, Duffy Jackson, Dave Pell, Bobby Shew, Marvin Stamm, Bill Watrous, Ernie Watts and Phil Wilson), as well as at Walt Disney World. He received a Bachelor of Music from the University of Michigan, a Master of Music from Ball State University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from The University of Texas at Austin.

Tiger Band
Symphonic Band

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