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The American choral conductor, organist, tenor singer, vocal coach, piano instructor, and composer, Mark Mummert, studied organ with Earl Ness and John Binsfeld and voice with Robert Grooters at Temple University's Esther Boyer College of Music, where hje obtained his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in Voice and Organ Performance (1983-1989). He is currently pursuing vocal studies with Jane Shivick.
Mark Mummert was Seminary Musician at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (1990-2008); served as the Director of Worship at Houston's Christ the King Lutheran Church (2008-2015); and was Mark was the 2015 Distinguished Visiting Cantor at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. Since October 2016, he is Cantor at Trinity Lutheran Church (ELCA), Worcester, Massachusetts, where he leads the music in all worship services, conducts the Trinity Choir, Trinity Choristers, Trinity Junior Choristers, and is Artistic Director of the Music at Trinity fine arts series.
Mark Mummert is the Artistic Director of Diamonds From the Dust Chamber Choir (since July 2017), a professional vocal ensemble based in Worcester. Mark is also a tenor chorister with CONCORA (Connecticut Choral Artists) and the Schola Cantorum of St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Worcester.
Mark Mummert is a composer of portions of the first musical setting of Holy Communion in Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), the commended worship book of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He is the editor of Psalm Settings for the Church Year (2008, Augsburg Fortress) and Music Sourcebook for Lent and Three Days (2010, Augsburg Fortress). His numerous compositions for Christian worship are available from Augsburg Fortress.
Mark Mummert's recording Reformation Chorales Reformed (2017) includes organ works by J.S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Hugo Distler, and Clarke. The album is available for download and for streaming on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Youtube. Numerous recordings are available at Mark's soundcloud site.
Mark Mummert was principal musician for the 2005 National Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the 2007 ELCA Churchwide Assembly and Worship Jubilee, and visiting scholar for Emory University's Candler School of Theology's "The Singing Church" Project in 2012. He is Dean of Worcester Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (since July 2018).
As a tenor singer, Mark Mummert has performed professionally with the Choral Arts Philadelphia, Bach Society Houston, and Houston Chamber Choir, and CONCORA Connecticut Choral Artists (since September 2017). . His voice can be heard on the Grammy nominated recordings, soft blink of amber light and Rothko Chapel. He maintains an active private studio of voice, piano, and organ students. He currently lives in Worcester, Massachusetts. |
