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Mark E. Britt Mark Britt, trombonist, joined the faculty of Furman University in 1995. He teaches applied low brass, music education courses, interdisciplinary courses, coaches the brass chamber music program, and is former faculty advisor to Furman’s CMENC chapter and Phi Mu Alpha. He is principal trombonist for the Spartanburg Philharmonic and the Hendersonville Symphony, having appeared as a featured soloist with both groups. Dr. Britt also performs with the Greenville Symphony and is in demand as a freelance musician across the southeast. He has appeared as soloist, chamber musician, or conductor at the Eastern Trombone Workshop, Spoleto USA, the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, the International Trombone Festival, the International Brass-fest, the International Horn Society Symposium, the International Trumpet Guild Conference, and the CBDNA Southern Division Conference. In addition to performances across the United States, he has appeared as a recitalist in Austria, Germany, and Italy. Active in the realm of sacred music, he will be the Instrumental Music Director for the 2010 and 2011 Montreat Conference on Worship and Music sponsored by the Presbyterian Association of Musicians. In the fall of 2007 and 2009 he served as study-abroad faculty for Furman University where he taught Music History and Conducting at the Accademia dell’ Arte in Arezzo, Italy. Dr. Britt is the music director for the Palmetto Posaunen (a professional trombone choir) and a trombonist for the Zephyr Brass Trio. Dr. Britt maintains a keen interest in music education serving as president of the Higher Education Division for the South Carolina Music Educators Association and is former President of the National Collegiate Advisory Council for MENC. His articles have appeared in Teaching Music, BANDWORLD, The Instrumentalist, the North Carolina Music Educators Journal, the International Trombone Journal, and the Texas Bandmasters Journal. Previous teaching positions include Valdosta State University, Columbus State University, Appalachian State University, and the North Carolina public schools where he served four years as a band and choral director. Dr. Britt was named an interim tuba professor at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities in 2007. His music degrees are from Appalachian State University, Northwestern University, and Florida State University. His principal teachers have been Harold McKinney, the late Frank Crisafulli (Chicago Symphony) and John Drew. He and his wife Bette, have three wonderful children, Jonathan, Sarah, and Logan.
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