School of Music

Phone: (626) 815-3848
Email: mhumphrey@apu.edu
Office Hours: By appointment

Mark Aaron Humphrey, DMA, is an active church musician and conductor who, in addition to his teaching at APU, leads the worship and arts division at Bel Air Presbyterian Church. Before joining the faculty at APU, he taught at Palm Beach Atlantic College, Eastern Illinois University, and Golden Gate Seminary. His experience as a church musician includes work in every major Christian tradition. As a conductor, he has worked extensively with choirs and orchestras, including the establishment of a resident orchestra at BAPC. He has conducted and lectured throughout the U.S. and Europe, including multiple appearances at the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall. His primary research interests include biblical era instruments and worship, the church music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the interaction of Christians with popular culture.

DMA – Choral Conducting and Sacred Music, University of Southern California, 2005
M.M. – Choral Conducting, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, 1998
B.A. – Music Education (summa cum laude), Palm Beach Atlantic College, 1996

Presentations
Humphrey, M.A. Worship, Liturgy, and Hymnody of the Biblical Era, Open Word Lecture Series, Los Angeles, CA, March 2007

Humphrey, M.A. Mozart's Mass in C Major K. 337, Salzburg Cathedral Lecture Series, Salzburg, Austria, June 2007

Humphrey, M.A. Minimalism and Sacred Space: The Sacred Music of Arvo Pärt and John Tavener, St. Matthias Cathedral Lecture Series, Budapest, Hungary, June 2007

Humphrey, M.A. In, Not Of: Mozart and the Salzburg Cathedral, Mozart Symposium, Azusa Pacific University, February 2007

Humphrey, M.A. Art and Culture in Reformation Era Worship, Open Word Lecture Series, Los Angeles, CA, August 2007

Publications
Humphrey, M.A. Thoughts About Christianity and Culture (book in progress)

Industry Experience
Guest conductor, Salzburg Cathedral, 2007

Conductor, Easter at the Hollywood Bowl, 2006-07

Director of Worship and Arts, Bel Air Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, CA, 2003-present

Interim Director of Worship and Arts, Lake Avenue Church, Pasadena, CA, 2003

Advanced Analysis of Form and Style (GMUS 503)
History of Congregational Song (GMUS 561)
Hymnology (MUS 339)
Introduction to Conducting (MUS 361)
Projects in Music Theory (MUS 424)
Form and Analysis (MUS 427)
Music in Worship (MUS 441)
Church Music Administration (MUS 442)
Seminar in Church Music (MUS 444)
Issues in Church Music (MUS 446)
Church Music Internship (MUS 447)