Mark Tse | Conductor

"outstanding technical expertise...superb performance!"

- The American Prize, 2016

"energetic...spirited and tight performance"

- The American Prize, 2015

VIDEOS

Massenet, Jules. Ballet Music from ""Le Cid": VII Navarraise

New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble - November 11, 2014

Nelson, Ron. Rocky Point Holiday

University of Washington Wind Ensemble - April 20, 2017

Ewazen, Eric. Shadowcatcher: IV Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon

University of Washington Wind Ensemble - March 20, 2016

Faculty Association Faculty Profile

Suffolk County Community College - October 18, 2021

BIOGRAPHY

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Mark Tse is a New York-based conductor and educator, serving as Director of Bands at SUNY Suffolk County Community College. He conducts the Symphonic Band and Jazz Ensemble and is an instructor of music history, theory, piano, and saxophone.

In the 2016 American Prize competition, he won 3rd place for Community Band Wind Ensemble Conducting and an Honourable Mention for College/University Wind Ensemble Conducting. In 2015, he won 2nd place for College/University Wind Ensemble Conducting.

Tse holds a doctorate in Wind Ensemble Conducting from the University of Washington, a Master of Music (Wind Ensemble Conducting) from the New England Conservatory, a Master of Music (Music Education) from the University of Western Ontario, as well as a Bachelor of Music (Music Education) and a Bachelor of Education (Instrumental Music) from the University of Toronto.

On Long Island, Dr. Tse has guest conducted the Atlantic Wind Symphony, served as co-chair of the Suffolk County Music Educators’ Association Division 3 East Band Festival and has presented workshops for the New York State Council of Administrators of Music Education. He is published in the Canadian Music Educators Association Journal and has adjudicated band festivals and conducted band workshops in Seattle.

RESEARCH

Book Review: In Search of Meaning: Frank L. Battisti, the Conservatory Years and Into the New Millennium

Published by the canadian music educator, 62 (4). pp. 11-12.

A review of Mitch Lutch's book about Frank L. Battisti

Dissertation: A Comparative Study of Four American Professional Wind Bands

2020

This study compares the repertoire, business models, and philosophies of four American professional wind bands; Dallas Winds, Lone Star Wind Orchestra, San Diego Winds, and the Royal Hawaiian Band. For the purposes of this study, “professional” is defined as generating sufficient income to pay the performers.

The Work-Concept and the Wind Band

Published by the Canadian music educator, 59 (2). pp. 18-22.

This paper is about how the wind band world's continued quest for new "works" continues a century-old quest for respect, and a suggested path to move forward. It was recently published in the Canadian Music Educators Journal.

Prized Composers

Updated September 29, 2017

A nationally-acclaimed resource for wind musicians, conductors, and educators. Prized Composers is designed to highlight the wind works of distinguished, prize-winning composers, for the advancement of quality repertoire in the field of wind music. So far, winners of the Pulitzer Prize, Grawemeyer Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, Rome Prize, and the Academy Arts and Letters Music Prize are included.

Towards a Critical Edition of Darius Milhaud's La creation du mode 81a

June 13, 2016

A proposal for the creation of a critical edition of Darius Milhaud's landmark ballet La création du mode 81a, through a reconciliation of the original manuscript score, and the version for piano quintet.