Sort by Year Composed Title Duration Ensemble Type

Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
Sonatina	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2011	00:07:00
Light Listened	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2011	00:03:15
War Is Kind	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2011	00:10:00
Quartet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2011	00:13:00
Remembrance of Former Things	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2011	00:12:00
Bacchanal	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2011	00:05:15
Sun Dogs	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2010	00:03:15
Exile	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2010	00:02:00
Sun Dogs	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2010	00:03:15
2 Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2010	00:04:30
Meditation	Keyboard	2010	00:03:00
Liars, Damn Liars & Musicians	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2010	00:10:30
Sonatina	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2010	00:07:00
Quintet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2010	00:12:30
Concerto # 2	Orchestra	2010	00:18:00
In Evening Air	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2010	00:04:00
5 Roethke Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2010	00:11:00
Triple Axis	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2010	00:09:30
2010	Orchestra	2010	00:06:45
4 African American Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2009	00:07:30
Sonata	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2009	00:10:30
7 Dreams	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2009	00:12:00
5 Rathusinskaya Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2009	00:15:45
4 Wylie Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2009	00:09:00
3 Fools	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2009	00:10:30
Blue Waters	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2009	00:03:15
3 Fools	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2009	00:10:30
In The Labyrinth	Unknown	2009	00:04:30
Snow in Madrid	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2009	00:01:45
2 Nocturnes	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2009	00:04:30
Blue Waters	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2009	00:03:30
In The Labyrinth	Orchestra	2009	00:04:30
Blue Waters	Orchestra	2009	00:03:30
Blue Waters	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2009	00:03:30
Blue Waters	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2009	00:03:30
Blue Waters	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2009	00:03:30
Blue Waters	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2009	00:03:30
The Good Morrow	Orchestra	2009	00:10:00
Strange Blues	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2008	00:04:00
2 Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2008	00:07:30
Sonata	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2008	00:11:00
Purgatorium	Keyboard	2008	00:09:15
Frantic!	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2008	00:05:00
String Trio	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2008	00:08:00
Piano Quartet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2008	00:13:00
2 Songs	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2008	00:04:15
5 Senesh Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2007	00:07:00
2 x 2	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2007	00:04:00
3 Bagatelles	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2007	00:06:00
The Trumpet of Conscience	Orchestra	2007	00:15:00
Gulf Coast	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2007	00:07:00
2 Machado Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2007	00:06:00
Chimeras	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2007	00:06:00
Florida Contredances	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2007	00:05:00
This Present Darkness	Orchestra	2007	00:07:00
Afterthoughts	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2006	00:06:00
3 Movements	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2006	00:08:15
Proverbs 4:20-27	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2005	00:03:30
Behind The Trees	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2005	00:13:15
4 Duos	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2005	00:04:30
5 Duets	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2005	00:08:15
Shades	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2005	00:07:15
Cane River	Orchestra	2005	00:10:00
Easter Psalms	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2005	00:10:30
4 Millay Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2004	00:09:00
Veritas	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2004	00:10:30
Dystopia	Orchestra	2004	00:04:15
A Prayer for the Faithful	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2004	00:02:30
Lament, Song & Prayer	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2004	00:05:30
Ballade	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2004	00:06:30
Intermezzo	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2004	00:02:30
Redemption	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2004	00:06:30
Far From Home	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2004	00:04:30
4 Pieces	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2004	00:05:00
Moments	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2003	00:07:00
Suite	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2003	00:05:45
2 Songs of Solomon	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2003	00:04:00
3 Roethke Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2003	00:03:15
Dystopia	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2003	00:04:15
5 Duets	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2003	00:08:00
Cane River	Band	2002	00:10:00
You and I	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2002	00:03:30
3 Hughes Carols	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2002	00:05:00
In Memoriam	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2002	00:02:00
Colonnades	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2002	00:06:00
Dialogues	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2002	00:07:30
2 x 4	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2002	00:03:30
Playing With The Heart	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2002	00:02:30
Songs of Hope and Despair	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2002	00:04:00
Little Elegy	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2002	00:01:00
3 Songs of Shattering	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2002	00:05:45
Whetstone	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2002	00:05:00
Caribbean Sketches	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2001	00:08:00
3 Pieces	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2001	00:04:00
2 Sketches	Keyboard	2001	00:03:00
3 Pieces for piano	Keyboard	2001	00:05:00
I Think If I Were A Child	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2001	00:02:30
Comets	Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources	2001	00:07:15
2 Laments	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2001	00:04:00
2 Tagore Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2001	00:03:45
2 Laments	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2001	00:04:00
Serenade	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2001	00:07:45
River Moods	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2000	00:06:00
Civil War Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2000	00:05:15
2 Tagore Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2000	00:06:00
My New Bassoon	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2000	00:03:30
3 Pieces	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2000	00:04:30
Krummholz	Keyboard	2000	00:04:30
Chris' Cabinet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2000	00:04:30
Spider Etudes	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2000	00:07:30
Water Song	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2000	00:02:45
Secondary Colors	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2000	00:06:00
The Piper at The Gates of Dawn	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2000	00:05:30
Ballade	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2000	00:06:30
Swansong	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1999	00:03:00
Ternary	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1999	00:05:30
Cascade	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1999	00:02:45
All Saints' Day	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1999	00:03:15
LPO Fanfare	Keyboard	1999	00:00:45
I Saw In Louisiana A Live Oak Growing	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1999	00:06:00
4 Pieces	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1999	00:05:30
Delta Images	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1999	00:08:15
Winter Scenes	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1998	00:04:30
Partita	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1998	00:07:15
4 Pieces	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1998	00:05:00
2 Dances	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1998	00:05:00
Humoresque	Band	1998	00:06:00
2 Intermezzos	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1998	00:07:00
The Delta at Sunrise	Orchestra	1998	00:04:30
This Present Darkness	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1997	00:07:00
3 Pieces	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1997	00:06:00
Ancient Music	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1997	00:04:30
7 Circles	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1997	00:01:30
Shadows	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1997	00:12:00
Moments electronique	Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources	1997	00:05:00
Monastic Songs	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1997	00:05:15
Insula	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1997	00:04:00
threE	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1997	00:04:00
4 Pieces	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1997	00:04:00
5 Pieces	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1997	00:05:00
Shadows	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1997	00:12:00
Landscapes	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1996	00:08:00
2 Songs	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1996	00:04:00
4 Pieces	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1996	00:04:30
I Can't Go On...I Will Go On	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1996	00:08:00
Outpages	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1996	00:05:00
Trio	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1996	00:09:00
Trio	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1996	00:09:00
Blues for Martin	Keyboard	1996	00:03:30
Lament	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1996	00:04:00
5 Pieces	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1996	00:05:30
2 Roethke Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1996	00:04:00
Waltz and Trio	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1995	00:03:30
The Delta at Sunrise	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1995	00:04:30
Sonatina	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1995	00:06:00
6 Duos	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1995	00:06:00
Seven Dickinson Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1995	00:09:30
Credo	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1995	00:03:00
Morning Star	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1995	00:02:30
Malice	Keyboard	1994	00:05:30
Found Objects	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1994	00:07:00
Do Not Turn Back	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1994	00:02:30
Primary Colors	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1994	00:07:15
Toccata	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1994	00:06:00
Variations in e	Orchestra	1994	00:07:00
Music for violin and marimba	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1994	00:06:30
3 Machado Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1994	00:06:00
Land of the Vampires	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1994	00:07:00
Dear Linda	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1994	00:09:00
3 Hansard Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1993	00:07:00
2 Miniatures	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1993	00:03:00
The African Vesper	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1993	00:07:30
2 Nelsongs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1993	00:03:00
2 Bagatelles	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1993	00:03:45
Fractures	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1992	00:03:30
Prelude #4	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1992	00:01:00
The Butterfly	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1991	00:05:30
Divertimento	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1990	00:11:00
Introduction and Voluntary	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1990	00:04:15
Suite	Keyboard	1990	00:06:00
A Dream Suite	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1990	00:11:00
2 Pieces	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1989	00:04:45
2 Etudes	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1989	00:02:30
Concerto # 1	Orchestra	1989	00:25:00
a3	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1989	00:06:15
Intrada	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1988	00:02:15
Prelude #3	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1988	00:02:45
Duettino	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1988	00:04:45
Dichotomy	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1988	00:06:00
3 Pieces for guitar	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1988	00:04:15
Scherzino	Orchestra	1988	00:05:30
4 Poems	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1987	00:06:30
Waltz-Reverie	Keyboard	1987	00:03:00
Prelude #2	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1986	00:01:45
Fantasia	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1986	00:08:00
4 Poems	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1986	00:08:00
2 Pieces for piano, 4 hands	Keyboard	1985	00:06:00
Intermezzo	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1985	00:05:30
Fireworks	Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources	1984	00:01:00
Valediction	Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources	1984	00:04:45
In The Locrian Mode	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1984	00:01:00
Prelude #1	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1984	00:02:45
2 Poems	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1984	00:06:15
Gemini Variations	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1984	00:14:00
Capriccio	Orchestra	1984	00:07:15
3 Poems	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1983	00:07:45
Black Rhapsody	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1983	00:04:30
Impromptu	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1983	00:03:00
2 Reveries	Keyboard	1983	00:05:30
4 Poems	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1982	00:06:15
2 Poems	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1982	00:03:30
Prelude	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1982	00:02:00
Romance	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1980	00:03:45
Romance	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1980	00:03:45
Nocturne	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1978	00:02:00

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Mark Francis

1933 Campbell Road

Covington, GA  30014

marklfrancis@hotmail.com

601.955.3783

 

 

EDUCATION

 

D.M.A. (composition), University of Kentucky, 1989 (composition - Joseph Baber)

 

M.M. (composition), University of Connecticut, 1984 (composition - James Eversole, Hale Smith)

 

B.A. (music theory), State University of New York at Fredonia, 1981 (composition - Walter Hartley)

 

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

 

Emory University, Evening at Emory, Atlanta, GA Instructor, 2010

                Beginning Guitar

                Rock Guitar

 

Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA Instructor, 2010

• Sophomore Music Theory

 

The Florida Orchestra, St. Petersburg, FL; Director of Education and Community Outreach, 2006-2007

• Supervised youth concerts for Hillsborough and Pinellas County Schools

• Expansion of TFO’s instructional program, Musicians in the Schools,
• Redesign of TFO’s educational website, TFOkids.org,
• Administrate Young Artists’ Competition
• Coordinate educational projects with the TFO’s 4 guilds
• Supervise Side by Side Concerts with Pinellas Youth Symphony and Patel Conservatory Orchestra
• Implementation of the Wimauma Academy Enrichment Grant for musical enrichment at Wimauma Academy – a charter school for the children of Latin American migrant workers
• Implement an outreach to 30- and 40-year olds – Orchestra Uncorked!
• Implement an instrument construction program for elementary school students
• Implement a composition seminar for middle school students
• Coordinate with marketing department to expand student/teacher ticket rush

 

Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Jackson, MS; Director of Education and Librarian, 2002-2006

• Administrating the Symphony string instruction program in Jackson, Pearl and Clinton, MS Public Schools
• Young Artists’ Concerto Competition
• Mississippi Department of Education Artists-in-Residence Grant
• Premier Orchestral Institute
• Mississippi Youth Symphony Orchestra
• Scheduling educational performances of MSO chamber ensembles
• Budget
• Curriculum
• Management of MSO library
• Implement a composition seminar for middle school students

 

 

Power Academic and Performing Arts Complex, Jackson, MS; Director of Music Technology, 2001-2002

·         Composition

·         AP Theory Lab

·         Fundamentals

 

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; Lecturer 2000-1

• Freshman Music Theory
• Music History and Appreciation

 

Centenary College, Shreveport, LA; Adjunct Instructor, 2000

• Guitar

 

Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, Natchitoches, LA; Instructor, 1990-2000

• Survey of the Arts
• Guitar
• Music Theory
• Composition
• Brass Ensemble
• Orchestration

 

Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA; Adjunct Instructor, 1991-1996

• Guitar
• Freshman and Sophomore Music Theory
• Exploring the Arts

 

PERFORMANCE OF COMPOSITIONS & ARRANGEMENTS

 

The Florida Orchestra                                                                               Mississippi Symphony Orchestra

Contemporary Music Forum of Washington, D.C.                                Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra

Bethlehem Musikfest                                                                              Resolution 2000 New Music Festival

Emory University                                                                                 Choral Conductors Composers Collective

Tampa Bay Composers Forum                                                     University of Louisville

Echota Performing Arts Festival                                                  University of Kentucky

Louisiana State University                                                                             Oberlin College

Vanderbilt University                                                                             Austin Peay State University

University of Cincinnati                                                                              West Virginia University

State University of New York at Potsdam                                 Macon Mercer Youth Symphony

University of Miami                                                                     University of Charlotte

University of Florida                                                                    University of Texas-San Antonio

University of Texas-Arlington                                                   Mississippi State University

Marshall University                                                                             University of Arkansas

University of Tulsa                                                                      University of South Carolina

University of North Carolina-Greensboro                                           University of Central Florida   

Georgia State University                                                                             Sam Houston State University

University of Dayton                                                                   University of South Dakota

Kent State University                                                                             State University of New York at Fredonia University of Alabama                                                                                University of the Philippines-Dilman

Spelman College                                                                                   University of Louisiana-Lafayette

Millsaps College                                                                                  Mercer University

Mississippi Valley State University                                                             Valdosta State University

Northwestern State University                                                   Louisiana Tech. University

Mississippi Youth Symphony Orchestra                                               Florida State Univeristy

North American Saxophone Association                                          Tougaloo College

Jackson State University Orchestra                                                               Florida State University

Library of Congress                                                                               University of Mississippi

University of Oklahoma                                                                              Conservatorio de Musica (Puerto Rico)

Converse College                                                                                 Brooklyn Conservatory

Stony Brook University                                                                             University of Georgia

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Conners Publications - Malice for organ, Outpages for clarinet, 7 Dickinson Songs for soprano and guitar,

6 Duos for 2 guitars, Sonatina for bassoon and guitar, Found Objects for guitar, Ternary for clarinet

 

Carillon Music from Albany - Cascade & All Saints Day for carillon,

 

Imagine Music – Romance for harp, Monastic Songs for harp

 

RECORDINGS

 

Aaron Meisenheimer – The Smell of Wet Dogs After a Summer Rain

Behind the Trees for bass trombone and piano

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 

Southeastern Composers League - President 1999-2001, Vice President 1997-9, Treasurer 1995-7, 2009-

 

College Music Society - Board  - composition (South Chapter) 2000-2

 

Society of Composers, Inc.

 

ASCAP

 

ADJUDICATION

 

Salops/Slates Composition Contest 1995-2001, 2009

 

Lamson/University of Louisiana-Lafayette Classical Guitar Competition 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000

 

Piney Woods Classical Guitar Competition 2002

 

Mississippi Arts Commission 2006

 

AWARDS

 

ASCAPLUS Award 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

 

ASCAP Standard Award 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

 

Gordon Kinney Prize, Chamber Music Society of Central Kentucky, 1989

 

Pi Kappa Lambda, 1989

 

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

 

McDermott-Francis Duo (flute and guitar) 1992-2000

 

Maisel-Francis Duo (flute and guitar) 2002-2004