Student Success
Mark Fisher's students have won positions in the following orchestras:
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
President’s Own United States Marine Band
Zurich Opera Orchestra
United States Air Force Ceremonial Band
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
United States Navy Band
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Winnipeg Symphony
Boston Ballet Orchestra
Charleston Symphony
Boston Lyric Opera
Honolulu Symphony
Spokane Symphony Orchestra
Memphis Symphony
Colorado Springs Symphony
United States Navy Fleet Band
Des Moines Symphony Orchestra
Quad City Symphony
Illinois Philharmonic
United States Air Force Band of Mid-America
Illinois Symphony Orchestra
Kalamazoo Symphony
Kenosha Symphony
Lansing Symphony Orchestra
South Bend Symphony Orchestra
Madison Symphony
Milwaukee Ballet
Orchestra Iowa
Dubuque Symphony
Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra
Green Bay Symphony
New Philharmonic Orchestra
Northbrook Symphony
Northwest Indiana Symphony
Peoria Symphony
Skokie Valley Symphony
Thunder Bay Symphony
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony
Mark Fisher's students have been winners of the following competitions and awards:
Big XII Trombone Conference Bass Trombone Solo Competition
American Trombone Workshop National Solo Competition
American Trombone Workshop Quartet Competition
Fulbright Award for study in Berlin
Fulbright Award for study in the Netherlands
International Trombone Association Alto Trombone Competition
International Trombone Association Kleinhammer Competition
International Trombone Association Marsteller Competition
International Trombone Association Larry Wiehe Competition
International Trombone Association Yaxley Competition
Southwest Trombone Conference Bass Trombone Solo Competition
Southwest Trombone Conference Tenor Trombone Solo Competition
Mark Fisher's students have held faculty teaching or administrative positions with the following institutions (admin positions include title):
Alabama State University
Alabama Symphony, Executive Director
Cincinnati Symphony, President
College of DuPage
Columbus Symphony, Director of Artistic Planning
Concordia University
Elgin Community College
Elgin Symphony, Director of Operations
Elmhurst College
Florida Philharmonic, President
Green Bay Symphony, Executive Director
Grinnell College
Harper College
Indianapolis Symphony, Associate Director of Marketing
Interlochen Center for the Arts, President
Lakehead University
Marrowstone Music Festival
McGill University
University of Manitoba
North Central College
St. Xavier University
Syracuse Symphony, President
Syracuse Symphony, Director of Development
The Young Center for the Performing Arts, Director
Talladega College
Wheaton College
University of Montevallo
University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, Dean
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Mark Fisher's students have been selected to participate in the following summer festivals:
Alessi Seminar
Aspen Music Festival
Bar Harbor Brass Institute
Brevard Music Festival
Marrowstone Music Festival
Menlo Institute
Music Academy of the West
National Repertory Orchestra
National Orchestral Institute
Southwest Trombone Conference
Tanglewood Music Festival