Mark Irvin
June 2 @ 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Mark Irvin is a music educator, singer/songwriter, recording artist, and freelance musician from Omaha, Nebraska.
Mark was a self-taught musician out of high school and then spent most of the next decade (the 1980’s) working as a musician, both solo and with several bands. Mark was inducted into the Nebraska Music Hall of Fame in 2010.
Mark entered college in 1989 at the University of Nebraska Omaha where he earned a BA in Music Education in 1994. In 2011 Mark received his master’s degree in education In Curriculum and Instruction from Doane University.
He continues to work solo and group dates in support of his music as well as free-lancing for other groups in the area. He is the director of the instrumental music at Irving Middle School. His teaching assignments include three concert bands, two jazz bands, jazz combos, class guitar and the World Music Drumming programs. He also works as a clinician, guest speaker and director of honor bands throughout the Midwest.