Mark Lathan

Born and raised in Chicago, Mark Lathan received his Bachelor's degree in performance from Northern Illinois University in 1983, where he studied trumpet with Ron Modell and jazz arranging with Frank Mantooth. He has arranged and composed music in a wide variety of styles from jazz and legit to record dates and films. Nine of his jazz band compositions have been published since 1983 and he was a contributing arranger for Louis Bellson's Sacred Concerto, which was released on the Percussion Power label in 2005.

Earning his Ph.D. in 2001 from UCLA, Lathan studied composition with Roger Bourland and Ian Krouse. While at UCLA he received the Henry Mancini Award in Film Composition and studied film scoring with Jerry Goldsmith. He counts among his compositions numerous big band charts as well as several film scores and a number of concert pieces, including two choral cantatas. He has been commissioned to write a new work this year for the Los Angeles Flute Quartet and his Trumpet Concerto is slated for performance by Mark Baldin and the Rockford, IL Symphony in September 2007. Active in education, Lathan currently teaches at Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove, IL and College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL. He also directs choir at Resurrection Catholic Community in Wayne, IL.