Clinician: BOB LARK

BOB LARK serves as the Chair of Jazz Studies a DePaul University in Chicago, where he teaches jazz trumpet, a course on jazz pedagogy, and directs the university Jazz Ensembles. Under his direction, the DePaul Jazz Ensemble has produced several Outstanding Performance Awards from Downbeat magazine, and has recorded albums with legendary jazz artists Clark Terry, Tom Harrell and Frank Wess, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra members John Bruce Yeh and Charles Vernon. He is an active clinician and guest conductor, and his trumpet playing and writing are featured on the recently released recording First Steps (Hallway Records), which includes the saxophone playing of Bob Mintzer. In addition, Bob is the past-president of the Illinois Unit of the International Association of Jazz Educators, has chaired the International Trumpet Guild jazz improvisation competition, served as the host for the 1999 Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition, and throughout the 1990's directed the Midwest Grammy High School Jazz Band. He holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in performance from the University of North Texas, having earlier earned a Master of Music Education degree form that school, and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the Ohio State University.