MARKMARONDE.COM

About Me

Mark Maronde

Welcome to markmaronde.com

I have composed and arranged music for most of my life. Much of this has been sacred music for choir and organ. Music was my passion while I pursued a career as a software project manager and raised my family.

Education

  • Graduated from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin with a Bachelor of Music degree in theory/composition in 1979. Studied with James Ming and Steven Stucky.
  • Graduate work in choral conducting at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, 1980.
  • Graduate work in music theory at the University of Minnesota, 1982–1983.

Experience

  • St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church – St. Paul, MN – choir 2003–2011 and 2025 to present. Vestry member and Music Commission chair, 2005–2008.
  • St. Clement's Episcopal Church – St. Paul, MN – choir 2015 to 2024. Vestry member, 2017–2019.
  • MakeMusic, Inc. – Eden Prairie, MN – Project Manager for Finale and SmartMusic software – 2000–2011.
  • St. Matthew's Episcopal Church – St. Paul, MN – choir 1993–2002.
  • Art Masters Studios, Inc. (AMSI) – Minneapolis, MN – Assistant to Robert Wetzler, President – 1981–1984.
  • Organist/music director positions at Lutheran, Congregational, Methodist, and Episcopal churches – 1976–1982.

Published Compositions and Arrangements

  • "The Lord Is Your Door" for choir and organ, Augsburg (11-2248), 1983.
  • "Royal Brigade March" for concert band, Maestro & Fox, 2010.
  • "Ricercare" (Pachelbel) for concert band, Maestro & Fox, 2012.
  • "A Frescobaldi Set" for concert band, Maestro & Fox, 2013.
  • "Impromptu" (Sibelius) for concert band, Maestro & Fox, 2022.
  • "Lorica of St. Patrick" for concert band, Maestro & Fox, 2022.