Dr. Mark DeMull

Assistant Professor
Percussion Studies

E-Mail: mark.demull@ndsu.edu
Website: https://www.markdemull.com
Office: 144 Music Education Building

Degrees

  • D.M.A., Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University
  • M.M., Michigan State University
  • B.M., Alma College

Dr. Mark DeMull is currently Assistant Professor of Music at North Dakota State University. He is active throughout the upper-Midwest as an orchestral player, chamber musician, soloist, and teaching artist.

Mark’s career began in Michigan, where upon obtaining a Masters degree, he taught at Alma College and Saginaw Valley State University. During this time, he started performing as an orchestral percussionist and timpanist, and has since played with the Grand Rapids Symphony, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and the Washington National Opera, among others. Equally versed in chamber music, Mark is a member of the trio MITT3N Percussion, which has maintained series of performances and residencies across the country.

Mark is a passionate advocate of new music, and has been involved in numerous commissions. His recent album Last Dance is the culmination of a large-scale commissioning project, which includes seven new pieces for intermediate-level marimba. 

In addition to his faculty position, Mark maintains a private teaching studio. His students have been accepted to the Curtis Institute of Music, New England Conservatory, Juilliard School, Cleveland Institute of Music, Manhattan School of Music, and other quality programs across the US. He holds degrees from Alma College, Michigan State University, and has a Doctor of Musical Arts from The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with Robert van Sice.