Mark A. Bowdidge received the Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education and Organ Performance from William Jewell College where he was named the Outstanding Senior in Secondary Education by the faculty of the department of education and the Edgar L. Nolte Outstanding Senior Performance Major by the department of music. Dr. Bowdidge earned the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Worship & Church Music, both with a concentration in choral conducting, from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. While a student at Southwestern Dr. Bowdidge was selected by the music faculty as the President’s Merit Scholar in Church Music. Dr. Bowdidge served as Visiting Associate Professor of Music at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, Assistant Professor of Music at Brewton-Parker College in Mount Vernon, Georgia, and as the choral director at Lakeview Centennial High School in Garland, Texas. Currently Dr. Bowdidge serves as the founder and president of Sacred Song Consulting and as the organist of All Saints Anglican Church in Springfield, Missouri. Dr. Bowdidge serves as an Adjunct Professor of Music at Southwest Baptist University, Missouri State University, and Evangel University. Dr. Bowdidge’s teaching experience includes Conducting, Music Methods, Public School Music, Music Literature, Music Appreciation, World Music, Music History, Organ Literature & Design, Ear Training & Sight Singing, Form and Analysis, Choral Literature, Music Theory, and Class Voice, and has conducted non-audition, auditioned, and select auditioned choral and handbell ensembles in secondary, post-secondary, community, and church settings.
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