Profiles

Dr. Mark Doerries is the Head of the Graduate Conducting Studio and an Associate Professor in the Practice of Conducting for Sacred Music at Notre Dame. Doerries serves as the Artistic Director of the Notre Dame Children's Choir, Children’s Organ Training Program, and the Sacred Music Academy, the community engagement arm of Sacred Music at Notre Dame. His recordings of sacred music with the Notre Dame Children’s Choir have debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Chart of Classical Music and Billboard’s Chart of Jazz Music. He is the founding editor of the Notre Dame Children's Choir Choral Series, published by MorningStar Music Publishers/ ECS Publishing Group, and appears on the Universal Music Group, Arsis Records, and Dynamic Catholic recording labels. Doerries received his doctorate from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and holds additional degrees from the College of William and Mary and Temple University.