Mark Shepperd

has served as a church musician throughout his professional life, as choral conductor, organist, pianist and composer. Additionally, he is a member of the faculty at K & S Conservatory of Music in Woodbury, MN (www.kandsmusic.org) where he teaches piano and composition. A native of the Minnesota twin cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Mr. Shepperd earned a music degree at Augsburg University, Minneapolis and has done graduate study at the University of Minnesota. His compositions, both choral and instrumental, are represented in the catalogs of more than a dozen American music publishers. They have been performed by schools, churches and universities throughout the United States and abroad. He is a first-place winner of the John Ness Beck Foundation competition and a winner of the VocalEssence and American Composers Forum Welcome Christmas Carol Contest in both 2010 and 2018. Mr. Shepperd resides in the St. Paul/Minneapolis metropolitan area with his wife, Mary. They are the parents of three grown children.