Mark Gowman has been the
7-12 instrumental music instructor in the East Rochester School
District since 2001. A 1995 graduate of the University of Michigan,
Mr. Gowman received his degree in music education and trumpet
performance, and performed as a member of the UM Concert & Symphony
Bands and the UM Campus Orchestra for five years. Mr. Gowman also
played snare drum, quints (tenor drums), and trumpet in the Michigan
Marching Band, hockey pep band, and basketball pep bands, and during
that time worked as an instructor with eight different high school
marching bands, including a State Champion (Algonac, MI) and a
National Champion (Plymouth Centennial). He started his teaching
career in a small Michigan district before moving to Baltimore,
Maryland. After two years in Baltimore County, Mr. Gowman was named
department chairman of the largest music program in that district,
and was also one of twelve music teachers (of 400) invited to write
the new eighth grade general music curriculum. Since coming to East
Rochester, he has overseen the development of the music technology
lab and recording studio, and has created the popular Percussion
Ensemble and Celtic Music Society, our unique and
nationally-recognized Irish music program. Mr. Gowman has presented
teacher workshops at the Eastman School of Music and Nazareth
College, the 2003 and 2004 NYSSMA state music teacher conferences,
and the 2006 Music Educators National Conference in Salt Lake City.
Mr. Gowman received his Master of Arts in Music Education from the
Eastman School of Music in 2007, and lives in Victor with his wife
Elizabeth, sons Gabe and Keiran, and daughter Isabella. When not
making music, he loves hiking and traveling with his family and riding his mountain bike, but
he crashes much
more than he should.
Mark Gowman has been the
7-12 instrumental music instructor in the East Rochester School
District since 2001. A 1995 graduate of the University of Michigan,
Mr. Gowman received his degree in music education and trumpet
performance, and performed as a member of the UM Concert & Symphony
Bands and the UM Campus Orchestra for five years. Mr. Gowman also
played snare drum, quints (tenor drums), and trumpet in the Michigan
Marching Band, hockey pep band, and basketball pep bands, and during
that time worked as an instructor with eight different high school
marching bands, including a State Champion (Algonac, MI) and a
National Champion (Plymouth Centennial). He started his teaching
career in a small Michigan district before moving to Baltimore,
Maryland. After two years in Baltimore County, Mr. Gowman was named
department chairman of the largest music program in that district,
and was also one of twelve music teachers (of 400) invited to write
the new eighth grade general music curriculum. Since coming to East
Rochester, he has overseen the development of the music technology
lab and recording studio, and has created the popular Percussion
Ensemble and Celtic Music Society, our unique and
nationally-recognized Irish music program. Mr. Gowman has presented
teacher workshops at the Eastman School of Music and Nazareth
College, the 2003 and 2004 NYSSMA state music teacher conferences,
and the 2006 Music Educators National Conference in Salt Lake City.
Mr. Gowman received his Master of Arts in Music Education from the
Eastman School of Music in 2007, and lives in Victor with his wife
Elizabeth, sons Gabe and Keiran, and daughter Isabella. When not
making music, he loves hiking and traveling with his family and riding his mountain bike, but
he crashes much
more than he should.