Mark Lathan
was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received a Bachelor's Degree from Northern
Illinois University. His studies included a period when he studied jazz arranging
with pianist, composer, arranger clinician and instructor, Frank Mantooth.
Mark received a Ph.D. in Composition from UCLA. He currently is the choir
director at, First Presbyterian Church in Covina, CA.He is a composer and arranger of a wide variety of musical styles. He has done cabaret shows, revues, recordings and film. He has published 7 jazz band charts. In 1997 he received the Henry Mancini Award in Film Composition. He was a contributing arranger for Louis Bellson's, Sacred Concerto. His choral cantata, Song of Hope, will be premiered by the UCLA Chorale and Philharmonia in 2003