Siskiyou Singers

Director Mark Reppert

Mark Reppert studied conducting, composition, piano, and music history at the University of Southern California, graduating with a degree in Music History. He was a member of the University Symphony, the Opera Chorus, and the Trojan Marching Band. He also met his wife, Marilyn, while attending USC. They were married in 1971.

Mr. Reppert received a master’s degree in piano performance from Cal State University, Chico, graduating with distinction. While attending Cal State, he soloed with the Shasta Symphony as the winner of the Shasta Symphony Solo Competition. He also soloed with the Paradise Symphony and performed numerous solo recitals.

Mr. Reppert began his teaching career at Paradise Intermediate School in Paradise, California in 1975, the year his son, Joshua, was born. His daughter, Lupine, was born three years later. For 23 years in California, he taught a variety of music to all levels of students from kindergarten to college, including band, orchestra, elementary music, college music appreciation, community choir, and both high school and middle school choir. Mr. Reppert recently retired after 10 years as choral director at North Medford High School, where his award winning choirs were an important part of the musical community, performing in many venues including at the annual Renaissance Dinner. In addition to his responsibilities as choral director at North Medford High, he was also the music director for numerous musical theater productions including “Into the Woods”, “The King and I”, and “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Mr. Reppert is now an active musician in the Rogue Valley. He is conductor and artistic director for the Siskiyou Singers, a 120-voice community choir based in Ashland. As the resident music director at Camelot Theater in Talent, he has worked on productions of “Cabaret” and “Secret Garden”. He has also performed as a singer and accompanist for the Rogue Valley Chorale. He accompanies for the Jefferson State Choral Coalition under the direction of Kirby Shaw, and works as a musician in many other capacities around the Rogue Valley.

Past Director Dave Marston

DAVE MARSTON

Monday night (June 22, 2009) at 9:00 p.m., our choral conductor, artistic director, teacher, mentor, songleader, and friend, Dave Marston passed peacefully from this world.
Dave led the Siskiyou Singers for twenty-one years. His interpretation of and passion for choral music was unsurpassed. Our loss is immense.

“I have thought many times in these past weeks how hard it was to imagine a world without Dave in it. I realized this morning that the reason it's hard to imagine is because there's no such thing. This world will never be without Dave. He's so clearly and absolutely present in the spirit of everything he gave in his life - every person he loved, taught, mentored, gave support to; every gift of music and empowerment he bestowed upon his friends, his family, his community; every note he sang, played or conducted that entered the hearts of people receiving the gift he was giving them. And by his very nature, he encouraged us all - obligated us all - to pay it forward. Those ripples will flow through generations, and what Dave Marston gave in his life will never leave this world.” Tami Marston

Siskiyou Singers
P.O. Box 3041
Ashland, OR 97520

TEL: 541-482-5290
E-mail: siskiyousingers@hotmail.com