Dr. Mark Hardy

Mark Hardy is the director of choral activities at the nationally acclaimed Baltimore School for the Arts. The BSA choirs have appeared with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Lyric Opera, the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, the Spire series, the Bach in Baltimore Concerts, the Candlelight concert series, and the Shriver Hall Concert series. Since arriving in Baltimore in 1999, he has been the conductor of the Johns Hopkins Choral Society, the founding director of the Baltimore Masterworks Chorale, chorus master for the Annapolis Opera, and music director for Epiphany Episcopal Church. Hardy has served on the faculty of the Lyric Opera camp and the Pennsylvania Arts Institute. A native of Boston, Hardy holds a bachelor’s of music in composition from the University of Lowell, and master’s and doctoral degrees in choral conducting from Indiana University. He also remains active as a composer of choral, chamber, and orchestral music, and his music is published by Cantate Press.