Director

 Mr. Mark Lamback holds a bachelor of arts degree from Emory University in piano performance, and a masters of music degree in choral conducting from the University of Georgia. He began his teaching career in 2002 at the Las Vegas Academy for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has since taught middle and upper school chorus at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School and the Marist School in Atlanta, Georgia. He is currently in his fourth year as choral director at Heritage High School and is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with these great students.

Mr. Lamback sings baritone with //State Line Grocery,// a barbershop quartet who ranked 3rd in the world at last year’s international quartet competition. They have performed all over the country, in Germany, and Tasmania, Australia. He won a gold medal in 1998 singing tenor with his college quartet, //Prime Cut//. He is a founding member of //No Strings Attached//, a male a cappella group and Emory University, and he directed the female a cappella group //Noteworthy// during his time at the University of Georgia. For four years he sang tenor with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus under the direction of Robert Shaw. He has been a guest conductor many times throughout the southeast and has had the opportunity to travel with some community choirs to such destinations as Canada, Spain and Italy as an accompanist.

Mr. Lamback is married to the beautiful and talented Elizabeth Lamback, the orchestra director at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School. They have two beautiful and talented children, Katherine (4) and Samuel (2).