R. Mark Rogers

R. Mark Rogers

Biography

R. Mark Rogers (b. January 1955) is an American composer, arranger and conductor.

Dr. Rogers has degrees from Texas Tech University and the University of Texas.

As managing editor for Southern Music Company, he is the author of editions of the music of Percy Aldridge Grainger and John Philip Sousa that have entered band repertory worldwide. He is also widely published as an arranger and transcriber, with performances by all five of the Washington, D.C. service bands.

Dr. Rogers is on the adjunct faculty of San Antonio College, Texas Lutheran University, and Trinity University. Prior to coming to San Antonio, Dr. Rogers was on the faculty of the University of South Alabama and a staff member of the University of Texas Longhorn Band. He has guest conducted numerous community and professional bands, regional honor bands and orchestras, and is an active clinician for area high school and middle school bands and orchestras.

A bassoonist, he performs with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra, the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, the Laredo Philharmonic, the Mid-Texas Symphony, the Austin Symphony Orchestra and the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra.

Rogers is the conductor of the Heart of Texas Concert Band in San Antonio. He was elected to the American Bandmasters Association in 2022.

Works for Winds

• 1st Romanian Rhapsody (as transcriber) (1901/2019?)
• 2nd Romanian Rhapsody (as transcriber) (1902/2016)
• Also Sprach Zarathustra: Introduction (as transcriber) (1896/1999)
• Andante and Hungarian Rondo (as arranger) (1809/2001)
• Around the World in 80 Days: Selections (as editor; arr. Reed) (1957/2017)
• At the Movies (as arranger) (1922)
• Autumn Leaves (as editor; arr. Reed) (1945/2017)
• Bassoon Concerto (as transcriber) (1811/2021)
• Carmen Fantaisie for Flute and Band (as arranger with Arthur Ephross) (1987/1998)
• Carol of the Drum (as editor) (1941/1959)
• The Charlatan: Waltzes (as editor)
• Children's March (as reviser) (1919/1995)
• Choral No 2 for Organ (as editor; scored Grainger) (1890/1941/20--?)
• Christmas March (as arranger) (1940/)
• Colonial Song (as editor) (1919/1997)
• Concert Fantasia on Motives from Verdi's Opera "Rigoletto" (as editor; arr. Laurendeau) (1901/1997)
• Concerto for Horn (as transcriber) (1951)
• Concerto for Trumpet and Band (as transcriber) (1960/1992)
• Concerto for Tuba (as transcriber) (1996)
• Cuban Overture (as arranger) (1933/2001)
• Danzón Cubano (as transcriber) (1949/2000)
• Deep in the Heart of Texas (as arranger) (1941/)
• Diversion (as editor) (1943/2015)
• Dream of a Witches' Sabbath from "Symphonie Fantastique" (as arranger) (1830/1995)
• Eagle Squadron (as arranger) (1942/2016)
• Easter Monday on the White House Lawn (as arranger) (1911/1928/2000)
• English Waltz (as transcriber) (1899-1901/1940-1947/1999)
• España (tr. Cailliet; as reviser) (1883/1964/1998)
• Fireworks, Op 4 (as transcriber) (1908)
• First Romanian Rhapsody (as transcriber). See: 1st Romanian Rhapsody
• First Suite in F (as arranger) (1997)
• Fourth Symphony (as editor) (1999/2001)
• Gesù Bambino (as arranger) (2017)
• Grand Serenade (as editor; arr. Crusell) (1800/2004)
• Gumsucker's March (as arranger) (1914/1942/1996)
• Hill Song No. 1 (as adapter) (1901/1922/1923/1997)
• Hill Song No. 2 (as arranger) (1907/1929/1990)
• Hoe Down from "Rodeo" (as transcriber)
• I Left my Heart in San Francisco (as editor; tr. Reed) (1954/1963)
• Introduction and Variations on "The Carnival of Venice" (arr. Hemke) (c. 1860/1986/2005)
• Irish Tune from County Derry (as editor) (1918/1994)
• The Last Days of Pompeii (as editor) (1893/1912/2010)
• Lincolnshire Posy (as reviser; ed. Fennell) (1937/1987/2010/2020)
• March of the Toys (as editor; arr. Clarke) (1903/1999)
• March to the Scaffold from "Symphonie Fantastique" (as transcriber) (1830/1995)
• The Moldau (as reviser; arr. Cacavas) (1874/1999)
  • Northern March (as arranger) (c. 1900/2010)
• Neues vom Tage Overture (as arranger) (1929/)
• Oklahoma! (as adapter; arr. Bennetts) (1943/1997)
• The Old Sore-Head (as arranger)
• Overture to "La Forza del Destino" (as arranger) (1862/1980)
• Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 (as transcriber). See: 1st Romanian Rhapsody
• Romanian Rhapsody No. 2 (as transcriber). See: 2nd Romanian Rhapsody
• Rustic Dance (as arranger) (1899/1950/2010)
• Second Romanian Rhapsody (as transcriber). See: 2nd Romanian Rhapsody
• Sheep Shearing Song (as editor) (1904/1923/1942/2017)
• Shepherd's Hey (as editor) (1918/1994)
• South Pacific Symphonic Scenario (as adapter; arr. Bennett) (1949/1999)
• Symphonie Fantastique (as editor, with tr. Parès) (1830/)
• Symphony in E-flat (as arranger) (1940/)
• Symphony No. 3 (as editor; tr. Moehlmann) (1804/2020)
• Symphony V in B-flat Major (as transcriber) (1944/2019)
• Symphony No. 5, Mvmt IV (as transcriber) (1937/2003)
• Tales of a Traveler (as arranger) (1912/1999)
• Theme from "Lawrence of Arabia" (as editor; arr. Reed)
• Three Quotations (as arranger) (1895/1997)
• Turandot (as transcriber) (1905/2017)
• Un Bal (as arranger) (1830/1995)
• The Yellow Rose of Texas (arr. Dragon) (as adapter) (1976)

Resources

• R. Mark Rogers, personal correspondence, December 2019