Music at Arlington Street Church
Music Staff
• Mark David Buckles • Director of Music
Mark David Buckles • Director of Music • mbuckles@ascboston.org
Mark David Buckles is a conductor, composer, singer, music educator, multi-instrumentalist, and worship leader.
Mark's many roles include serving as the Director of Music at Arlington Street Church, Music Director of The Sanctuary Boston, Instructor of piano and music theory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and as a member of the renowned Balinese gamelan ensemble Gamelan Galak Tika.
In addition, Mark is a both a prolific composer and arranger of choral, vocal, and instrumental music, and an acclaimed performer and worship leader, leading Unitarian Universalist worship and music services throughout the country with his reverent spirit and infectious energy.
Mark received his Masters of Music in Conducting at the Boston University College of Fine Arts and his Bachelors of Music in Composition from the University of Michigan School of Music. Mark received honors for his studies in counterpoint and harmony at La Scola Cantorum and L'Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris and is a graduate of the Conductors' Institute at Bard College. Mark is a native of Beverly Hills, Michigan.
Updated September, 2022