Dr. Mark Anderman

Dr. Mark Anderman
Position
Music Theory Coordinator
Office
Forsyth 141

Dr. Mark Anderman (Dr. A) is the Music Theory Coordinator at Santa Rosa Junior College, where he has taught for over 20 years and was the recipient of the 2019 Santa Rosa Metro Chamber Excellence in Education award. He was also on faculty at Cypress College for 5 years and taught composition and conducting for 6 years for the Santa Rosa Symphony’s Summer Music Academy. He has over 30 years of performance experience as a guitarist, bassist, singer, and keyboardist in the Bay Area and Greater Los Angeles. Open to multiple styles, his work includes jazz, classical chamber music, gospel, rock, and musical theater.

Dr. A is an accomplished recording artist and producer as well as an active composer of concert music. His fourth album Horizon is due for worldwide release in Winter/Spring 2024. His previous albums are Confluence, Double Vision (recorded in Singapore with Bruce MacLeod), and his debut EP Ascension.

Highlights of his concert works include: For Us All (for symphonic band and choir) commissioned for the 2020 grand re-opening of Burbank Auditorium, Thursday Rain (for orchestra) premiered at Jackson Theater in memoriam of the 2017 Sonoma County wildfires, and Pieces of Yesterday premiered by the SRJC Jazz Band and featured by the Sonoma State University Jazz Orchestra at the Green Music Center.

Occasionally, Dr. A also ventures into radio broadcasting: he was featured on Melbourne, Australia's J-Files as an expert on the music of Frank Zappa, and has co-hosted KRCB's Jazz Connections with Dr. Larry Slater (“The Jazz MD”).

EDUCATION

Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Education: Boston University (2011)
Master of Arts in Music Theory: San Francisco State University (1994)
Bachelor of Arts in Music: California State University, Long Beach (1990)
Associate of Arts in Commercial Music: Long Beach City College (1990)

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

SRJC
2021–Present: Academic Senator, Area 5
2021–Present: Faculty Co-Chair, PGI Committee
Interim Dean of Arts and Humanities (Spring 2017)
Music Department Chair (2011–16, 2017–2020)
Co-Chair, Department Chairs Council (Fall 2016; 2017–2018)
Regular Faculty; Music Theory Coordinator (2002–Present)
Associate Faculty, Music (1995–1997)

Other
Faculty, Santa Rosa Symphony Summer Music Academy (2013–2018)
Cypress College (Cypress, CA) Music Department Chair (2001–2002)
Cypress College Music Faculty, Guitar Program Coordinator (1997–2002)
Fremont Unified School District (Fremont, CA, 1991–1992)
ABC Unified School District (Cerritos, CA, 1990–1991)

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Music Association of California Community Colleges (MACCC)
Broadcast Music International (BMI)
College Music Society

PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AND AWARDS

Albums
Horizon. TMRW Media (due for release in 2024)

Confluence. TMRW Media (2019)
Double Vision. Watchful Eye Records (1997)
Ascension. TMRW Records (1995)

Books
Commercial Guitar and Bass. TMRW Music (1999)
Beginning Rhythm Guitar. TMRW Music (1996)

Dissertation & Thesis
Musicianship Instruction in California Community Colleges. Boston University (2011)
Tonality, Structure, and Form in Debussy's Images (1907) for Piano. San Francisco State University (1994)

Presentations
Theory, C-ID, ADT, and CCs—Developing Position Paper for 5-Year Review (2021)
Panel discussion with representatives from multiple colleges
MACCC Annual Conference, Online

The Challenges and Benefits of a Professional Music Career (2014)
Panel discussion/master class with Midori sponsored by the Santa Rosa Symphony
Green Music Center at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA

Applied Music: Implementing and Coordinating an Effective Program (2013)
MACCC Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA


Musicianship Instruction in California Community Colleges (2011)
MACCC Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA

Awards
SRJC Academic Senate President's Award (2022—presented to the entire Senate)
Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Education (2019)
SRJC Academic Senate Excellence in Curriculum Development (2008)
SRJC Academic Senate Outstanding Contributions on the Curriculum Committee (2004)