Chair, Department of Performing Arts
Professor
Fine Arts Building 216
918-444-2709
bighley@nsuok.edu
Degrees
D.M.A. - Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
M.A. - University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Middle Church Music Diploma - Berliner Kirchenmusikschule, Berlin, Germany
Courses Taught
Organ
Piano Class
Music History
Dr. Mark Bighley is professor of Music at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Okla., where he teaches organ, piano and music history. He is visiting organist associate at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in New York City, one block from Lincoln Center. He served as cantor at Bethany Lutheran Church, Tulsa, Okla., from 1991–2011.
He has also served on the faculties of Arizona State University, Cornell College, and the University of Iowa.
Dr. Bighley completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Arizona State University in Tempe, and the Master of Arts degree from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He is also a graduate of the Berlinger Kirchenmusikschule in Berlin, Germany, where he completed the Middle Church Music Certification.
He is the author of The Lutheran Chorales in the Organ Works of JS Bach (St Louis: Concordia, 1986) as well as journal articles published in Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States. He has also edited a number of organ and choral works which have been published by Concordia and Augsburg Fortress in Minneapolis. Together with Richard Erikson of New York City, Dr. Bighley compiled and edited Bach for All Seasons, an anthology of choral music by JS Bach for use throughout the liturgical year (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1999).
Dr. Bighley has served as dean of the Tulsa Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (1998-2000). He has served as national vice president of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians (ALCM), and was review editor of its journal, CrossAccent, from 1993–96. He edited the journal from 2003–2011.