Dr. Mark Murray is an Emeritus Professor of Music, after teaching at Anderson University for 37 years, until May of 2017. He holds a doctorate in music literature and trumpet performance from Indiana University. 

He is comfortable performing in a variety of musical idioms, and has performed with artists such as the Temptations, Lou Rawls, Roger Williams, Ann Jillian, Carol Channing, Sandi Patty, Peter Nero and the Jan Garber Orchestra. Besides being a freelance musician, he played principal trumpet with the Anderson Symphony Orchestra for over 30 years and was a member of the Monument City Brass Quintet and “Rinati.” For over a decade, he was a performer, arranger, and program developer for “Book Readers and Horn Blowers,” a not-for-profit organization that presented books and music to children. He is currently a freelance musician and plays with Alpha Brass, a musical outreach of the Anderson First United Methodist Church.

Michele Murray is an Associate Professor Emeria at at Anderson University where she taught for 33 years. Along with her husband , she has given recitals at universities and churches throughout the U.S. and France. Michele currently serves as pianist for First United Methodist Church in Anderson.   

Mark and  Michele, have recorded a CD entitled “Slow Waltz for Trumpet and Piano,” a collection of lyrical pieces by Albinoni, Bach, Debussy, Faure, Haydn, Rachmaninoff, Peeters, Ravel, and Schubert.