Research
Dr. Garrett has spent his professional years researching many topics in music. His current areas of research include vocal music of Black composers, non-idiomatic choral music of Black composers, the choral music of R. Nathaniel Dett, Negro spirituals, and choral conducting/rehearsal techniques.
Lectures/Presentations
The Choral Music of Black Composers
Association of Anglican Musicians (National) – 2022
Bellevue Presbyterian Church – 2020
Hamilton College – 2020
Omaha, American Guild of Organists – 2022
Pioneer Valley Symphony Chorus – 2021
University of Alabama – 2020
Westminster Presbyterian Church – 2021
The Choral Music of R. Nathaniel Dett
Choir School of Delaware – 2022
Georgia State University – 2020
National Association of Negro Musicians – 2019
New Hampshire Choral Directors Association – 2021
Northern Michigan University – 2020
Oberlin College & Conservatory – 2023
Peabody Institute (Johns Hopkins University) – 2021
University of Alberta – 2023
University of Chicago – 2021
University of Missouri-Kansas City – 2021
Westminster Choir College – 2019
Engaging Singers in Rehearsals
Alabama, American Choral Directors Association – 2023
First-Plymouth, Sing Your Faith…Refresh Your Spirit – 2022
Maine Music Educators Association – 2022
Michigan, American Choral Directors Association – 2022
North Dakota Music Educators Association – 2023
Pennsylvania, American Choral Directors Association – 2022
Quintessence, Choral Artists of the Southwest – 2020
South Dakota, American Choral Directors Association – 2022
The Non-Idiomatic Choral Music of Black Composers
American Choral Directors Association (National) – 2021
American Choral Directors Association Eastern Region – 2018
American Choral Directors Association Southern Region – 2018
Arkansas, American Choral Directors Association – 2020
Baylor University – 2020
Choral Canada PODIUM – 2022
Delaware Music Educators Association – 2020
Florida, American Choral Directors Association – 2017
Florida State University – 2020
Hawai’i, American Choral Directors Association – 2020
Illinois, American Choral Directors Association – 2024
Iowa, American Choral Directors Association – 2024
Iowa Music Educators Association – 2022
Ithaca College – 2020
Maine Music Educators Association – 2022
Master Singers of Milwaukee – 2020
Michigan, American Choral Directors Association – 2022
Michigan State University – 2022
Mississippi State University – 2021
Missouri, American Choral Directors Association – 2019
National Collegiate Choral Organization – 2019
Nebraska, American Choral Directors Association – 2019
North Dakota Music Educators Association – 2023
North Shore Choral Society – 2020
Ohio, American Choral Directors Association – 2020
Pennsylvania, American Choral Directors Association – 2022
Rockingham Choral Society – 2020
Smith College – 2021
South Dakota Music Education Association – 2020, 2021
Temple University – 2020
University of Central Missouri – 2020
University of Connecticut – 2021
University of Missouri – 2021
University of Missouri-Kansas City – 2021
University of South Carolina – 2020
University of Southern California – 2020
West Village Chorale – 2021
Western Connecticut State University – 2020
Westminster Choir College – 2020
Yale Institute of Sacred Music – 2023
History and Performance Practice of Negro Spirituals
Alabama, American Choral Directors Association – 2023
Babylon Chorale – 2021
Illinois, American Choral Directors Association – 2024
Iowa, American Choral Directors Association – 2024
Loyola Marymount University – 2021
Maine Music Educators Association – 2022
Michigan, American Choral Directors Association – 2022
South Dakota, American Choral Directors Association – 2022
University of Central Missouri – 2020
University of Montana – 2023
Print and Digital Literature
Garrett, Marques L. A. “Composing and Arranging for Male Choirs.” In Conducting Men’s Choirs, edited by Donald L. Trott, 237–51. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2019.
Garrett, Marques L. A. “An Introduction to the Non-Idiomatic Choral Music of Black Composers.” The Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians 29, no. 9 (November 2020): 1, 4–9.
Garrett, Marques L. A. The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023.
Garrett, Marques L. A. “The Short Choral Works of R. Nathaniel Dett.” PhD dissertation, Florida State University, 2018. http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/2018_Sp_Garrett_fsu_0071E_14525.
Garrett, Marques L. A. “Thinking Outside the Box for Black History Month: How Do We Change the Narrative?” Music in a Minuet (blog). National Association for Music Education, January 30, 2020. https://nafme.org/thinking-outside-box-black-history-month/.
Garrett, Marques L. A. “Unaccompanied Non-Idiomatic Choral Music of Black Composers.” The Choral Journal 61, no. 4 (November 2020): 16–33.