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Rate My Professor Marc Foster

High Point University

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4.08/20/2025

Always goes above and beyond for students.

5.04/30/2025

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About Marc

Dr. Marc Ashley Foster is Chair of the Department of Music and Director of Choral Activities at High Point University (HPU). In his tenure at HPU since 2009, he has overseen the expansion of the Department of Music, including the addition of 23 new music faculty, 90 music majors/minors, 133 students in choirs, 13 new instrumental ensembles, and over 375 students in private lessons. Dr. Foster holds a Doctor of Music Arts (DMA) in Choral Conducting from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a Master of Sacred Music (MSM) from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and a Bachelor of Music Education (BM Ed) in Choral Conducting and Voice from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Prior to HPU, he taught at the University of Texas at Arlington and Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, served as Director of Worship Arts Ministries at Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church in Jackson, Mississippi, and as Artistic Director of the Mississippi Chorus. He has 17 years of experience in church ministry in Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, and Mississippi.