December 5, 2018
Fargo, N.D. - NDSU Challey School of Music is pleased to announce Professor of Low Brass, Dr. Kyle D. Mack, will be inducted into the Dickinson Trinity High School “Titan Hall of Fame” on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018.
Mack’s first full-time teaching position brought him to Trinity High School in 1981-1983. He served as the Instrumental Music Director for grades 5-12 and founded the jazz program during that time. Mack also worked as the school’s tennis coach.
His parents, the late Howard L. Mack, and Eileen A. Mack (married to James Rouse), both grew up in the Dickinson area and were educators as well; both graduating from Dickinson State University.
Mack has also been inducted into the Hall of Fame at Bismarck St. Mary’s Central High School where he attended high school from 1974-1977. Mack received his undergraduate degree in instrumental and vocal music from Dickinson State University in 1981; he later was inducted as a “Distinguished Alumni Fellow” in 2009. Earlier in 2018, Mack received the National Band Association (NBA) ND Outstanding Jazz Educator Award and became a member of the NDSU Quarter Century Club for his 25 years of service. He lives in south Fargo with his wife Sam, daughter Lauryn, and Baron von FitzWalter (a.k.a. Walter the cat).