Mark Carr
Nassau Rehearsal Supervisor
Mark W. Carr is an educator, musician, and flutist currently pursuing his Master’s in Music Education at Hofstra University. He is the piccolo player for the South Shore Symphony and has worked with The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York, managing its music library and helping bring performances to stages like Carnegie Hall and Jazz at Lincoln Center. In 2018, he toured with MYO through Berlin, Dresden, Prague, Vienna, and Budapest, an experience that deepened his love for connecting music across cultures.
Before returning to music full-time, Mark spent several years as an Air Traffic Controller at the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center, guiding aircraft through some of the busiest skies in the world. That background taught him focus, how to remain calm under pressure, and how to have clarity in communication. He now brings these skills to his teaching and musicianship.
He also works at the Islip Public Library and continues to perform, teach, and study, always looking for new ways to share music and inspire creativity in others.