ROBERT MARKS is a conductor, arranger, composer, and vocal coach. He was involved with the Broadway and national companies of the hit musical Annie, and spent two seasons as the associate conductor of the St. Louis Municipal Opera, working with such stars as Shirley Jones, Paul Williams, Carol Lawrence, and Vincent Price. For five years, he was the host and musical director of the acclaimed Youngstars performances of professional children in New York City. His arrangements have been heard on many compact disc releases of the “Revisited” series of recordings on Painted Smiles Records. Recently, he directed ragtime legend Max Morath in "Ragtime and Again" off-Broadway at the York Theatre.

Mr. Marks holds a degree in speech and voice pathology, and has taught at the NYU School of Education, the American Musical & Dramatic Academy and the Weist-Barron School. For over twenty years he has maintained a private voice and recording studio in midtown Manhattan, where he coaches privately and also provides musical backgrounds for productions and pageants across the country. He is a member of American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP); New York Singing Teachers' Association (NYSTA); American Society of Music Copyists (ASMC); Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA); National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS); and the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS). He and his wife Elayne are the parents of two daughters, Erica and Arielle. Along with two toy poodles, they reside in Bergen County, New Jersey.