Bob is a trumpet and flugelhorn player whose performances are especially notable for his lyrical style and fine tone.  His harmonically oriented improvisations shift between aggressive and cool playing. In speaking of Lark, jazz icon Clark Terry says, "He's a very good trumpet player, a very good musician. He's paid his dues."  Recently released on the Jazzed Media label is the critically acclaimed CD recording Suggestions, by Bob Lark and Friends. This recording follows the success of the Jazzed Media CD recording In Her Eyes, by the Bob Lark/Phil Woods Quintet, a group which includes prominent jazz artists Jim McNeely, Steve Gilmore and Bill Goodwin.  Bob's playing and writing are also featured on the compact disc recordings Until You (2003) and First Steps (1997) on the Hallway label.
He is an exclusive Yamaha Performing Artist.
Bob Lark serves as the Director of Jazz Studies at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, where he directs the university Jazz Ensemble and the Phil Woods Ensemble, teaches jazz trumpet and courses in jazz pedagogy and jazz style. Under his direction the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble has produced several Outstanding Performance Awards from the Jazz Educators Journal, Down Beat and Jazz Times magazines, and has recorded albums with legendary jazz artists Phil Woods, Clark Terry, Louie Bellson, Bob Brookmeyer, Tom Harrell, Jim McNeely, Frank Wess, Slide Hampton, Bobby Shew, and Chicago Symphoni Orchestra members Charles Vernon and John Bruce Yeh.
          Bob is an active clinician, soloist and guest conductor, and is the past-president of the Illinois Unit of the International Association for Jazz Education, has chaired the International Trumpet Guild jazz improvisation competition, served as the host for the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition, and throughout the 1990's direct the Midwest GRAMMY High School Jazz Band. Prior to his appointment to DePaul University, Bob was an Assistant Professor of Music at Emporia State University, Kansas, where he taught applied trumpet lessons, a course in jazz pedagogy, directed the university jazz bands, and served as the director of  The Great Plains Jazz Camp. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in performance from the University of North Texas, having earlier earned a Master's degree from that school and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from The Ohio State University.
Bob Lark & DePaul University Jazz Ensemble in Italy