Forty years of training and experience have produced effective techniques in a variety of liturgical and musical environments, an expanding knowledge of music of the church, and valuable occasions for personal and spiritual growth. Enabling God’s children to participate in something beyond ourselves, to know God’s love and to offer our finest response: this is our high calling and great reward. Click here for a complete biography.
Professional Experience
2013 – Present: Wendell Christian Church – Wendell, NC (Disciples of Christ)
Music Director and Organist
2012: Church of the Holy Family (Episcopal) – Chapel Hill, NC
Guest Organist
2012: White Memorial Presbyterian Church – Raleigh, NC
Guest Organist
2012: Front Street United Methodist Church – Burlington, NC
Guest Organist and Choir Director
2012: Macedonia United Methodist Church – Cary, NC
Guest Organist
1995 – 1999: First United Methodist Church – Cary, NC
Organist
1994 – 1995: St. Michael’s Episcopal Church – Raleigh, NC
Organist and Choirmaster
1990 – 1994: Church of the Good Samaritan (Episcopal) – Paoli, PA
Organist and Choirmaster
1984 – 1990: Grace Lutheran Church – Westminster, MD
Music Director and Organist
1974 – 1984: Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church – Baltimore, MD
Music Director and Organist
1972 – 1974: Westminster Presbyterian Church – West Chester, PA
Music Director and Organist
1971 – 1972: Abington Baptist Church – Abington, PA
Organist and Choir Director
1969 – 1971: Christ Episcopal Church – Woodbury, NJ
Organist and Choirmaster
1968 – 1969: Heidelberg Reformed Church (United Church of Christ) – Philadelphia, PA
Organist and Choir Director
Education:
1974 – 1975: Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD
Organ Performance
1969 – 1973: The Curtis Institute of Music – Philadelphia, PA
Artist Scholarship- Organ Performance
1968 – 1969: The Friends Select School – Philadelphia, PA
Secondary School
Applied Music:
Organ:
Cherry Rhodes, Alexander McCurdy, John Weaver, Joseph Parsells
Conducting:
Greg Smith, David Rinald, Alexander McCurdy
Voice:
David Rinald, Joseph Parsells
Men & Boys – Girls Choirs:
Barry Rose, RSCM Training Courses
Handbells:
Donald Allured