Education

• D.M.A. in Church Music; New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; 1996
• M.C.M.; New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; 1990
• B.S. in Church Music and Music Education; William Jewell College; 1982

Teaching Experience

• Contract Instructor of Conducting, Music History, Elementary Music Theory; NOBTS (1991-1994)
• Assistant Director-Seminary Chorus, NOBTS (1991-1994)
• Teaching Fellow in Conducting and Choral Literature, NOBTS (1991-1994)
• Assistant Professor of Church Music, NOBTS; Teaching Conducting (Class and Private), Church Music Philosophy, Orchestration
• Associate Professor of Church Music, NOBTS; Additional teaching of Doctoral Seminars
• Director; Seminarians (Men's Choir), Seminary Chorus (SATB Choir) and NOBTS Jazz (Instrumental Ensemble)

Ministry Experience

• Minister of Music at First Baptist Church, Kenner, Louisiana, 1992 - present
• Minister of Music at First Baptist Church, Chalmette, Louisiana, 1990-1992
• Minister of Music at West St. Charles Baptist Church, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988-1990
• Minister of Music at Sharon Baptist Church, Wichita, Kansas, 1983-1988
• Minister of Music at Covenant Baptist Church, Topeka, Kansas, 1982-1983
• Minister of Music at Immanuel Baptist Church, Independence, Missouri, 1980-1982
• Music Assistant at First Baptist Church, Raytown, Missouri, 1979-1980

Publications

Articles

• "A Minister’s Bibliography: Music and Worship" for The Theological Educator, Spring, 1998

Reviews

• The Theological Educator, Fall 1994; review of Music and the Church: A Theology of Church Music by David B. Pass.
• The Theological Educator, Fall 1997; review of The New Worship by Barry Liesch.
• Church Musician Today, September, 1997; review of Worship is . . . What?! by Tom Kraeuter

Performances

• Director - 2002 South Carolina Baptist All-State Youth Choir
• Guest Conductor for New Orleans Civic Symphony; conducted Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.4 - Italian; Haydn’s Symphony No.104 - London; Grieg’s Peer-Gynt Suite No.1
• Conductor of the annual Cathedral Concert at St. Louis Cathedral with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra ("Music of John Rutter"; Requiem by Maurice Durufle'; World Premiere performance of Gary Hallquist’s Requiem for the Millennium for Choir, Soloists, Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Quartet)
• Producer and Director of annual Festival of Carols - NOBTS
• Conference Chorale Director - Ridgecrest and Glorieta Baptist Conference Centers; Church Music Weeks, 2001; Conference leader on "Expressive Choral Techniques for the Church Choir"
• Guest Clinician and Director of "Fall Choir Kick-off" at William Jewell College; September, 2000
• Tenor of "Heyday" - a Barbershop Quartet; November, 1999 to the present; finished top 20 the SPEBSQSA International Convention in July 2001
• Tenor of "Jazzmania" - a Barbershop Quartet; 1994-1999; released recording "Sittin’ on Top of the World" in 1998
• Producer and Director of "Greater New Orleans Christmas Pageant" - First Baptist Church, Kenner, LA; 1994 to the present
• Musical Director, "Mardi Gras Chorus" of the Greater New Orleans Chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Singing in America, Inc. (SPEBSQSA); September, 1992 to May, 1997
• Musical Director, "Mardi Gras Chorus" of the Greater New Orleans Chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Singing in America, Inc. (SPEBSQSA); September, 1992 to May, 1997

Recordings

• Directed and produced "Tis So Sweet To Trust in Jesus" - a recording by "The Seminarians" of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; January, 1998
• Directed and produced "We Follow the Lord" - the second recording by "The Seminarians" of NOBTS; January, 2000
• Directed and produced "Spend All My Days in Praise" - the third recording by "The Seminarians" of NOBTS; January, 2002
• Directed and produced Requiem for the Millennium (premiere recording) - featuring the choral groups of NOBTS and First Baptist Church, Kenner; March, 2002