Professional Music Ministry Experience

• Minister of Music at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, 2010-present
  • Lead and/or oversee leadership for entire music ministry
  • Direct the Soli Dei adult choir
  • Lead and participate in the praise team, Proclaim, for weekly worship
  • Direct and created curriculum for the three children’s choirs
  • Choose hymns and service music in alignment with the lectionary and/or sermon series
  • Arrange for special music, cantors, and all aspects of worship music
  • Create special programs to enhance the worship experience for Christmas and Easter services
  • Arranged music for a variety of instruments to serve in worship
  • Participate in weekly staff meetings
  • Coordinate worship team meetings
  • Develop music ministry groups to serve in Christ’s ministry
  • Maintain music budget, maintenance of instruments, and music library
• Director of Music at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 2009-2010
  • Organize, lead and/or oversee leadership of all musical ensembles
  • Direct the praise team and chancel choir for weekly worship
  • Lead and play guitar in praise band for weekly worship
  • Direct occasional extra ensembles for special programs
  • Choose hymns, anthems, and other special music for weekly worship
  • Lead congregational worship music by singing and/or conducting
  • Occasionally sing or play special music in worship
  • Regularly compose, arrange, and transcribe music to expand repertory, and to create unique ensembles based on the skills and talent of lay members
  • Align goals and development of the music ministry with the goals of the senior pastor
  • Participate in staff and council meetings to share in the planning of worship and ministry, and future vision of the church
  • Strive for excellence in every offering of the music ministry
    • Choose music to both highlight the strengths of each ensemble and to challenge them to further their abilities
    • Reinstated organ playing for hymns in traditional worship
    • Established score reading and part singing in praise team
  • Recruit additional lay and professional musicians for occasional special programs
  • Develop outreach worship and music events
    • Collaborations with other local churches
    • Public performances of musical ensembles
  • Create goals for improving and maintaining vitality in the music ministry
  • Continue to develop the skills of the lay members of the music ministry
  • Lead by example to those in the music ministry
  • Manage music budget and appropriate funds
  • Organize and maintain the music library
• Composer and Arranger in Residence at Montview Church, 2007-2009
  • Composer and director of liturgical works for worship
  • Composer and director of the choir and orchestra for concert performances
  • Composer and music director for liturgical youth music theater
• Music intern at Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church, Denver, Colorado, 2005-2007
  • Assistant Director of the adult choir in rehearsal and worship services
  • Conductor of accompanying and occasional ensembles in worship
  • Composer and arranger for the adult choir and accompanying ensembles

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