CFAMC Membership Directory

Please e-mail Mark Hijleh cfamc@cfamc.org to become a member, renew your membership, or update your directory listing. We'd be glad to include short biographies, links to your web pages or information on your music. NOTE: If your name does not appear here, you have not made your annual member contribution for this year!

Groups:

Group lists - Every CFAMC member is a leader and a member of a fellowship group. This is the latest list of groups.
Group leadership guide - Read this guide to learn how to lead a fellowship group.

Honorary Members:

Jeremy Begbie, Musician and Theologian, University of Cambridge, UK
James MacMillan, Composer, Glasgow, Scotland

Members:

Peter Alexander 12/08
Alexander University, Inc.
1730 Brandon Ave.
Petersburg VA 23805
peter@alexanderpublishing.com
www.alexanderpublishing.com

Travis Alford 12/08
1379 Commonwealth Ave.
Apartment 12
Allston, MA 02134
http://www.travisalford.com
travisalford@mac.com
travis.alford@newenglandconservatory.edu

Travis Alford grew up in Spring Hope, NC. He began playing the trumpet at age 11, and continued his studies through high school and on to East Carolina University, where he began composing and received a BM in Music Theory/Composition (2005), studying with Mark Richardson, Edward Jacobs, and Mark Taggart, and trumpet with Britton Theurer. He is now pursuing a Masters in Composition at the New England Conservatory in Boston, MA, having studied with Lee Hyla, and currently with David Rakowski. Travis's compositions have been performed by various ensembles at NEC, East Carolina, and beyond. His piece "kakophonia", for Brass Quintet, recently received "Honorable Mention" in the Meridian Arts Ensemble's first annual Composition Competition. His "Ping", for two trumpets, was performed at the first annual "Exploring Trumpet in Greece" international seminar in Kalavrita, Greece in January of 2006. In 2005 his "Stretching Limitations" for solo tape was awarded "Most Outstanding Composition" by REBEL Magazine, and was included, along with his "Out of Darkness" for a cappella choir, on their annual compilation CD. Also in 2005/06, Travis was involved with the new "Composers in Public Schools" program (Edward Jacobs, director), aimed at exposing and teaching creative thinking and composition to elementary and middle school students in Pitt County, NC. Travis graduated Summa Cum Laude, with honors, from ECU in 2005, and was honored to receive the ECU/SGA Outstanding Senior Award for the Department of Music Theory and Composition. Travis also remains active as a performer (trumpet), and has performed with such groups as the North Carolina "Pops" Orchestra, the Jazz group "Lydian Mix", and other chamber groups. He is currently a member of "The Forge", a NEC-based contemporary improvisation ensemble aimed at bridging and/or eliminating the divides between any and all musical "genres", a philosophy Travis carries into all his projects. Travis currently resides in Allston, MA, with his lovely new wife, Lauren.

John Akins 7/08
1416 Washington Ave.
Springfield MO 65802
akinsj@evangel.edu

Devin Arrington (12/08)
6236 5th Ave., #304C
Pittsburgh PA 15232
devinarrington@yahoo.com
www.devinarrington.com

Jesse Ayers 3/08
228 17th Street NW
Canton, OH 44703
http://jesseayers.com

Jesse Ayers (b.1951) has twice had his music selected to represent the United States at the ISCM World Music Days (Slovenia 2003 and Warsaw 1992). His most recent work, "Jericho," a large-scale surround-sound composition for wind symphony, choir, and narrator, was recently performed in nine cities across the southern and mid-western United States. Ayers' other surround-sound work, "...and they gathered on Mount Carmel" (Elijah and the prophets of Baal) has been performed by a number of collegiate bands and has been recorded by the Valparaiso University Chamber Concert Band. His work for solo tuba and synthesized tape, "The Dancing King," (David dancing before the Lord) has been performed on four continents and released on two CDs.

Dr. Ayers has been a guest composer on the campuses of California State University Bakersfield, Heidelberg College (Ohio), Valparaiso University (Indiana), Virginia Tech, and Carson-Newman College (Tennessee) and has held a fellowship at the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Ayers earned the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Composition from the University of Tennessee where he studied composition with David Van Vactor, John Anthony Lennon, Guy Bachman, and Allen Johnson; choral conducting with Donald Neuen; and percussion with F. Michael Combs. He also holds the the Doctorate of Musical Arts in composition from the University of Kentucky where he studied composition with Joseph Baber and aural skills pedagogy with Kate Covington. He has had master classes with composers Karel Husa, Norman Dello Joio, and Vaclav Nelhybel. Ayers maintains a full teaching schedule at Malone College in Canton, Ohio, where he serves as Professor of Music. In 2001, he was awarded the college's Distinguished Faculty Award for Scholarship/Creative Expression by his peers. He has received 15 awards from ASCAP, and grants from Meet the Composer and the American Music Center.

Kyle Baker 12/08
Skillful Productions
106 Kilkerry Way
Loveland OH 45140
skillfulproductions@gmail.com

Kyle Baker is a Masters student at Belmont University in Nashville, TN.

Charles Beck 07/2008
P.O. Box 71, 229 W. Main St.
Alexandria OH 43001
cbeck@swan-cross.com

Mikel Bell 8/07
Caldwell, ID
parngtheposer@yahoo.com
http://www.societyofcomposers.org/user/mikeld.bell.html

After spending twenty years as a church musician, performing and recording artist, private piano teacher, and recording studio owner/engineer, Mikel Bell returned to school to pursue a degree in Music Education. He is now in his senior year at Boise State University where he studies composition with Prof. J. Wallis Bratt, and plays percussion in the BSU Symphonic Winds under the direction of Prof. Marcellus Brown. Mikel will graduate in May, 2007 with a Bachelor of Music in Composition and a Basque Studies Minor.

He has received the Griff and Mary Bratt Music Composition Scholarship for three consecutive years, and commissions from the Marsing (Idaho) High School Band and Choir. His Piano Sonata No. 1 - "Nostalgia for the Children" has been performed by Dr. James Cook, music department chair at BSU, and by Magdalena Zimmerman, (B.M. Performance, Boise State, 2006). His arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner for Brass Ensemble was featured at the 2006 Boise State University commencement ceremonies, and was given special recognition by university president Robert Kustra. His original score is featured on a short film entitled Proserpine, produced by Born Mad Films. One of his compositions for treble choir, While the Lavenders Were Blooming, written for the Marsing High School Choir, has recently been published by Lighthouse Music Publications in Hensall, ON, Canada. He is also a member of the National Association of Composers/USA (NACUSA) and the American Composers Forum.

Katharine Birkett 1/07
2 Cable Court
Montville, NJ 07045

Stephen Blake 12/08
6610 Allott Ave.
Van Nuys CA 91401
SAshleyB@aol.com

Gerald Bouma 12/08
1501 Morningside Ave
Sioux City, IA 51106
bouma@morningside.edu

Dr. Gerald (Gerry) Bouma is Chair of the Department of Music at Morningside College. He joined the Morningside College faculty in the fall of 2003, moving here from St. Paul, Minnesota. Dr. Bouma grew up in Northwest Iowa (Orange City) and graduated from Northwestern College in Orange City. He earned both the Master of Music degree (Choral Conducting) and Doctor of Education degree (Instrumental Music Education) at Arizona State University in Tempe. Gerry began his teaching career at Unity Christian High in Orange City. He spent 16 years teaching and chairing the department of music at Dordt College, 10 years as department chair and director of choral activities at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California, and 8 years at Northwestern College in St. Paul where he served as Coordinator of Instrumental Activities, Director of Bands, and department chair. In all, Dr. Bouma has spent 42 years as a music educator. Dr. Bouma is also a church musician. He has served as choir director or minister of music at churches in Orange City;  Phoenix, Arizona; Santa Barbara, California; and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Bouma is currently the Chancel Choir Director at Grace United Methodist Church in Sioux City, Iowa. Dr. Bouma has written extensively in the areas of music education and church music. He regularly adjudicates and guest conducts festivals throughout the United

Allen Brings 12/08
199 Mountain Road
Wilton CT 06897-1526
miramusic@aol.com
www.amc.net/member/allen_brings/home.html

Don Bryson 12/08
3421 Elder Mtn. Road
Chattanooga TN 37419
preacher@gospelmailbox.org

Jerry Casey 12/08
330 Lamboure Ave
Worthington OH 43085
musiccasey@sbcglobal.net
www.jerrycaseymusic.com

David Caudill 12/08
662 Jake Eggers Road
Vilas NC 28692
doda62@skybest.com

Mark Chambers (12/08)
Westminster Reformed PCA
3488 Godwin Blvd.
Suffolk, VA 23434
 timothy.m.chambers@ua.edu
http://bama.ua.edu/~chamb037

Heeyoung Lydia Chang 12/08
707W Martin Luther King DR W
Apt. # 802E
Cincinnati, OH 45220
heeyoungyang@gmail.com

Heeyoung is a doctoral student in composition at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati

Robert Chastain 12/08
1221 SW 2nd Ave, apt. 162
Gainesville FL 32601
bobbychastain@hotmail.com

Sabang Cho 12/08
Gyeong-hee-gung Achim Officetel
#3-1219, Jongro-ku
Naesu-dong72
Seoul, KOREA
sabangcho@yahoo.com

Soo Jin Cho 12/08
1825 W.Lakeview Dr J.83
Johnson City TN 37601
pol04@hotmail.com

Soo Jin Cho (b.1977, Seoul Korea) earned her BM in Music Composition at Yonsei University (Korea). She continued her studies at Florida State University under the direction of Ladislav Kubik and received MM in Music Composition and continued to study at the doctoral level. While pursuing her degrees, she worked as gradate teaching assistant for undergraduate theory and aural skills courses, and in 2005, she was nominated for the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. Recently, she completed her dissertation, Road to Damascus for piano and orchestra and will graduate in spring 2008. Her compositions have been performed at the Festival of New Music (2005, 2007), New Music Ensemble Concert (2005) presented by Florida State University and also in several chamber recitals. She was a participant of CASMI (Czech-American Summer Music Institute) program held in Prague, in the year 2003. At present, she is a member of SCI (Society of Composers Inc) and CMS (College Music Society).

Da Jeong Choi 12/08
1005 West Hickory #W5
Denton TX 76201
dajeong.choi@yahoo.com
http://www.dajeongchoi.com

Da Jeong Choi was second place winner of Percussive Arts Society Composition Contest (2005) with Mons Montis (A Great Rock, 2005) for Multiple Percussion Solo with accompaniment CD, one of the highest academic honors The National Dean's List (2004) scholarship honor from Im Sik Kim Family Scholarship (2004), from Toulouse School of Graduate Studies, Graduate Fellowship from the University of North Texas (2007), Rutgers University and Dankook University prizes include honors from the Contemporary Composition Contest run by Joong-Ang Daily Newspaper (1st prize 1997), which is one of the greatest composition competitions in Korea, with Four Seasons for Fishermen (1996) for SATB Choir, and the composition contest for a Korean song run by MBC-Moon-Hwa Broadcast Company (Gold Prize 1994) with Fire (1994) for Baritone and Orchestra. Her works have appeared at such festivals as 4th Festival of the Society of Music Research (1997) with GASIRI (1997) for Soprano and Piano, 24th Pan Music Festival -ISCM in Korea (1996) with Delight Light (1996) for Woodwind Quintet, Pan-National Choir Festival (1995) with We Are All Sinners (1995) for SATB Choir, Seoul Music Festival (1995) with Direction (1995) for Chamber Music, and Pusan Music Festival (1995) with Sun (1995) for SATB Choir.

She was born in Seoul, South Korea and began conducting at the age of fourteen. She became interested in the expressive and creative possibilities of music and thus began to study composition. She has studied composition with Prof. Cindy Mc Tee and Prof. Joseph Klein in the DMA program at the University of North Texas and currently teaches at UNT as a teaching fellow. Different But One Body (2003) for Percussion Ensemble is published by KPP (Keyboard Percussion Publications) in Asbury Park, NJ. Also, Mons Montis (2005), A Great Rock for Multi percussion solo with the accompaniment CD is published by HoneyRock Publishing in Everett, PA. Lift up My Hands to You (2003/ revised (2005) for Four hands for Piano (Percussion arrangement by Peter J Saleh) published by KPP, Asbury Park, NJ soon. Recording Exploration of Time (2006) - CD Mons Montis (2005) included by HoneyRock Publishing.

David Clem (12/08)
dbclem07@gmail.com

Seth Colaner 7/07
contact@freighttrainmusic.net
www.freighttrainmusic.net

Seth Colaner (b.1982), an Ohio native, is currently completing a Master of Music degree in Composition at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  He has studied composition with Donald Busarow and Steven Winteregg at Wittenberg University (Summa Cum Laude) and currently studies with Mark Engebretson. Seth’s music includes works for voice, mixed ensembles, solo instruments, brass quintet, string quartet, electronic media, incidental music for the stage, orchestra, and opera. Current projects include a reworking of Adolphe Adam’s “Giselle” with dancer Duane Cyrus as well as commissions for vocal works, dance, and for tuba.

Carlos Colon 3/07
220 Chapman Rd.
Hewitt, TX 76643
wacomusic@aol.com

Carlos holds a B.M. in Piano Pedagogy from Belmont University and an M.M. from Baylor University, where he studied piano and composition. His wife, Susan, is a Professor of Great Texts at the Honors College at Baylor. They have twin-five year old girls, Monica and Elise.

Carson Cooman 1/07
386 Oakdale Drive
Rochester NY 14618-1131
carson@carsoncooman.com
http://www.carsoncooman.com

Heather Josselyn-Cranson 1/07
403 5th St.
Orange City, IA 51041
hjossely@nwciowa.edu

David Davies 2/08
915 NW 1st Ave. #H2402
Miami, FL 33136
davidhdavies1@juno.com

David graduated from Houghton College in 2001 with a Bachelor of Music in Piano and received his Master of Music in Composition from the University of Miami in May of 2003. He has served in various musical capacities in churches throughout New York and Florida and currently is the choir director and organist at the Key Biscayne Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Key Biscayne, FL. David and his wife, Carrie, live in Miami where he is working toward a DMA in Composition at the University of Miami and they are expecting their first child in September.

Ken Davies 12/08
1418 Louis Alexis Trail
Gautier, MS 39553
ken@kendavies.net
http://www.kendavies.net

Following ten years at Disney World as a performing trombonist with Gabriel’s Brass, Ken returned to school to complete two master’s degrees.  Finishing his M.A. in Trombone Performance at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN and an M.M. in Music Composition at the University of Colorado at Boulder, he returned to full-time composition. 

A commission to provide a choral/organ work for the American Guild of Organists Convention in Denver in 1998 set the stage for his God, The Artist Of Creation.  Who Will Separate Us (from the Love of God) and If You Will Serve Him were new additions to his vocal church music repertoire.  Ken’s Let All Mortal Flesh, Easter Call to Worship, Wedding Processional, Concert Piece for Brass Quintet and Organ and Quietudes for Organ (recorded in 2006 by organist Christopher Wicks of Oregon) have been widely performed.  A three-movement work for solo piano, Sapphire Kaleidoscope, had its premiere performance at the National Conference of the Society of Composers in Greensboro, NC. All music is published by Kenvad Music (ASCAP) with CD’s on the Pattisan label.  Soundclips, further details and new releases are available on his website at www.kendavies.net.  Ken also performs regularly with the Gulf Coast Brass Quintet and maintains an active studio teaching brass, keyboard and guitar.

Clive Davis 2/08
Berkshire School
245 North Undermountain Road
Sheffield MA 01257
cdavis@berkshireschool.org
clive_davis@ftml.net
http://www.geocities.com/clivedavis1

Robert Denham 12/08
7727 Friends Ave
Whittier CA 90602
robert.denham@biola.edu

A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Robert Denham holds a DMA in composition from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (CCM) where he studied with Michael Fiday, Joel Hoffman, and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon. His other degrees are from UCLA (MA Composition) where he studied with Roger Bourland, Ian Krouse, and the late Jerry Goldsmith, and Biola University (BM, Trumpet Performance). Dr. Denham managed the annual new music festival MusicX for four years, and currently teaches Theory and Composition at Biola University in La Mirada California. Denham’s music includes works of every genre and has been performed across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. He has won numerous competitions, including the Hvar International Composition Competition (Croatia), the CCM Philharmonia Composition Competition, the Gluck Brass Quintet Composition Competition, and was the 1998 recipient of the coveted Stanley Wilson Composer’s Award (UCLA). He has received annual awards from ASCAP since 2005. A member of ASCAP, CFAMC, and SCI, Denham's music is published by Falls House Press, GIA Publishing, Imagine Music Publishing, Pelican Music Publishing, and Tuba Euphonium Press.

Jennifer Edmondson 12/08
219 Crystal St., Apt. 108
Ames IA 50010
jedmond@iastate.edu

Paul Ellsworth 12/08
14139 Hidden Spring Lane
Morgan Hill CA 95037
paulewog@gmail.com

Paul is a student at The Master's College in Santa Clarita, CA, graduating in May 2008 with a B.M. in composition.

Stephen Emmons 12/08
5814 Berkley Rd.
San Angelo TX 76901
semmons@angelo.edu
http://www.angelo.edu/dept/artmusic/Faculty/Stephen_Emmons.htm

Frank Felice (Board Member)  12/08
2040 Landmark Dr.
Apt. 809
Indianapolis IN 46260
ffelice@butler.edu (or)
pastatech@comcast.net

Frank Felice began his musical studies in Hamilton, Montana, playing piano, guitar and double bass. Interest in composition began through participation with a number of rock bands, one of which, Graffiti, toured the western United States and the Far East in 1986-1987. Frank attended Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, the University of Colorado, and Butler University, studying with Michael Schelle, Daniel Breedon, Luiz Gonzalez, and James Day. Most recently he has studied with Dominick Argento and Judith Lang Zaimont at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, where he completed a Ph.D in 1997.

Recently appointed composer in residence with the Symphony of Southeast Texas, he served as composer in residence for Eastern Wyoming College, and as composer in residence for the Wyoming Council on the Arts from 1988-1990. During his tenure there he taught in the public schools, as well as lecturing and writing for many of the ensembles in residence. A composer of many styles and genre, he has been performed extensively in the U.S. as well as the United Kingdom. Commissions include funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, Wyoming State Arts Board, Indianapolis Youth Symphony, Kappa Kappa Psi/Tau Beta Sigma and the Minneapolis Vocal Consort as well as many private commissions. Frank is a member of the University of Minnesota Composer's Alliance, the American Composers Forum, and the American Music Center. In addition to musical interests, Frank pursues his creative muse through painting, poetry, cooking, paleontolgy, theology, philosophy and basketball. He currently teaches music theory and composition at Butler University, and has also served on the faculty of Beaumont University.

Information about obtaining performance materials should be directed to the composer directly.

Benjamin Fraley 5/08
Ars Deum Percussion Duo
Born of Fire Publications, LLC
28 Lincoln Dr.
N. Smithfield, RI 02896
bornoffire@bornoffire.info
www.bornoffire.info

The Ars Deum Percussion Duo includes percussionists and friends Ned Smith and Benjamin Fraley. Established in the summer of 2006, the Ars Deum Duo was created in order to expose communities not only to new percussion music, but percussion music that is inspired by the Holy Word. The formation of the duo also spawned the creation of Born of Fire Publications, a print music publishing company run by the Ars Deum Duo. Ned and Ben's deep commitments to their faith and love for playing percussion are the seed for their missions. Ned and Ben both recieved musical degrees at the Hartt School, University of Hartford ('07). The Ars Deum Percussion Duo Mission: To expose communities and musicians to percussion music that is inspired by the Holy Word of God. The Ars Deum Percussion Duo will spread the Gospel, the importance of arts in our communities, and perform percussion music inspired by God with technique, integrity, and musicality.

Mark L. Francis 1/07
499 Pear Orchard Road
Apt # D-16
Ridgelandm MS 39157

James Geiger 3/2008
102 Camelot Drive
Dublin GA 31021
jgeiger77@yahoo.com

Greg Glancey 5/07
21897 Shenandoah Drive
Lake Forest CA 92630
gglancey@vanguard.edu

Greg Glancey received his Ph.D. in composition at Stony Brook University in New York. Currently Greg lives in Southern California with his wife and daughter and chairs the music theory and composition program at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, CA. He is also the assistant chair of the music department and director of the music technology lab and guitar program.

Warren Gooch 12/08
3009 E. Illinois St.
Kirksville MO 63501
wgooch@truman.edu

Warren Gooch began composing as soon as he was old enough to sit on a bench and reach the keys on his family’s piano.  He earned a Bachelors Degree in Music Education from the College of St. Scholastica in 1975, a Masters Degree from the University of Minnesota-Duluth in 1982 and completed his doctorate in composition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1988. Gooch’s music has been performed widely throughout North America and around the world.  He is recipient of over thirty composition awards and paid commissions, and has approximately thirty published works to date.  His music has received recognition from the National Federation of Music Clubs, American Choral Directors Association, International Trumpet Guild, Percussive Arts Society, Minnesota Orchestra, World Saxophone Congress and a number of other cultural organizations.  Clockwork for orchestra has been professionally recorded by the Slovak Radio Orchestra. Currently, Gooch is Chair of the Theory-Composition area and co-directs the music graduate program at Truman State University (Missouri, USA).  He resides in Missouri with his wife Colleen, son Jonathan, and a houseful of unusual cold-blooded pets.

Dwight Gustafson 12/08
111 Stadium View Drive
Greenville SC 29609
dgustafs@bju.edu

Daniel Haag 8/08
133 Leonainie Court
Greenfield, IN 46140
dehaag@insightbb.com
danhaag@easternhancock.org

Dan Haag is a Christian who earnestly longs to see God glorified through the best in art music. Currently, he teaches instrumental music at Eastern Hancock High School and Middle School in Charlottesville, Indiana. He received a bachelor of music education degree from Ball State University and is working toward a masters degree in music theory from Butler University. He is passionate about writing music that both makes the glory of God apparent and demonstrates the intricacies of His creation. His orchestral piece entitled, "Peace in Quiet," which was inspired by the need for spiritually and mentally restorative rest and meditation is available through JOMAR Press, Inc. at www.jomarpress.com.

N. Lincoln Hanks (12/08)
24556 Via De Casa
Malibu CA 90265
nlh@nlincolnhanks.com
http://seaver.pepperdine.edu/finearts/facultystaff/faculty.htm

David Hanner 12/08
73 Trinity Place
Buffalo, NY 14201
dbhanner@buffalo.edu

David Hanner, American composer, born in Karlsruhe, Germany to a musical family: his father was an opera singer originally from the United States, his mother a German pianist who gave Hanner his first music lessons. He continued his piano studies with Erich Appel at the Meistersinger-Konservatorium in Nürnberg and Sebastian Benda at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz, Austria. In 1989 Hanner began to focus primarily on composition, studying at the Universität with Andrzej Dobrowolski, Beat Furrer, and Younghi Pagh-Paan. He has since received awards from the City of Graz and State of Austria, served as composer-in-residence at Stift St. Lambrecht in Austria, and taught in Austria, Northern Cyprus, and Hawaii. His music has been performed by such ensembles as Contrastrio, Ensemble Aventure, Ensemble SurPlus, Klangforum Wien, and Szene Instrumental, and at festivals including Festival Opatija (Croatia), Wiener Hörgänge (Austria), Bludenzer Tage Zeitgemäßer Musik (Austria),the Musikprotokoll of the Styrian Autumn Festival, and June in Buffalo (US). In 2004 he enrolled in the doctoral program in composition at the University at Buffalo in New York.

AJ Harbison 12/08
1215 Via Antibes
Redlands CA 92374
ajharbison@gmail.com

AJ Harbison is a composer currently living and working in southern California. He graduated in May 2007 from California State University, Fullerton with a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition. His senior composition recital, produced in April 2007, included five pieces and utilized 30 performers. Among his most recent works are Incidental Music for A Night Sky (large ensemble, 2007), I Am Phoenix (song cycle for two sopranos and guitar on poems by Paul Fleischman, 2006), P.S.Q. (string quartet, 2006) and Duo Seraphim Clamabant (unaccompanied men's chorus, 2005).

J T Harding 12/08
Flat 8/2
6 Dundasvale Ct
Cowcaddens, Glasgow
G4 0DG UK
gurdygroan@gmail.com

Joel Harding was born in 1986 in Bedfordshire, England. He grew up in Rochdale, north of Manchester. He started off playing the trumpet at the age 7, and started writing music at around 13. He studied composition at the Junior School of the Royal Northern College of Music for 2 years, under Andrew Keeling. He then moved to do his Bachelor course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, studying under John Maxwell Geddes and Colin Broom. He has graduated and is currently working in a music shop while continuing to write in his spare time. He is also a founding member, performer and organiser of the upcoming contemporary music group Ensemble Thing.

Jason A Heald 12/08
Call of the Wild Publishing
2242 NW Esquire Dr
Roseburg OR 97470
jason.heald@umpqua.edu
www.callofthewildpub.com

Brandon Hendrix 12/08
9417 Great Hills Trl
Austin, TX 78759
brandonh72@hotmail.com

Brandon Hendrix received his Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from Southeastern Oklahoma State University and his Master of Music degree in composition from the University of Oklahoma. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent performance venues include Arizona State University (Tempe), Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro), Clarke College (Dubuque, IA), Central Missouri State University (Warrensburg), Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, TX), and Queens College (New York). His Fanfare (brass quintet) can be heard as the theme music for the weekly broadcast of “Music from UT,” a radio program on KMFA Classical FM in Austin, Texas. In 2007, he was awarded a grant from the John Anson Kittredge Educational Fund. He currently serves as assistant editor of the bimonthly newsletter for the Society of Composers, Inc.

Ronald Hess 12/08
8172 Silo Road
Severn MD 21144
rhess@mitre.org

After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Quantitative Business Analysis from Penn State, Ron began a full-time, 20-year career working to improve the operation of the United States Government. Outside of work, Ron pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Composition from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and a Master of Music Degree in Music Composition from the University of Maryland at College Park. Ron's primary composition and theory teachers include Mark Wilson, Thomas DeLio, and Stuart Saunders Smith. Ron and his wife, Becky, have four children (ages new born through nine). Family is all important! Ron and his family live in Severn, MD.

Mark Hijleh (President and Treasurer) 12/08
School of Music
Houghton College
Houghton, NY 14744
mark.hijleh@houghton.edu
http://www.markhijleh.com

Mark Hijleh holds a doctoral degree in composition from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, a master's degree in conducting and composition from the Ithaca College School of Music, and a bachelor's degree in composition from William Jewell College. His teachers included such noted artists as Karel Husa, Morris Moshe Cotel, Barney Childs, James Mobberly, and Thomas Benjamin. Dr. Hijleh has received composition awards from NATS, Kappa Gamma Psi, T.U.B.A., Loyola College of Maryland, and ASCAP. His works have been performed professionally by the Rochester and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestras, the Janus Orchestra, the Liberty Symphony Orchestra, the Bach Ensemble of Baltimore, at Washington's Kennedy Center, ResMusicAmerica in Baltimore, and Oxford University, and by major ensembles of the Peabody Conservatory, Ithaca College, Houghton College, and William Jewell College.

Mark Hijleh lives with his wife, soprano Kelley Ruth, daughter Hannah, and son Noah in Houghton, New York, where he serves as Professor of Composition and Conducting at the Houghton College School of Music.

Sondra Hijleh 12/08
203 Johnston Parkway
Raymore MO 64083
shijleh@earthlink.net

Barbara Holm 12/08
5101 44th Ave. S.
Minneapolis MN 55417
barb@legacyensemble.com
www.HolmLegacyPublishing.com

Stephen Hoyle 12/08
15007 Bridgeport Drive
Dumfries, VA 22025
compozer@juno.com

Warner Hutchison 12/08
5415 Royal Drive
Albuquerque NM 87111
whcomposer@comcast.net
http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/music/musiwahu.html

Jeremy Irish 12/08
655 Lisburn Rd.
Belfast BT9 7GT
UK
jeremyirish@earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~jeremyirish/

Austin Jaquith 12/08
100 E Miller Dr #70
Bloomington, IN 47401
ajaquith@indiana.edu

Austin is a DM student in composition at Indiana University.

Lynn Job 1/07
516 W. Oak St., #22
Denton TX 76201-9070
director@buckthornstudios.com
http://www.buckthornstudios.com

Donivan Johnson 12/08
Selkirk School District
10372 Highway 31
Ione WA 99139
djohnson@selkirk.k12.wa.us

Donivan Johnson received his Master of Arts in Composition from California State University, Northridge. He serves as the only K-12 music instructor for the Selkirk School District. For his dedication to students, Johnson is listed in Who's Who Among American Teachers. In 2001, Selkirk was designated as "One of the 100 Best Communities for Music Education in America." The Selkirk music program was featured on "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered" for National Public Radio. As a composer, Johnson's cantata "Arise, My Love" received its premiere in Basel, Switzerland in 1999. His "Lindisfarne Ground" for piano and unpitched bells was selected for performance at the SCI Region VI conference (Texas) in 2005. And his children's piano piece "Kinderstuck Nach Webern: Laughing Man" received its premiere in 2005 in San Francisco. Johnson has been invited to present his original research on and his unique approach to the music of Anton Webern (1883-1945) and Helmut Lachenmann (1935 - ) a number of times: at national and regional SCI conferences, national CFAMC conference, Southwest Contemporary Music Festival and conference, and at Whitworth College, where he delivers the annual Hans Moldenhauer Memorial Lecture. The Moldenhaur Lecture Series was inaugurated by Johnson in 1994 to focus on contemporary music and its place in society and music education.

Kurt Kaiser 12/08
4910 Brooks Dr.
Waco TX 76710
kkaiser@kurtkaiser.com
www.kurtkaiser.com

Kurt Kaiser, who studied at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago and earned two degrees from Northwestern University, has more than 200 copyrighted songs to his name. He joined Word, Inc., in 1959 as Director of Artists and repertoire and later became vice president and director of music for Word. Kurt has arranged and produced albums for many gifted artists, among them Kathleen Battle, Diane Bish, Ernie Ford, Hale & Wilder, Larnelle Harris, Jerome Hines, Burl Ives, Ken Medema, Stephen Nielson, Christopher Parkening, George Beverly Shea, Joni Eareckson Tada, Ethel Waters, Anne Martindale Williams. In 1992 Kaiser was awarded a special Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers for his contributions to the Christian music industry. He received an Honorary Doctor of Sacred Music degree from Trinity College in Illinois and an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Baylor University. In 2001 Kurt was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Christian Booksellers Association honored Kaiser by placing him in the Hall of Honor. The Faithfulness in Service Award was presented to him in 2003. Kurt Kaiser has appeared in concerts with George Beverly Shea for over thirty years. In addition, he conducts choral workshops and performs solo concerts. Kaiser has recorded sixteen solo albums at the piano. He received a Dove award for his piano album, "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs," on the Sparrow label.

Patrick Kavanaugh (Executive Committee) 05/07
CPAF
P.O. Box 700
Winona Lake IN 46590
cpaf@christianperformingart.org
www.christianperformingart.org

Brandon Kreuze 12/08
Department of Music
Covenant College
14049 Scenic Highway
Lookout Mountain, GA 30750
bkreuze@music.org
www.myspace.com/brandonrkreuze

Timothy Kucij 12/08
2711 Westfield Place
Claremont CA 91711
tkucij@ca.rr.com
www.timkucij.com

Tim M. Kucij is an engineer, minister and musician. He earned his BA in Music (specializing in piano and composition) from the California State Polytechnic University (Cal Poly) at Pomona in 1978. In addition, Tim studied through the Sherwood Music Conservatory of Chicago and under numerous distinguished organ, piano, conducting and composition teachers and artists in Los Angeles and Minneapolis. He also holds a MA degree in Biblical Studies. Tim has over 25 years experience in quality systems engineering and management. He is also active in the preaching, teaching and music ministries at his local church. Tim is a nationally recognized composer and pianist having composed scores of piano solos in various styles. He has concertized extensively and has released two CDs (A Place Somewhere and LifeSongs; read reviews here) of his music to date. His music (score books and recordings) is housed in many of the nation's libraries. Tim holds membership in The American Society for Quality, The American Composer's Forum, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), The American Symphony Orchestra League and The Creation Research Society. In 1989 he was named Distinguished Alumnus by Cal Poly Pomona. He is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.

Nancy Lamka 1/07
PO Box 163
Beaverton OR 97075
stepstojoy_musicnotes@yahoo.com
http://www.stepstojoy.com

Frank La Rocca (Board Member) 12/08
3136 Birdsall Ave.
Oakland CA 94619
compozor@mac.com
www.franklarocca.com

FRANK LA ROCCA (b. 1951, Newark, New Jersey) earned his B.A. in Music from Yale University, and the M.A. and Ph.D in composition from the University of California at Berkeley. Mr. LaRocca has been a leading figure in the San Francisco Bay Area new music scene as a founding member and Artistic Director of COMPOSERS, INC. as well as in his work as a composer and teacher. Since my 1998 choral work "Exaudi," all my music has been settings of sacred texts or has been focussed on the contemplation of God's grace and mercy. Like most composers, I have often thought about the significance (if any) of my work. Though all too often this question is still framed in terms of my own status as a composer in the world at large, I pray that I can more consistently keep the focus on Him from whom all creation and creativity flows.

Tony K.T. Leung 12/08
A7-1390 Major Mackenzie Dr. E.
Suite 108
Richmond Hill, Ontario, L4S 0A1
Canada
www.composer.net (visit this web page to send email)

Sarah Majorins 02/08
5544 Cavitt Stallman Rd.
Granite Bay, CA 95746
Sarah@valleysprings.org

Aaron Malone 12/08
P.O. Box 100
Leonardtown MD 20650
redprieste@gmail.com

Deeann Mathews 1/07
1432 Hayes Street
San Fransisco CA 94117-1426
d_mathews60@yahoo.com

David Messer 9/07
19 W. Central Ave.
Maywood NJ 07607-1101
djm575@aol.com
www.davidmesser.net

David Messer has been a church musician for 46 years, serving variously as organist, choral director and minister of music.  His initial training was at the Birmingham-Southern Conservatory of Music and currently he is pursuing a master's degree in composition at the Julliard School of Music. Though his compositional efforts have centered upon the Church, he has also written a great deal of secular chamber music.

Jan Mittelstaedt (Executive Committee) 12/08
4485 NW 187th Ave.
Portland OR 97229
janrm@att.net
http://www.sintsink.com

Allen Molineux 12/08
543 Willing Lakes Court
Orangeburg SC 29118
amolineux@claflin.edu

Matthew Monticchio 2/08
Wheatland Church
1125 Columbia Ave.
Lancaster, PA 17603
monticchio@verizon.net
www.MatthewMonticchio.com

Matthew Monticchio earned a degree in music from West Chester University in 1997, studying piano with Timothy Blair and composition with Robert Maggio. His teachers at Peabody Conservatory, where he earned a masters in composition in 2001, were Morris Cotel and Christopher Theofanidis. Matthew serves as director of music at Wheatland Presbyterian Church, directing and composing for the choir and various other ensembles. During his time as music director, Matthew formed his sacred music label and publishing company Pageant Music. He has written numerous arrangements and original sacred pieces for use in services. He has also composed many spiritual songs for use in worship services, many of which can be heard on the new Pageant Music release Angels, Trees and Flowers. In 1998 Matt and two fellow composers, Ron Thomas and David Thomas began annual concerts of new music under the auspices of LesThree (or Les3). Matt has also recently established a new music group with fellow Lancaster, PA composers Simon Andrews and Rusty Banks which seeks to encourage the performance of new music in the Central Pennsylvania area. Matt also works as a freelance jazz pianist leading various ensembles. He and his wife Rebecca, and their two daughters, live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In addition to private teaching, Matt also teaches theory at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, MD.

Lawrence Mumford 12/08
15 Cortona
Irvine, CA 92614
drtunz@sbcglobal.net
lmumford@vanguard.edu

Lawrence Mumford (D.M.A., University of Southern California) is an ASCAP composer with music published by 7 different companies. His catalogue includes works for orchestra, chamber groups, choral, film, and song. Two of his original orchestral themes play daily on Christian radio stations in many cities nationwide; he has received symphonic performances in several states; and he has had a song included on a Billboard number 1 album. He taught theory, composition, and other music courses from 1992 to 2004 at The Master's College, and since then has taught at Vanguard University.

Ryan Nyberg 12/08
755 W Bullard Ave
Clovis CA 93612
radarnyberg@yahoo.com

Ryan T. Nyberg is a recently-graduated, freelance professional musician from Fresno, California. He writes original music for soloist, choir, orchestra, and small and medium ensembles. He also composes for student films and promotional videos, as well as working as an arranger, orchestrator, and copyist. He performs flute and piano around town and across the state, and conducts orchestras and choirs throughout Fresno. He has been involved in several ministries over the years, but most of his time is spent playing flute, piano, and drums in his church worship team, as well as directing rehearsals, and arranging music for the orchestra, and he is also a member of the Board of Trustees for his church. Ryan received his MA degree in Music with a major in Composition from California State University, Fresno, where he was a Graduate Dean’s Medal nominee in 2007. As a graduate student, he worked with an interdisciplinary research group researching pitch perception in dyadic conversations, and helped plan the inaugural Fresno State New Music Festival. For his thesis project, he put on a recital of original music, which included a performance of his Concerto No.1 “Forester Pass” for piano and orchestra, featuring his sister, Tiffany D.K. Nyberg, as soloist. He received his BA in Music from the Thornton School of Music at University of Southern California, where he graduated cum laude, and received the Student Leadership Award for his work in the Concert Choir. Before that he received Associates degrees from Fresno City College in Music with an emphasis in Piano and in Business Administration, where he graduated with highest honors. His composition teachers include Kenneth Froelich, Howard Yermish, and Robert Nielsen. A native of Fresno, he was homeschooled K-12.

Glen Olsen 12/08
52 Lincoln Avenue
Livingston, NJ 07039
olsenglen@aol.com
golsen@drew.edu

Dr. Olsen is a worship artist in music who studied composition with Libby Larson and currently studies with Paul Jordan at the American Conservatory of Music.

Mavis Pan 12/08
2812 Ave. W
Brooklyn NY 11229
mavispan@gmail.com

Mavis Pan, the Music Director and composer-in-residence at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, was born in Taiwan and emigrated to Brooklyn, New York with her parents at the age of seventeen. She majored in jazz piano performance at New York University and earned a Master's Degree in Music & Music Education at Columbia University. She won finalist of the YPMP-CACA piano competition and has performed in such venues as Lincoln Center, State Theater andShea Stadium. She is also the co-founder and conductor of Manhattan Chinese Christian Chorale. A composer, pianist, conductor, soprano, and dancer, Ms. Pan has written and performed her own choral originals, jazz originals and arrangements, chamber music, and solo instrumental and vocal works. Ms. Pan studies composition with Dr. Mark Stambaugh of the Manhattan School of Music and is also currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Urban Ministry from Westminster Theological Seminary. Ms. Pan's recent choral work "A Christmas Carol" has been selected as a winning award in the "Holiday CD" Album by ERM media. This album recorded by Kiev Philharmonic will be released and broadcast in November 2006 throughout all major outlets in U.S.A and Europe.

Greg Pascuzzi (12/08)
1225 River Bay Rd.
Annapolis MD 21401
skootchman@aol.com

Steven Paxton  8/07
Director, Contemporary Music Program
College of Santa Fe
1600 St. Michael's Drive
Santa Fe NM 87505
spaxton@csf.edu

Ernesto Pellegrini 12/08
603 N. Alden Rd.
Muncie IN 47304
e.p.pellegrini2391@att.net

Patrick Peringer 3/08
63 Foxgate Circle West
Bowling Green, OH 43402
patrick.peringer@gmail.com

Daniel Pinkston 7/07
Simpson College
2211 College View Drive
Redding CA 96003
danandlorip@yahoo.com

Richard Pressley 02/08
6829 Ranchitos Drive
Acton, CA 93510
pres0089@tc.umn.edu

John Richard 12/08
101 Sandstone Creek Dr., #3
Grand Ledge MI 48837
richa299@msu.edu
www.msu.edu/~richa299

Denise Rippentrop 12/08
Beautiful Star Publishing
4040 W. 70th St.
Minneapolis MN 55435
beautifulstarmusic@msn.com
www.beautifulstar.com

Sun Mi Ro 7/07
School of Music
Houghton College
Houghton NY 14744
slcclara@yahoo.com

Donald Sanborn III 12/08
1174 Bear Tavern Rd.
Titusville NJ 08560
don3comp@comcast.net
www.myspace.com/don3comp

Don Sanborn holds the MA degree in composition from New York University, where he studied with Steven Rosenhaus. His solo organ and choral works have been performed by members of the American Guild of Organists in worship and concert settings.

Andrew Sauerwein (Secretary) 12/08
1815 Myrtle St.
Jackson MS 39202
asauerwein@belhaven.edu

Walter Saul (12/08)
4926 E. Townsend Ave.
Fresno CA 93727-5007
waltersaul@sbcglobal.net

Greg Scheer (Vice President)  01/08
Minister of Worship, Church of the Servant
3835 Burton St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
greg@gregscheer.com
http://www.gregscheer.com

Greg Scheer has written over 300 compositions and arrangements, some of which are published by Augsburg Fortress, Worship Today and Faith Alive. In 2006, the Linn-Mar High School String Orchestra in Iowa premiered the commissioned piece, "5." In 2001, he was commissioned by Northwestern College to compose a piece for choir, organ, brass and percussion. His electronic piece, "Crossfade," was included on the 2001 CD ...from everlasting to everlasting... In 1998 he was commissioned by the Chagall String Quartet, which resulted in the piece "6" which was featured on WQED in Pittsburgh and was also a winning composition in the 2000 Southeastern Composers' Symposium. His setting of Psalm 98, "Sing to the Lord a New Song," won the 1999 Conference on Liturgy and Music's Composition Competition. In 1993 he received an MA in composition and theory from the University of Pittsburgh. Since then he has served at Bellefield Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, Wildwood Presbyterian Church in Tallahassee, and Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. At present he, his wife Amy, and their sons Simon and Theo live in Grand Rapids, Michigan where Greg is Minister of Worship at Church of the Servant and Music Associate at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.

Adam Sovkoplas 1/07
2500 Alumni Drive #13104
Lexington, KY 40517
A.Sovkoplas@uky.edu
http://www.societyofcomposers.org/user/adamsovkoplas.html

Adam Sovkoplas was born in Brownsville, Texas, on January 16, 1982. He holds a BA in Music from the University of Texas at Brownsville where he studied composition with pianist/composer Richard Urbis and a MM in Composition from Sam Houston State University where he studied with pianist/composer Dr. Trent Hanna. Sovkoplas has won an Alpha Chi Alfred H. Nolle Scholarship (2003) for An American Elegy, the Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers scholarship (2005), the 2nd Annual SHSU Phi Mu Alpha/Fisher Tull Composition Contest (2005) for Quartet No. 1: Berg, and the CMS South Central Chapter Outstanding Student Composer Award (2006) for Time. Train Racer was programmed on the 60x60 (2005/Midwest Minutes) concert series and has received performances in Illinois, Missouri, and Minnesota. Sovkoplas is currently working on his DMA at the University of Kentucky in Lexington under the instruction of Mr. Joe Baber. In 2007, Sovkoplas founded the Central Kentucky Chapter of the Society of Composers, Inc.

Margaret Collins Stoop 12/08
115 Sleepy Hollow Rd
Ridgefield CT 06877
megcollins@stoop.org
www.adessochoralsociety.com
www.societyofcomposers.org/user/margaretcollinsstoop.html

Brian Sykes 12/08
7900 Johnson Dr. Box 482
Knoxville TN 37998
bsykes1204@yahoo.com

I am a 25-year-old music student at Johnson Bible College in Knoxville, TN, with a passion for composition and plans to get a masters in music composition. At this point I am doing all I can to study, learn and practice the art. I am glad that I can be a part of this fellowship.

William Vollinger (Executive Committee) 12/08
21 Ruckman Road
Woodcliff Lake NJ 07677
williamvollinger@aol.com
http://hometown.aol.com/williamvollinger/mainpage.html

William Vollinger has had numerous works performed by the Greg Smith Singers and other New York-based choral groups. The Long Island Chamber Ensemble's performance of his More than Conquerors (recorded on Grenadilla Records) was described by N.Y. Times music critic Howard Klein as "a thought-provoking and moving new vocal work...in the best tradition of inspirational music." His music is published by Heritage Music Press, Lawson-Gould, and others. A graduate of the Manhatten School of Music, William is Director of Vocal Music at the Pocantico Hills School in Westchester NY.

Benjamin Williams 12/08
benjamin@williamscomposer.com
www.williamscomposer.com

Benjamin Williams is a doctoral student at The Ohio State University School of Music pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition. He is married to violinist Emily Williams. Williams has had performances by The Akron New Music Ensemble, The University of Akron Chamber Choir, and The Cleveland Chamber Symphony under the direction of Dr. Daniel McCarthy. He has also had performances at the American New Arts Festival, Akron New Music Festival, and The Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference. Recent performances include the SCI Region VI Conference and the University of Nebraska New Music Festival. Williams was also the National Federation of Music Clubs recipient of the 2006 ASCAP/Victor Herbert 2nd place Award.

Donald M. Wilson (Executive Committee) 12/08
550 West Wooster Street
Bowling Green OH 43402-2708
dwilson@bgnet.bgsu.edu
http://www.dmwilson.com

A native of Chicago, Donald M. Wilson studied composition with Karel Husa and Robert Palmer at Cornell University and with Gunther Schuller at the Berkshire Music Center (Tanglewood). In 1965 Wilson became the first music director of the educational FM station in Philadelphia now known as WHYY-FM. Now a professor emeritus at Bowling Green State University, Wilson joined the BGSU music faculty in 1967, taught music theory, analysis and composition for 31 years and chaired the Music Composition/History Department for two four-year terms (1973-77; 1994-98). From 1983 to 1995 Wilson produced over 80 one-hour programs in the annual "New Music Festival" radio series for national distribution. Since 1967 Wilson has been a member of the American Composers Alliance and since 1995 a member of the Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers. In 1998 he was elected to the latter organization's Board of Directors.

Steve Winteregg 12/08
6998 Monte Carlo Way
Dayton OH 45424
winteregg@cedarville.edu
http://people.cedarville.edu/employee/winteregg

Marc Wooldridge 12/08
Music Department
Indiana Wesleyan University
4201 S Washington Street
Marion IN 46953
marc.wooldridge@indwes.edu
http://www.multimediapercussion.com

Dr. Marc Wooldridge serves as Director of Percussion Activities at Indiana
Wesleyan University in addition to teaching courses in music theory and
composition. He has performed and presented for a variety of notable
organizations such as the Lincoln Center Institute, the Percussive Arts
Society, and the Charles Ives Center for New Music. He was a founding member
of the Maelstrom Percussion Ensemble, a group whose artistic excellence was
recognized through a prestigious three-year Residency Grant from Chamber
Music America. His solo touring recital<Journeys: Multimedia
Percussion<combines live percussion with recorded electronic sounds, visual
art and film. This innovative program has been presented at colleges, high
schools, and PAS Day of Percussion events throughout the US.

As a composer, Dr. Wooldridge has written thirteen works for percussion
including Diamond Hill, a marimba duo published by Honey Rock. In 2003, he
began a commissioning project that has enabled him to premiere eight solo
percussion works and two marimba concerti. Wooldridge was selected for
inclusion on the touring rosters of the Mid-American Arts Alliance and the
Iowa Arts Council and has served as Percussionist and Assistant Timpanist
with the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra. He also served for five years as
President of the Iowa Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society during which
time he hosted two statewide percussion festivals. Wooldridge also serves as
a member of the Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers and is active as
a board member with the Iowa Composers Forum.