Keyboard Featured Composer

Michael Burkhardt: Featured Sacred Composer

This month we got to know composer Michael Burkhardt, who is particularly known for his skill as an organist, choral clinician, hymn festival leader, and for his creative work with children. How did you first become involved with music? I became first involved with music when my grandmother, a self-trained church organist, taught me toContinue reading “Michael Burkhardt: Featured Sacred Composer”

James Biery Interview | Featured Sacred Composer

This month we spent some time getting to know composer and music minister James Biery. How did you first become involved with music, and what drew you to composition? I was fascinated by music from an early age, starting piano lessons at age seven and then organ at eleven. As a teenager, I discovered thatContinue reading “James Biery Interview | Featured Sacred Composer”

K. Lee Scott Interview | Featured Sacred Composer

This month we interviewed K. Lee Scott, a composer known for his extensive collection of original choral works and his Alabama roots. How did you first become involved with music, and what drew you to composition? I started music lessons when my father received a piano from a gentleman who offered it as partial paymentContinue reading “K. Lee Scott Interview | Featured Sacred Composer”

Neil Harmon: Featured Sacred Composer

This month we’re featuring composer Neil Harmon! Acclaimed as “one of the finest products of the American organist school,” [La Nuova Venezia] Neil Harmon enjoys a career as organist, conductor, composer, and teacher. He is Director of Music and Organist at Grace United Methodist Church in Wilmington, Delaware, where he directs a semiprofessional choir, aContinue reading “Neil Harmon: Featured Sacred Composer”

Robert Lau: Keyboard Composer of the Month

“Erase the notes you don’t need.” Robert Lau talks to us about life as a composer. How did you get involved with music, and what drew you to composing? I began violin lessons at the age of seven. Interest in other instruments soon followed, so that by my high school years I played violin inContinue reading “Robert Lau: Keyboard Composer of the Month”