Dr. David Music is professor emeritus of church music at Baylor University, where he taught from 2002–2020. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he was the graduate program director in the School of Music from 2003–2012, and director of the annual Baylor Sacred Harp sing. Prior to his tenure at Baylor, Music taught on the faculty of the School of Church Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. From 1980 to 1990, he was a member of the music faculty at California Baptist College, Riverside, California. He also served as full-time Minister of Music at Highland Heights Baptist Church, Memphis, Tenessee. He is a graduate of Southwestern Baptist Seminary and California Baptist College. Music is the author of numerous publications including most recently Repeat the Sounding Joy: Reflections on Hymns by Isaac Watts (2020). His published compositions and arrangements include anthems, service music, hymn texts and tunes, music for recorders, and music for handbells.
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