He received a bachelor of music in organ performance from Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama where he was a student of Sam Batt Owens. In 1967 he obtained a master of music degree from Ohio State University. It was around that time he started to compose music and made his entry into the publishing world in 1973 with his first anthem. He has been developing and refining his style ever since. His compositional tasks are usually inspired by concrete situations.
Practical situations produce practical music.
Our church has been enjoying the fruit of those labors ever since the first chanter intoned the first versicle through Johann Sebastian Bach and his successors. There is strong evidence that the tradition continues and is being aided by the works of Randy Currie. For Job Opportunities at GIA, click here.