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SINGGGG!!!!
It's time to sing, play and make a joyful noise to the Lord! Use
your God-given talent to lead the singing of psalms, liturgy and hymns,
to sing or play solos, and to sing in choir.
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WELCOME TO OUR NEW MINISTER OF MUSIC BEGINNING JANUARY 2009
Dean Poulsen, BA, MA, Minister of Music
Dean earned his MA from Wesleyan University. He attended Westminster
Choir College, and has taken courses on conducting, youth choirs, festival
anthems for the church year and Gregorian Chant, has served as organist/choir
director of the Westminster First Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth NJ; organist/choir
director Faith Lutheran Church, Dayton, N.J and as organist at Simpson
United Methodist Church, Old Bridge, N.J. He has taught Jazz improvisation
and jazz piano at Westminster Conservatory Princeton, NJ and has taught
Balinese gamelan there every summer for eight years. He recently retired
from Reilly Middle School Performing Arts program in Elizabeth, N.J., where
he taught piano and music technology, accompanied the choirs and orchestra.
He has directed the concert and jazz bands at the gifted and talented program
for thirty three years. His own compositions have been performed on the
Recent Works series at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. He teaches
piano and studies vocal and tabla at Swarsaagar Classical Indian Music
school in Edison NJ., and teaches a course on Understanding and Appreciating
Jazz for Rutgers School of Continuing Education.
Thanks to all who currently make a joyful noise to the Lord and to
those who will join us this year! We need and appreciate you!
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