Jeremy
J. Bankson
Jeremy
J. Bankson is the Associate Director of Music at Trinity English
Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He directs the Junior Choir,
Handbell Choirs, and is the Associate Director for the Chancel
and Youth Choir. Additionally Jeremy administers the K-6 Children's
Enrichment Program and serves as one of two parish organists.
In addition to his duties at Trinity, Jeremy teaches privately
and is an Associate Faculty member at Indiana-Purdue University
in Fort Wayne.
Jeremy
is active as a composer and arranger and is published with Morningstar
Music Publishers and Augsburg Fortress Press. He has led hymn
festivals, workshops, and worship services for the American Guild
of Organists, and Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. Some
of Jeremy's work can be heard on the Compact Disc "Sing With All
the Saints in Glory" A live recording of a hymn festival featuring
the choirs of Trinity English Lutheran Church, congregation and
a 32 piece professional orchestra.
Before
moving to Fort Wayne, Jeremy was the Director of Music and Organist
at St. John Lutheran Church in Beatrice, Nebraska. In addition
to his work at the church, he taught piano and organ privately
as well as being a part-time keyboard instructor at Concordia
University in Seward, Nebraska. Jeremy received his Bachelor
of Music Degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where
he studied with Dr. Quentin Faulkner and Dr. George Ritchie.
Jeremy
has served as a member of the executive committee of the Fort
Wayne Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and is a member
of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, Royal School
of Church Music, American Choral Directors Association and the
American Guild of English Handbell Ringers.
Choral
music by Jeremy J. Bankson
Organ
music by Jeremy J. Bankson