In
November 2004, Gordon King accepted the position of Organist/Choirmaster
at St. John's in the Village.
Gordon King received his Bachelor’s
and Master’s degrees from the University of Texas where
he majored in music with a concentration in organ and choral
studies. During graduate work he was a teaching assistant
in music literature. Two years after graduation he became
music director at All Saints Episcopal Cathedral in Fort Worth
where he directed three choirs and, for part of that time,
taught music in the parish day school. He also founded the
Diocesan Choir which gave annual concerts of major choral
works with orchestral accompaniment. For two years he was
Dean of the American Guild of Organists chapter in Fort Worth.
Prior to that he taught music in the public schools of Midland,
Texas. From 1992 to 2004 he has been organist and director
of choirs for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chatham,
New Jersey where he directed adults and children. In addition
to Sunday services, the adult choir performed major choral
works with orchestra by Haydn, Mozart and Vivaldi. An annual
organ recital was given at the church during the Lenten season.
A composer of organ and choral music, his compositions have
been published by Warner Brothers, Mark Foster, Concordia,
Choristers Guild, and GIA publishing companies. The King Chorale,
a professional ensemble, produced a recording of American
choral music on the Orion label which was favorably reviewed
by several publications. Mr. King began teaching at Kean University
in 1996 where he teaches Survey of Music.
In his position at St. Paul’s, he founded and directed
a Youth Choir of children ages six through fourteen. He has
also directed children’s choirs and youth choirs from
ages six through high school. He was assistant director of
the Fort Worth Youth choir for two years. This was an auditioned
choir of outstanding high school singers from the area and
was sponsored by Texas Christian University.Gordon has two
sons, Patrick and Michael. Patrick is a production assistant
for the Daily Show. Michel is studying voice and
theater at Westminster Choir College in Princeton.
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