Conference Orchestra

Bring your instrument and be led by a “who’s who” list of orchestrators of church instrumental music today.  Conference Orchestra will play three selections as well as accompany Conference Choir on two selections in the final worship celebration on Saturday Morning.

 

 

 Richard Kingsmore

Dove award nominee, Richard Kingsmore, has been arranging, orchestrating and producing music for the past 30 years through companies like Word, Lifeway, Lillenas, Brentwood Benson,Integrity, PraiseGathering, Alfred, Hal Leonard and Praisecharts. Music ministers and publishers around the country have come to associate his name with quality arrangements forchoir, orchestra, praise band, and piano. He is a highly sought-after consultant and clinician at churches and conferences across the country and as a freelance arranger and orchestrator.

 

Richard is also the president of a music production company, Kingsmore MusicWorks, Inc., where the vision is to create music that inspires. As part of this vision, the company has launched the popular new orchestra series, NextGen Orchestra. The idea for this series was born out of a need to bridge the gap between the orchestra and praise band in our worship services. This series fits that need as it combines the modern sounds of worship music today with theorchestra in creative ways.

 

A native of El Paso, Texas, Richard began playing the piano at the age of six and studied music at Samford University, the University of Alabama, and Eastman School of Music. He started his career by traveling and performing with the group Truth and later began working as a freelance musician for Disney World in Orlando, FL. His love for the piano continues today as he writes and performs his own signature style music for solo piano. For over a decade now, he has also been directing Vertical Generation, a 180+ member high school worship and arts ministry at Calvary Baptist Church that leads students to worship and show compassion locally, nationally, and internationally. He and his wife Gina live in Winston Salem, North Carolina.

Becoming a Worshipping Musician - Biblical and practical ways to encourage your instrumentalists to be lead worshipers through the praise band or orchestra. (Thursday, 2:30 p.m., Friday, 2:30 p.m.) LEADER, Richard Kingsmore / B-204

Student Worship and Arts Ministries - A Relic of the Past or an Engaged Community of the Future? - Description: Discuss the key components of building a student worship and arts ministry that engages the next generation. (Friday, 8:45 a.m.) LEADER, Richard Kingsmore / B-2014