Area
Dean of Music | FacultyOffice Phone
706-865-2134, ext. 6300Cell Phone
706-809-7826Location
Driskell Building- D.M.A., Church Music; Conducting, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1996
- M.C.M, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1990
- B.S., Music Education/Church Music, William Jewell College, 1982
- Choral Music – TMU Chorale, Community Choir, Vocal Ensembles
- Conducting
- Music Theory (Ear Training/Sight-Singing)
- Music History
- Church Music
- Choral and Instrumental Conducting
- Congregational and Chorale Singing
- Guest Conductor and Lecturer, Georgia Baptist Convention; Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma
- Professor of Music and Chair of Church Music, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1995-2008
- Worship and Music Specialist, Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, 2008-2011
- Dean and Professor of Music, College of Fine Arts, Oklahoma Baptist University, 2011-2016
- Professor of Music, Director of Choral/Vocal Activities, TMU, from 2016
- Baptist Church Music Conference, Member
- American Choral Directors Association, Member
- Sons of Jubal, Member
Biography
- Married to Jana Johnson Gabrielse, 1979
- Two Children, Matthew and Andrea; Four Grandchildren, Adelaide, Patrick, Eliza, and Lucas
- Involved in Church Music Ministry since 1978; served in churches (mostly interim and part-time) in Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana, and Georgia
- Teaching – New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (13 years); Oklahoma Baptist University (5 years); Truett McConnell University (4 years)
- Denomination – Worship and Church Music Specialist, Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (3 years)
- Church Leadership – Full-time, Part-time, and Interim leadership in SBC churches in Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Georgia