Piano Pedagogy Faculty
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Kenon Renfrow, department head
Educational background: B.Mus., M.Mus., Bob Jones University; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma Hometown: Wilson, North Carolina Academic Area: music technology, piano pedagogy, applied piano Memberships: Music Teachers National Association (member of the national convention steering committee) Publications: articles published in the following magazines: American Music Teacher, Clavier, Church Musician, Electronic Musician's Digital Piano Buyers Guide and Piano and Keyboard; numerous arrangements and collections published by Alfred Publishing Family: wife, Beth, and two children, Laurel and Preston Hobbies: dirt biking, air boating, snake hunting in the Everglades, classic cars and antique clocks. Mission Statement: My heart's desire has increasingly been to train the next generation of Christian young people. I believe that God, in his infinite wisdom, has used my years of personal and professional experience to prepare me for such a time and place as this, and I am excited about my ministry among the students and faculty at BJU |
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Jean Cook
Educational background: B.S., M.A., Bob Jones University; additional study at Westminster Choir College Academic Area: applied piano, piano pedagogy, early grade piano literature and methods, University Chamber Singers accompanist, directs Eastside Kindersmusik for preschoolers Family: husband, Warren, also on the music faculty, and three children: Laura Jean, Esther, and Matthew Ministry: active in the music ministry at Heritage Bible Church, Greer, SC |
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Peter Davis
Educational background: B.S., M.Mus., M.A., Bob Jones University, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma; additional study at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Academic Area: applied piano, pedagogy, keyboard skills, composition, Master/Doctor of Ministry (mini-session) program at the BJU Seminary Professional Organizations: Music Teacher's National Association, American College of Musicians Professional activities: active in accompanying, composing, sacred concerts, and speaking on topics of sacred music ministry. Directs Summer Piano Camp for BJU, and has adjudicated throughout the Southeast region (piano/composition). He is past chair of the piano department and currently coordinator of group piano classes. Publications: hymn texts and tunes published by SoundForth, Ambassador International, and Frontline Magazine; Articles in Frontline Magazine and Church Music Dynamics; Six-volume series Keyboard Treasury, with SoundForth as well as various other keyboard collections; Numerous choral and instrumental works (SoundForth, Jantz Music, Sacred Sheet Music.com, and Pinner Publications); Instructional DVD, Hymnplaying Made Simple (ShowForth Videos); Incidental music (Comforting Mercies Ministries and The Children's Bible Hour); Sunday School curriculum on the book of Revelation (Institute of Biblical Education). Music publications reviewed by The American Music Teacher, Clavier Magazine, and Piano Guild Notes. Awards: 1987 Winner of SCMTA Composition Contest; 1998, Award from Kurzweil Corporation for MIDI sequencing of his youth piano concerto, Spring Fantasy; and the Gayle Boyd deStwolinski award, University of Oklahoma. His students have been MTNA divisional/national laureates in piano and composition, as well as performing with the CYS, GCYO, Gardner-Webb, BJA, and BJU orchestras. Family: wife, Leslie, with the BJU Student Life team; daughters, Bethany and Emily Ministry: assistant music director, Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, piano, organ, and conducting (full time in the summer). |
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Susan Kindall
Educational background: B.Mus., M.Mus., Bob Jones University; D.M.A., University of Oklahoma Hometown: Greenville, South Carolina Academic Area: piano pedagogy, applied piano Memberships: Music Teachers National Association, South Carolina Music Teachers Association Board Member, National Federation of Music Clubs, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, College Music Society, Interlochen Arts Camp Summer Staff Member. Performance: A featured piano master class clinician, Dr. Kindall remains active as adjudicator and performer. Her students are laureates of the Henry Janiec Concerto Competition, the Gardner-Webb Concerto Competition, and the MTNA Steinway Collegiate Artists Piano Competition State Division, among others. Most recently her students have pursued further studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music and have been invited to participate in distinguished master classes for the SCMTA Convention, the Josef Hoffman International Piano Competition and the Hilton Head International Piano Competition. In addition, Dr. Kindall has served as a national group discussion leader for both the Group Piano Pedagogy Forum and the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy. She is founder and coordinator of the Distinguished Lecturers in Piano Performance and Pedagogy series at BJU. Her articles appear in Piano Pedagogy Forum. Awards: winner, Oklahoma Music Teachers Association piano competition, graduate division; recipient of the 1993 Gayle Boyd deStwolinski Award for outstanding service to the University of Oklahoma School of Music. Hobbies: running, biking, hiking, and music technology Mission statement: The purpose of my being here at BJU is to honor the Lord through the success of my students. Their spiritual and musical triumph is my goal. They are the crowns that I will lay at the feet of Christ one day and are worth all that I can give them—and more. |
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Dave Lehman
Educational background: B.A., Bob Jones University; M.Mus., Boston University; additional study at Boston University; student of Anthony de Bonaventura and Bela Boszormenyi-Nagy. Hometown: Dracut, Massachusetts Membership: Music Teachers National Association, American College of Musicians Academic Area: head of the piano department, applied piano Hobbies: furniture refinishing, gardening Family: wife, Susan, and four children: Bryan, Kristin, Lauren, and Jill Ministry: organist, Trinity Bible Church, Greer, SC Mission statement: My desire is to serve my students and encourage them to godliness through the study of music. The benefits of music study—discipline, confidence, concentration and organization, etc. — should be used as tools to be more effective in God's service. |
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Lorri Turcios
Educational background: B. Mus., M. Mus., Bob Jones University; M. Mus., Southern Methodist University. Hometown: Greenwood, Indiana Membership: International College of Musicians Academic Area: Piano pedagogy, group piano, applied piano Hobbies: Interior decorating and shopping Family: Husband, Joel, and two boys: Donovan and Parker. Mission statement: My desire is to motivate my students to learn to explore and know their field , and never be satisfied but always striving for more knowledge and expertise. My prayer is that by my example students will learn to know their heavenly Father in a more genuine and personal way. |