Voice Faculty
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Jean Greer, department head
Educational background: B.M., Simpson College; M.M., Indiana University; performer's certificate, Indiana University; student of Janice Roché Hansen, Robert Larsen, Margaret Harshaw, and Kammersängerin Gladys Kuchta. Hometown: Corning, Iowa Membership: National Association of Teachers of Singing Academic Area: head of the voice department, applied voice Performances: soprano soloist for Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with the Greenville (S.C.) Symphony and Chorale (1999), soprano soloist for Brahms' Ein Deutches Requiem with the BJU Orchestra and Chorus (1999), numerous sacred concerts throughout the United States, opera singer in Germany for several years prior to joining the BJU faculty. Family: husband, Gordon, and three children: Rebecca, Andrew, and Rachelle Mission statement: The Lord has called me to help young people develop their God-given ability to better serve Him. More specifically, I would like to help students develop a strong vocal technique and stylistic and expressive skills. In this day of compromising musical standards, I hope to help students develop an appreciation and discernment for excellent music. |
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Pam Dunbar
Educational background: B.S., M.M., Bob Jones University; additional study at Westminster Choir College and the Vocal Institute at Belmont College; student of Jane Rolandi and Richard Miller. Hometown: Jewett, Illinois Membership: National Association of Teachers of Singing, National Federation of Music Clubs, Crescent Music Club. Academic Area: applied voice, coordinator of voice classes at BJU Performances: recent sacred concerts in Raleigh, NC and Burlington, NC, (1998), and in Chesapeake, VA. (1999). Hobbies: cooking and reading Family: husband, Ed, also on the music faculty, and three daughters: Katie (deceased), Kara, and Analeisa Mission statement: My area of ministry focuses on teaching vocal skills to students. The one-on-one contact with students is very rewarding in terms of encouraging and motivating them spiritually. |
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Stan Eby
Educational background: B.A., M.A., Bob Jones University; D.M.A., Boston University; student of Phyllis Curtin and Robert Gartside; specialist in the music of Charles Martin Loeffler. Academic Area: applied voice Performance: finalist in the National Opera Association Contest in New York City, Boston University Dean's Scholar Award. Ministry: prior to joining the music faculty, a music minister and assistant pastor in churches in Michigan and Pennsylvania. Mission statement: Psalm 30:12 "To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee forever." |
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Christa Habegger
Educational background: B.A., M.A., Bob Jones University; additional study at the Vocal Arts Institute at Belmont College; student of Rachel Mathes and Richard Miller. Hometown: Greenville, South Carolina Membership: Music Teachers National Association, Federated Music Clubs of America, National Association of Teachers of Singing (past president and vice president, state chapter). Academic Area: applied voice Performances and Publications: seven compositions for brass instruments and piano published by Cimmaron Music, sacred arrangements published by Jantz Music Publications and SoundForth, member of the Heritage Chamber Singers for three seasons. Hobbies: sewing, baking, jogging, composing, and writing Family: husband, Randy; and three children: Dyke, Ariel, and Taryn Ministry: active in the music program at Faith Free Presbyterian Church, Greenville, SC Mission statement: I have the same goal for my students that I set for myself: to achieve excellence in my musical pursuits that I might be used to the fullest in Christ-honoring ministry. |
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Bill McCauley
Educational background: B.S., M.F.A., Bob Jones University; D.M.A., College-Conservatory of the University of Cincinnati; additional study at New York University and Princeton University; student of Hubert Kockritz, Italo Tajo, Robert K. Evans, Martin Chusid, and Harold Powers. Hometown: Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee Academic Area: applied voice, opera, and voice literature Hobbies: collecting classical music recordings Ministry: minister of music, Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Greenville, SC; leader of the European Musical Mission Team. Mission statement: : My desire is to inspire students to consider missions as their life's work. |
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David Parker
Educational background: B.S. in Education, M.A. in Voice Performance, Bob Jones University; D.M.A. in Voice Performance, University of Michigan; additional study at Midwestern Baptist Bible College and Central Michigan University; student of Charles Koelsch, William McCauley, Andrew White, John McCollum and Sherrill Milnes. Currently persuing a CMVT vocal pedagogy certification from the McClosky Institute of Voice. Hometown: Davisburg, Michigan Membership: National Association of Teachers of Singing; president and founder of C&L Enterprises and SacredSheetMusic.com, publishing sacred music. Academic Area: applied voice, vocal pedagogy, diction for singers, and music technology Performances: Baritone soloist in 1983 with the University of Michigan Chamber Choir, sent by the State Department in Washington D.C. as a United States Good Will Tour, on their European concert tour behind the Iron Curtain; has been engaged, over the past twenty years, in a ministry of over six hundred sacred concerts and preaching engagements to churches throughout the United States and Canada; soloed extensively with regional orchestras including the Flint Symphony, Toledo Symphony, Ashville Symphony and the Greenville Symphony; performed forty-seven separate solo performances of the Messiah with orchestra - most recently in December of 2004 with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra; in October of 2005 was the baritone soloist with the Greenville Symphony in Ralph Vaughan Williams' multi-movement choral work Dona Nobis Pacem at the Greenville Peace Center for the Performing Arts. Hobbies: woodworking, tennis, hiking, fishing and computer applications Mission statement: I desire to instill a passion for excellence in the vocal arts for all of my students - yet not for personal gain. Regarding Christ, John the Baptist said, "He must increase but I must decrease." I believe there is great responsibility for believers to use the gifts God has given them to do His work of ministry to others - the reconciliation of the lost to Christ and the exhortation and encouragement of the Saints. |