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Galloway Staff - Marc
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Dr. Marc Ashley Foster joined the staff of Galloway as Director of
Music and Arts Ministries in July, 2004. He comes from an ecumenical
background, having served as a Director of Music Ministires in
Baptist, Lutheran (ELCA), Presbyterian (PCUSA), and Methodist
churches, in North Carolina, Georgia, and Texas. He received a Doctor
of Music Arts degree (DMA) in Choral Conducting from The University of
North Carolina at Greensboro, a Master of Sacred Music degree (MSM)
from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in
Dallas, Texas, and the Bachelor of Music Education degree (BM Ed) in
Choral Conducting and Voice from The University of North Carolina at
Greensboro. While pursuing his doctorate at UNCG he also taught Music
Theory, Ear Training, courses in Italian, Latin, and English Diction,
and conducted the University Men’s Glee Club. Dr. Foster was honored
with the Holderness Fellowship, was a scholarship recipient, and
Graduate Teaching Assistant.
As a Tenor soloist, Dr. Foster is a sought after recitalist and has
sung numerous operatic and oratorio roles. Recent engagements include
Haydn’s Creation, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, and
Handel’s Messiah with the Mississippi Chorus and Orchestra,
Missa Luba with Brevard College (NC) and Southern Methodist
University (TX), Mozart’s Vespers at First Presbyterian Church
in High Point, North Carolina, Mozart’s Mass in C Major at
First United Methodist Church in Frisco, Texas and at St Thomas
Aquinas Catholic Church Dallas, TX, Mozart’s Grand Mass in C Minor
at First United Methodist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, and Vaughan
Williams’ Hodie at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church
in Dallas, TX. Dr. Foster has tought voice lessons for many years,
including several years as a Junior and Senior High Instructor of
Voice for the Mesquite & Richardson Independant School Disctricts in
Texas, as an Adjunct Professor of Voice at The University of Texas at
Arlington, and currently is on the faculty of Millsaps College as a
Professor of Voice.As a conductor, Dr Foster has led
clinics and workshops throughout the United States. His choirs have
appeared at such venues as the Annual Conference of the United
Methodist Church of South Georgia, the dedication service for the
Mississippi United Methodist Bishop, Hope Morgan Ward, and will be the
feature choir for the Ordination Service for the Annual Conference of
the United Methodist Church of Mississippi in June 2006. Dr. Foster
has sung and conducted concerts throughout Europe, and in May 2006 he
will lead the Chancel Choir of Galloway as they sing in a festival
chorus at York Minster Cathedral in York, England. He is proud to
have studied choral conducting from some of the nation’s top choral
conductors including Dr. Hillary Apfelstadt, Dr. William P. Carroll,
Dr. Richard Cox, David Davidson, Constantina Tsolainou, and Dr.
Welborn Young. Dr. Foster currently serves as the Music in Worship
Chair for the Mississippi chapter of The American Choral Directors
Association, and Assistant Conductor for the Mississippi Chorus.
Dr. Foster is the proud father of two very active young
boys, Michael and Pearson, and is married to Rev. Michelle Foster, an
ordained Deacon in the United Methodist Church.
Email Marc at:
MFoster@gallowayumc.org
Visit the Music web site at:
http://www.gallowayumc.org/music
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