Introducing Joshua Taylor, Director of Worship & Music
This message sent on behalf of Carol Rogers, Chair of Staff Parish Relations Committee
The Staff Parish Relations Committee is pleased to announce the hiring of Joshua (Josh) Taylor to serve our church as Director of Music and Worship beginning in June. Josh is currently the co-musician with his wife Diana for the Iona Community in Scotland and previously served as the Director of Worship and Music at First Presbyterian Church (FPC) in Dallas, Texas from 2011-2019. He has also served as the Instructor of Sacred Music Studies in the College of Music at the University of North Texas and previously served as the Director of Music at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Denton, Texas and the Director of Choirs at Navo Middle School in Denton ISD.
Josh led the FPC Chancel Choir and Chamber Choir in performances for the 2016 Southwest American Choral Directors Association convention in Kansas City, the memorial service for fallen Dallas police officers with Presidents Obama and Bush in attendance and numerous concerts for the First Concert Series including collaborations with the Dallas Chamber Orchestra, the Dallas Winds, the South Dallas Concert Choir and the Turtle Creek Chorale. Additionally, he conducted the FPC youth choir, coordinated the monthly Taizé worship experiences, served as the Artistic Director of the First Concert Series. As Director of Worship, he prepared the liturgy for all the worship services of the congregation.
He holds a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Kansas State University, a Bachelor’s of Music Education from the University of North Texas, and a Certificate in Ministry from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He is a candidate in the Doctor of Pastoral Music program at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University.
He and his wife, Diana, have been married for 13 years and have two daughters, Hannah (8) and Catherine (6). We look forward to their family joining our family of faith in June and beginning new ministry together.