Welcome, Wanda Griffiths
We welcome Dr. Wanda Griffiths as our new Assistant Organist and Assistant Choir Director. Wanda has been a professional church musician since a young age, holding her first organist position at the age of fifteen in Topeka, Kansas, where she grew up. Wanda has served a number of congregations over the years as organist and Director of Music, including holding the position of Principal Organist at the Claremont United Church of Christ in Claremont, California. She comes to us from Edmonds United Methodist Church where for the past six months she was Interim Director of Music & Arts and Principal Organist. Prior to last July, she was Associate Director of Music & Arts and Organist for the past eleven years at Edmonds United Methodist.
Wanda brings a wealth of skills to our growing music program. A gifted organist and accompanist, she is an experienced choral and hand bell director and has many years of experience as an educator and administrator. She has led workshops on many facets of church music over the years. Wanda loves playing hymns and helping choirs bring the great anthems of the church to life through her organ accompaniments. She also enjoys performing as part of a Duo Organ team with her duo organ partner Stephen Marshall-Ward.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Organ Performance and Music Education from Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, a Master of Music Degree in Organ Performance from the University of Southern California, and a Ph.D. in Musicology from Claremont Graduate University. She has taught at the University of Washington, California State Los Angeles, Eureka College, and is currently part of the Affiliate Faculty at Trinity Lutheran College in Everett where she teaches Music Theory and Music History. She is also currently the Minister of Music at the Green Lake Church of Seventh-day Adventists in Seattle.
—Dr. Douglas Cleveland
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