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Lyndell Leatherman
was born in southeast Kansas, the son of a minister. He began piano
lessons at age eight, studying with his mother, Wilma, an
accomplished church musician. Later, while attending Olivet Nazarene
University, Kankakee, Illinois, he was privileged to study piano with
Stephen Nielson and organ with Ovid Young, two professors who
subsequently teamed up to form the concert duo known worldwide as
Nielson and Young. After completing his degree in Church and Choral
Music at ONU in 1975, he continued with graduate studies in Theory
and Composition at Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal,
Illinois, studying primarily with Roque Cordero.
For the past 26
years, Lyndell has been deeply involved in church music publishing.
He was Music Editor at Lillenas Publishing Company, Kansas City,
Missouri, for 20 years (1977-1997) where he was heavily involved in
the development of the “Sing to the Lord” hymnal and its
companion orchestration. Also, while at Lillenas, he oversaw the
keyboard music division.
Since 1997, he has
enjoyed freelancing as an arranger, orchestrator, performer,
lecturer, and editor. A member of ASCAP, he has placed choral,
keyboard, and instrumental arrangements in the catalogs of seven
major church music publishers. In 2002, he was named Sacred Music
Editor for The FJH Music Company Inc.
In addition to his
publishing interests, Lyndell has served in some capacity in a local
church since the age of 13, either as an organist, pianist, or music
director. He is currently assisting as pianist and instrumental
coordinator at First Church of the Nazarene of Kansas City.
His family
includes his wife, Barbie--also a musician as well as an artist--and
three grown children.
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