Cantor Dr. Timothy Shewmaker
Dr. Timothy Shewmaker, Cantor, has led the music at Our Redeemer since 2011. He directs all music ensembles, plays the organ, and teaches elementary music at Our Redeemer Lutheran School.
As a concert organist, he has appeared on the Bachstravaganza program with TCU and the Fort Worth Orchestra and was a solo performer at the 2015 regional conference of the American Guild of Organists in Fort Worth. In 2012, he took first prize and the prize for hymn playing excellence at the William C. Hall Organ Competition in San Antonio.
Timothy’s organ preludes are included in the Concordia Hymn Prelude Series from Concordia Publishing House. He enjoys writing original settings of psalms and hymns for worship.
Education
M.M. in Organ Performance, Texas Christian University
B.F.A. in Parish Music, Concordia University Nebraska
D.M.A. in Organ Performance, Texas Christian University