| About: | OUR MINISTER OF MUSIC, bass-baritone Davis Bingham, a native of East Tennessee, has enjoyed a varied career as church musician, singer, conductor, university professor, public school teacher and education executive. He is a two-time regional winner of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions and has performed with symphony orchestras, opera companies and choral societies throughout the South and Southwest. He was featured soloist in the 1950s on the weekly nationwide broadcast of The Baptist Hour. Churches he has served as minister of music before coming to Mount Carmel include First Baptist of Chattanooga; Eastland Baptist in Nashville, TN; First Presbyterian, Monroe, LA; Westminster Presbyterian of Rock Hill, SC, and First Presbyterian of Hilton Head Island, SC. Davis holds the Ph.D. degree from George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University; the master of sacred music degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY; and the bachelor of music degree from Cadek Conservatory of the University of Chattanooga. Historic Washington College in 2002 conferred on him an honorary doctor of education degree in recognition of his contributions to public education.
In addition to conducting The Sanctuary Choir (adults), Davis is responsible for Mount Carmel's overall music ministry. Catherine Diggs directs the Morgan Handbell Choir. Davis can be reached by email at music@mount-carmel-baptist.org. |
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