Ronald A. Turner

E-mail: rturner@sbts.edu

Education:

• B.A., Charleston Southern University
• M.M., Converse College
• D.M.A., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Additional Studies: Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London)
• Visiting Scholar, St. Paul's Cathedral, London

Since the age of fifteen, Dr. Turner has served churches in South Carolina, Kentucky, and England as minister of music and organist/choirmaster. He also served as organist-choirmaster in the U.S. Fleet Chapel in Norfolk while in the U.S. Navy. As a tenor recitalist and oratorio soloist, he has performed in several states and foreign countries. His current special interest is vocal pedagogy. He has composed congregational, choral, and handbell music that has been printed by four publishers. His liturgical settings are routinely sung by the St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir in London, England. As a conductor, he led the Seminary Male Chorale for 20 years. He has had appointments to the Kentucky Baptist Chorale as a conductor, has been chorus master for Kentucky Opera productions, and has published articles and reviews in several national and international journals.