“We Are Called to Act as Neighbors”

Author

Mark Alan Filbert, Hymnology Consultant

Mark Alan Filbert is Cantor (Organist/Choir Director) for Saint Paul Lutheran Church in downtown Denver, Colorado, a position he has held since 2002. Currently pursuing a doctoral degree in sacred music (DSM) through the Graduate Theological Foundation, Mark holds bachelor’s degrees in sacred music (BM) and music education (BME) from Oral Roberts University and master’s degrees in sacred music (MSM) and choral conducting (MM) from Southern Methodist University. He completed further study in the United States at Northwestern University, Westminster Choir College, Hamline University, the University of South Carolina, and DePaul University, from which he received the Level III Orff-Schulwerk Teaching Certificate, and in Europe at the Netherlands Carillon School, the Haarlem International Organ Academy, also in the Netherlands, and the Centro Pro Unione in Rome. Mark’s scholarly articles and reviews have been published in Reformed Liturgy and Music, The American Organist, and The Hymn. An avid collector of hymnals, he is a Life Member of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada and has been a featured performer and/or workshop presenter at four national conferences. He is also an active member of the American Guild of Organists, having recently served as Worship Chair for the 2019 Denver Regional Convention, and as Sub-Dean, Dean, and Grant Writer for the Denver Rocky Mountain Chapter. He resides in Aurora, Colorado, with his husband of 29 years, Thomas C. Strickland, and their two cats, Libby and Brubeck.