Directors

Charles "Bud" Clark:

Charles "Bud” Clark is in his twentieth year at Missouri Southern State University, in Joplin, Missouri, and is in his thirty-eighth year of teaching in Missouri schools. He is the Director of Choral Studies at Missouri Southern. He received his B.M.E. and M.A. degrees at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, Missouri.

Mr. Clark is a highly sought after conductor/clinician, and has conducted over 275 clinics and workshops throughout Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, and throughout Central United States. His Chamber Choir has had singing tours of France, Italy, and Switzerland in May of 2001 and did concerts in Vienna, Budapest, Salzburg, Graz, Innsbruck and Munich in 1999, and just completed a concert tour of Australia in May of 2005, with a concert tour of England and Ireland in May of 2007.

Mr. Clark has over thirty published articles and wrote the “Humor” column for a nationally published magazine, Vocalease. In addition to his articles, Mr. Clark has written and sold several Madrigal Dinner Scripts throughout the United States.

Dr. Joey Martin:

Dr. Joey Martin During the summer of 2005 he traveled with Texas State Chorale giving concerts in Vienna, Budapest, Salzburg, and Prague. In addition to his work at Texas State, Dr. Martin also serves as the artistic director for the Alamo City Men’s Chorale, and choirmaster for the Mid-Texas Symphony. Dr. Martin received his DMA in choral conducting from the University of Texas-Austin. He received his Master of Music and Bachelor of Music Education (Vocal/Choral) from Southwestern Oklahoma State University

 

Brad Henderson:

Brad Henderson spent 5 years touring abroad with Up With People as a bandleader, bassist, sound engineer and show manager. Later, Henderson worked for Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma as the manager of the NSU Jazz Lab. Brad honed his arranging skills there while teaching music technology, electric bass and directing various student jazz groups. He is still active throughout the region as an adjudicator and clinician.

He also served for 5 years as the director/pianist of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. Henderson's arranging credits include The Tulsa Philharmonic, The Tulsa Signature Symphony (Sinfonia), the Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra, The Walton Arts Center, FBC Atlanta and literally hundreds of other churches around the world. Brad produced the sound track and orchestral arrangement for Dennis Jernigan's I Salute You. Many of Brad's other arrangements can be found online at www.praisecharts.com in the Henderson Jazz Series and other series for praise team.

He owns and operates Hendersongs Studio in Fort Gibson, OK, producing and recording albums for artists literally worldwide. Recent projects include Corey White, Susan Quintyne, Dennis Jernigan, Polish singer/songwriter Tomasz Jasinski and many local groups as well.

He works frequently with his wife Mary Kay, in various musical settings. Brad and Mary Kay have several recordings to their credit. Their latest, Songs For Grandmother, is a wonderful collection of new arrangements of Cherokee hymns.

Brad works for PraiseCharts.com fulltime, managing the lead sheet department, transcribing and arranging for them as well. Henderson also serves as a Worship and Media associate at First Baptist Church of Tulsa, Oklahoma where his primary responsibilities were arranging and writing for the worship ministry, mostly for the contemporary service and directing instrumental music.

Henderson's undergraduate degree is in Instrumental Music Education from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and his Masters from the University of Arkansas in composition.

Brad and Mary Kay have two sons, Josh and Joe Henderson. Brad enjoys sailing, golf, hiking and anything else outdoors.

Jeff Elkins:

Jeff Elkins is the Minster of Worship at First Baptist Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Before Tulsa, Jeff served as minister of music at the FBC, Muskogee, Oklahoma. Before entering the ministry Jeff was on the music faculty of Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where he directed the NSU Entertainers, River City Players and Revue.

Jeff has a BA in Music Ed from Northeastern State University, and a MM in Choral Conducting from University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Jeff serves on the presidents council of the Singing Churchmen of Oklahoma and has has toured with the Singing Men to China, Russia, Armenia, Israel, Australia. Jeff continues to be an active choral clinician Oklahoma Honor Choirs.

Jeff has been married to Jane since 1987, and has three beautiful daughters, Elyse, Emily, Elizabeth.

Jeff Payne:

Jeff Payne has over 35 years professional experience as a pastor and speaker. He has traveled around the world as an evangelist and church health consultant, helping churches implement strategies and plans designed to increase the overall effectiveness of their ministries. Jeff's first 26 years of ministry were served as a youth pastor. He has a great depth of experience mentoring young people toward spiritual and emotional maturity. Mr. Payne's undergraduate (Bachelor's) degree is in Music Theory and Composition and he has over 200 published original songs and compositions. He knows the value of young people availing themselves of the education, training and experience they receive by traveling with Honor Choir USA, so it is his privilege to help us recruit throughout southeast Texas and wherever his various ministry contacts provide opportunity.