Instrumental

David Winkler (Classes)

David Winkler is a familiar name in church instrumental music, having directed groups both large and small since the mid-'70s. A graduate of North Texas State University, he has served as pianist, orchestra director, and minister of music in churches in Texas and Tennessee. Besides arranging numerous pieces both vocal and instrumental for publication, he served on orchestration design committees for several hymnals, including the Baptist Hymnal and the Celebration Hymnal. He has been a guest conductor/clinician for several major conferences, and was twice nominated for a GMA Dove award for his collaborations with multi-instrumentalist Fletch Wiley. As an educator, he has taught piano and guitar privately, and has served as an adjunct faculty member at Williamson Christian College and Trevecca Nazarene University. "I'm grateful to God for how he has touched my life personally, and for the many opportunities He has given me to serve Him through music," David says. "My greatest joy is to hear that the music I've had a part in is being used to praise Him and to bless the lives of others."

Steve Dunn (Classes)

Steve Dunn has been conducting musical groups for more than 30 years. Since 2002, he’s been conducting groups at Shades Mountain Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, as Minister of Instrumental Music. Previously, Steve served on the music ministry staff of churches in Houston, Texas and Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has music degrees from Jacksonville State University (Jacksonville, Alabama) and the University of New Mexico (Albuquerque), and has done additional graduate study in church music at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, Kentucky). An interest that developed early in Steve’s life was that of composing and arranging music. By the time he finished college, he had already had his work published, and several other publications soon followed. Since that time, he has worked extensively as a composer, arranger and orchestrator of works for choir, orchestra, concert band, marching band, small instrumental ensembles, television and radio commercials and music for recording. His approximately 250 published works are found in the catalogs of many different publishing houses. Steve and his wife, Betsy, have four children and live in Birmingham.

Jeff Bennett (Classes)

With a skillful and energetic approach to keyboard styling, Jeff’s writing and recordings have made him a respected pianist, arranger and recording artist with every major publisher in the country. He is the creative mind behind the four piano recording and current concert tour, A Festival of Keyboards! With Stephen Nielson, Ovid Young and Jerry Anderson. Jeff has more than 500 published arrangements of instrumental, vocal and choral music. Jeff earned a Bachelor of Music from Ouachita Baptist University, and a Master of Arts Degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has served as a worship leader in several churches in Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. He currently resides in Springfield, Missouri with his wife, Sarah, and college daughters, Catie and Kristen.