Ian Z. Gill

Music and Artistic Director

Ian Gill is a conductor, singer and guitarist living in Richardson, TX.  He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of South Florida in Music Education and Guitar and a Master’s of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of Oklahoma.   Mr. Gill has conducted and performed in 31 states as well as throughout England, Germany, Hungary, Austria, Poland and Australia and has worked with some of the most well respected conductors and musicians of the modern era such as Dale Warland, Dr. Don Moses, Dr. Donald Neuen, Dr. Lynne Gackle, Vijay Singh, Dr. Tim Sharp, Dr. Richard Zielinski and guitarist George Benson.  He has conducted children’s choirs, youth choirs, adult choirs, community choirs, church choirs, youth orchestras, the Norman Philharmonic Orchestra (Norman, OK) and the 2016 Southwest Oklahoma Circle the State with Song Festival Choir.  He currently serves as the Associate Director of Music at First United Methodist Church of Richardson.  Mr. Gill is the founding Music and Artistic Director of the Richardson Community Chorale.  Ian has a six year old son, Cooper, who he loves spending time with as they talk about dragons, dinosaurs and a whole host of other things.

 

Kenton Kravig

Accompanist

Kenton Kravig started piano lessons at age 5 in Alberta, Canada with his musician parents and went on to study Piano Pedagogy at Walla Walla University, and Organ Performance at SMU.  He has sung with Orpheus Chamber Singers and Dallas Bach Society and has always found choral music to be the most powerful human artistic expression.  Kenton serves as Director of Music at Grace United Methodist Church in Dallas, teaches organ and piano students around the Metroplex, and celebrates the life-changing, even life-saving power of music in our lives.