David W. Music

b. 1949

David W. Music is Professor Emeritus of Church Music at Baylor University, where he taught 2002–2020. He previously served on the music faculties of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (1990–2002) and California Baptist College (1980–1990), and as Minister of Music at Highland Heights Baptist Church, Memphis, Tennessee (1977–1980). He received a B.A. in Music from California Baptist College (1970) and the M.C.M. and D.M.A. degrees from Southwestern Seminary (1973, 1977).

Music served as Editor of The Hymn, the journal of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada (1990–1996) and was named a Fellow of the society in 2010. He also served as President (2001–2002) and Educational Division Vice-President (1992–1994) of the Baptist Church Music Conference, and received a lifetime ministry achievement award from the conference in 2018. He was a committee chair for two different hymnal projects, Baptist Hymnal (1991) and Celebrating Grace (2010).

Music has authored or co-authored fifteen books and editions of music, and numerous articles on church music. In addition, he has published compositions and arrangements of anthems, service music, hymn texts and tunes, and instrumental music.