Wayne L. Wold

b. 1954

Wayne L. Wold was born April 16, 1954 in Fosston, Minnesota. In 2020 he retired after a thirty-year career at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, where he served as Chair of the Music Department and Professor of Music. He continues at Hood College as College Organist and Instructor of Organ, Harpsichord, and Composition. He has served as parish musician for several churches and since 2013 has been Director of Music Ministry at First Lutheran Church of Ellicott City, Maryland. In 2020 he was appointed Adjunct Associate Professor of Music at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, where he teaches organ and is Director of Shenandoah's Church Music Institute. His educational background includes a Bachelor of Music degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, a Master of Sacred Music degree from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Shenandoah University. A frequent hymn festival leader and performer on organ and harpsichord, he performs as soloist and with numerous ensembles including the Maryland Symphony Orchestra, the Frederick Symphony Orchestra, Bach in Baltimore, and the Hood Chamber Players. His published compositions number over 400 and include three books, numerous articles, organ works, hymn texts and tunes, and choral works for adults and children.