Rebecca Groom te Velde

Background

Velde, Rebecca Groom te was born on September 20, 1956 in Decatur, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Lester Herbert and Myrtle Vera (Jacobson) Groom.

Education

Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance, Seattle Pacific University, 1978. Master of Music in Organ Literature and Performance, University West Ontario, 1982.

Career

Organist Denny Park Lutheran Church, Seattle, 1983—1987, choir director, 1984—1987. Organist, choir director St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Fargo, North Dakota, 1987—1991. Organist First Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, Oklahoma, since 1991.

Adjunct instructor music Oklahoma State University, since 1999.

Achievements

• Rebecca Groom te Velde has been listed as a noteworthy organist, music educator, composer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

More photos

• book

  • (Variations on a Theme of Samuel Scheidt: Puer Natus in Bethlehem) Author: Rebecca Groom Te Velde published on (March, 2007)

Membership

Member of American Guild Organists (Oklahoma district convenor 1997-1998, dean, Cimarron chapter 1999—2001, professional concerns and competition chairperson 2002-2003, national committee, educational resources since 2003, Oklahoma district convenor 2005-2006).

Interests

• Travel, reading, hiking, watercoloring.

Connections

Married John Raymond te Velde, August 21, 1981. Children: Vera Louise, Brent Arthur.

Father:

Lester Herbert Groom

Mother:

Myrtle Vera (Jacobson) Groom

Spouse:

John Raymond te Velde

child:

Brent Arthur Velde

child:

Vera Louise Velde