Bryan Black

Bryan Black has worked professionally as a conductor, educator, church musician and arts advocate since moving to Atlanta in 1994. He first received training as an organist and pianist (BM, Samford Univeristy) then followed a passion for choral music and conducting at the graduate level (MM, The Florida State University) where he was profoundly influenced by Rodney Eichenberger.  Bryan also holds the “ZDaF” or “Certificate of German” granted by the Goethe-Institut in Berlin.

 He has led seminars, designed music in worship services and conducted massed choirs over three terms as an R&S chair for the Georgia chapter of the American Choral Director’s Association.  For the next two years he will serve as Southern Division R&S for Music in Worship

 Although leading the 4,000 member Marietta First United Methodist music ministry is his primary vocation, Black taught on the adjunct faculty of Georgia State for a number of years and presently conducts both the DeKalb Choral Guild and the hundred-voice Cobb Symphony Orchestra Chorus.  These associations have fostered European concert tours, performances at Piccolo Spoleto, educational outreach programs and guest conducting for regional events such as the Lake Junaluska Music Week sponsored by the United Methodist Church.  As a singer, Bryan was honored to perform in Mr. Shaw’s last Mass in B-minor with the ASO Chamber Chorus and sing in his memory for the Orlando and San Antonio ACDA conventions.

 In 2003, he was named a “Lexus Leader of the Arts” by Public Broadcasting Atlanta for his contributions to the city’s cultural life.  He makes his home in Marietta with his wife, Amy, and their daughter, Margaret. 

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