The Rev. Dr. Florence King, Affiliate Pastor
The Rev. Dr. Florence King is an American Baptist Minister, a graduate of Andover-Newton Theological Seminary, and a consistent presence in many of the Baptist church's in Massachusetts where she as preached, trained, and served as itinerant pastor. She has received numerous awards and citations for her dedicate church and charitable work. She's a past president of the West Medford Senior Club and past President of the NAACP. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for Action for Boston Community Development, ABCD. In 2012, she received her Life Membership from the Mystic Valley Branch of the NAACP.
Dr. Nancy Crandall, Organist Emerita
Dr. Crandall graduated with a degree in organ literature and performance from Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in the class of the late Russell Saunders. She has taught music in Kingsway College, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, Greater Boston Academy, Stoneham, MA and as a Musical Specialist in the public school districts of Lawrence,MA, and Worcester, MA. She has been music director at the First Baptist Church, Medford, MA, since 2006.
Dr. Crandall studied Choral Conducting at Royal School of Church Music, Croydon, England.; Music Analysis and French solfege’ at the American Conservatory, Fontainebleau, France (w/ Nadia Boulanger and Annette Dieudonné) and Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA; Theory/Analysis Lessons with Dr. Arthur Komar, Boston , MA; Choral Directing/Voice Building at Lehrgang für Chorleitung und Chorische Stimmbildung, (Choral Directing/Voice Building) St. Moritz, Switzerland; Education Through Movement: Foundation at High/Scope Educational Research Foundation; and Vocal production at McClosky Institute of Voice, Boston, MA; She holds Kodály Level I, II & III certificates from Kodály Institute, New England Conservatory of Music. Instructional Software, Internet and Digital Media was studied at The Midi Schoolhouse.
Kodály Institute, New England Conservatory of Music, Kodály Level I, II & III
The Midi Schoolhouse – Instructional Software, Internet and Digital Media
High/Scope Educational Research Foundation – Education Through Movement: Foundation
McClosky Institute of Voice, Boston, MA
She studied piano and organ under Virginia-Gene Rittenhouse, Frank Araujo, Barclay Wood, George Faxon, Emory Fanning, and Russell Saunders.