Keith Plumley - Director of Music.
Keith Plumley has been serving this fall as our volunteer choir director and a regular piano accompanist at worship services, he is now our official Director of Music (DoM). The Board approved Keith for this four-hours per week position at their October 14 meeting; and those involved in the search process all breathed a sigh of relief that we'd found someone so competent, experienced and passionate about music at UUCS! An active Friend of UUCS for several years, Keith - as our DoM - will be responsible for the overall direction, planning and implementation of the music program, working in coordination with our Minister and the Worship Committee. He will be accompanying the worship services most Sundays, directing the adult choir with the goal of twice-monthly anthem performances, and arranging for occasional guest musicians/musical programs.
A graduate of the University of South Carolina Spartanburg, Keith had his first experience as an accompanist as a teenager in a church in his hometown, Landrum SC. He also accompanied and directed a traveling singing group during college, under the auspices of the SC United Methodist Conference. Keith says: "I am most excited about this position at UUCS because of the opportunity to be part of a congregation with diverse religious backgrounds where the presentation of music from any genre is accepted and appreciated."
Keith works full-time as the Director of Sales in the Piano and Keyboard Division at Case Brothers of Spartanburg, where he's been employed for 30 years. He's the proud father of two sons, John (28) and Seth (26) - both guitarists. In his spare moments, Keith enjoys gardening, genealogy, traveling, collecting old hymnals and spending time with his four (yes, 4) Shih Tzus.
We welcome you, Keith, to the staff of UUCS. May we have many years of making beautiful music together!! |
