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Michael J. Glasgow
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Michael J. Glasgow, Minister of
Music - Michael J. Glasgow is NRUMC's first full-time Minister of Music, and has been
with us since April 1998. He is a native of Detroit, and his family still lives in
Michigan. An honors graduate from the College of Charleston (SC), Michael holds
B.A. degrees in music theory/composition and journalism. He holds a summa cum laude
Master of Church Music degree from Concordia University Wisconsin as the program's
first double-emphasis student, in both choral and handbell music.
Michael's eclectic tastes and whirlwind of energy and enthusiasm have brought much new
and challenging music to NRUMC. He has composed four musical plays (two of which premiered
in Charleston's Sottile Theatre), as well as numerous original sacred choral, orchestral,
and handbell compositions. His setting of the Latin Requiem text was premiered at NRUMC on
April 8, 2001 with full orchestra and choir.
An active member of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), the American Guild
of English Handbell Ringers (AGEHR), and the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and
the Worship Arts (FUMMWA), Michael participates in many extracurricular and educational
pursuits, including serving as the editor for the AGEHR Area III newsletter, The Bell-O-Gram.
In the past year, Michael has been accepted into ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers), commissioned for several new pieces, and received conducting invitations throughout
the country. He was awarded a first prize in the 2006 Soundprint Productions Composition Contest
for his original jazz handbell piece, Celerity; as well as first prize in the Bells of the
Sound "Three Ring Circus" Composition Contest for Bumping Noses. A career highlight was
conducting The East Texas Handbell ensemble in ringing his first published handbell piece, Carnivale, at
the 2007 AGEHR National Seminar's opening concert in Dallas.
In his admittedly limited spare time, Michael enjoys weightlifting, yoga, and gourmet cooking, and
serves as the Bass Section Leader for the North Carolina Master Chorale.
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Thomas Fielding, Associate Minister of Music - recently finished his doctoral degree work at the Indiana
University Jacobs School of Music. He has taken first prize in many national performance and composition competitions and
has also been the recipient of several full-tuition scholarship awards at IU and, as an undergraduate, won several music
prizes offered by Valparaiso University. He has performed on many of the world’s finest instruments including the
English Cathedrals of St. Paul, London, and of Coventry, the Kathedral Basiliek St. Bavo, Haarlem, Netherlands,
St. James Cathedral, Toronto, and on the famed Flentrop organ at the Adolphus-Busch Hall, Harvard University.
As an active composer, Tom’s works have been published by the Choristers’ Guild, EC Schirmer, and
Boosey & Hawkes. His works have been performed in the United States, England, France, and Canada and
have been broadcast on National Public Radio. In his free time he enjoys cooking, reading, and being
outdoors. Visit his website at www.thomasfielding.com.
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