Wayne L. Wold is a professor, college organist, and chair of the Music Department at Hood College in Frederick, MD. He is the director of Music Ministry at First Lutheran Church in Ellicott City, MD. An active composer, author, performer, church musician, and clinician, Wold holds a DMA from Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, VA; a MSM from Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH; and a B.Mus from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. He earned the certification of AAGO (Associate of the American Guild of Organists) and received the “Alumnus of Excellence Award” in 2015 from Shenandoah Conservatory. He is editor and frequent author of a monthly column entitled “Musicians on the Side” in The American Organist. Wold is the author of three books, numerous articles, and dozens of anthem and hymn texts. His published compositions number over 300 and include works for organ, adult and children’s choirs, and various instrumental ensembles, plus a children’s musical and psalm settings and hymn tunes that appear in numerous hymnals in the U.S. and Australia. He served on the editorial committee for the hymnal, Evangelical Lutheran Worship. He has presented numerous recitals and improvised hymn festivals across the U.S. and in Europe. Mr. Wold has performed as harpsichordist with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra, the Hood Chamber Players, the National String Sinfonia, the Frederick Symphony Orchestra, and Bach in Baltimore. He is an active member of both the Baltimore and Central Maryland Chapters of the American Guild of Organists (AGO), a member and past regional president of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians (ALCM), and a member of The Hymn Society in the U.S. and Canada. He has led workshops for all three organizations.