The Team

Jonathan N. Kupper is a professional music and worship director, composer/arranger, and pianist. He has recieved various awards and honors including a commission prize fellowship to the Tanglewood Music Center, BMI’s Pete Carpenter Fellowship, and the American Prize for excellence in the performing arts (third place) for his one-act opera, The Monkey’s Paw. Mr. Kupper received preparatory training at the Eastman School of Music and went on to study at the New England Conservatory of Music, New York University (musical theater writing program), and the University of Southern California (scoring for motion pictures).  Other original compositions include: Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra; Greenwich Village Suite (wind ensemble); an original setting of the spiritual, “He Never Said a Mumblin’ Word” (choir and orchestra), Facebookatorio: a concert musical, Hoarders: the musical, and many other song-cycles and chamber pieces. Jonathan has worked extensively as a professional music director for the theatre and in churches, where he continues to compose and arrange sacred music on a regular basis. Jonathan is thrilled to be called to the position of Music & Worship Arts Director at SABC. New to Columbia, he and his wife, Adrienne, are making their home with their two children, Evelyn and David.