John McGee
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John Paul McGee is a masterful musician, dynamic preacher, producer, published author, and educator. At the age of 4, without any formal training, he began to play familiar hymns and church songs by ear. By age 11, he was studying piano and pipe organ at the New Shiloh School of Music, under the tutelage of the late Dr. Nathan Carter, and subsequently graduated in 2002 from Baltimore School for the Arts with an arts certificate in piano and opera studies. He began his career in church music at the age of 12 as full-time minister of music at Waters AME church in Baltimore. As a keyboardist, vocal arranger, producer, and songwriter, he has been privileged to grace stages across the world with many popular gospel, jazz, R&B, and classical artists.
Dr. McGee is a 2006 graduate of Bethune-Cookman College with a Bachelor of Arts in music with a concentration in piano performance. He is a May 2008 graduate of Liberty University with a Master of Arts in religion with a concentration in church ministries. He is a 2015 graduate of Emory University in Atlanta with a Master of Sacred Music degree with a concentration in pipe organ performance. He is a June 2021 graduate of the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta with a Doctor of Ministry degree with concentration in pastoral care and counseling. From August through December 2021, McGee was resident professor of music for Verto Education in Pahoa, Hawaii, and he began his appointment as assistant chair of the Piano Department at Berklee College of Music in January 2022.
- Executive vice president of Gospel Heritage Foundation
- Featured pianist on the 2017 film A Question of Faith
- Conductor and arranger for Orlando Ballet's 2018 production Contemporary Wonders: Love Is
- Featured pianist and clinician, 2015 jazz tour of Colombia, Centro Colombo Americano
- Former vocal producer for EMTRO, a gospel record label
- Published author of Elevate!: 21 Days of Reflection, Prayer & Worship
- Musical collaborations with Gary Motley, Kim Burrell, Sisaundra Lewis, Judith Christie-McAllister, Jonathan Nelson, VaShawn Mitchell, Anthony Brown, Earnest Pugh, and many others
- Instrumental specializations in "gospejazzical" piano (a unique improvisatory fusion of gospel, jazz, and classical), Hammond organ, and pipe organ
- 40 Under 40 Alumni Award, Bethune-Cookman University
- Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), active learning certification