Theodore (b.1972) has been composing and arranging for a little over twenty years. Out of Theodore’s varied career and life experiences, his musical oeuvre has grown. Sacred choral music represents the bulk of his output. However, over the past several years, writing for other instruments has built up his catalogue. Dabbling in the world of electronic/mixed music provides a nice change of pace from the more formal situations of music making. From Theodore’s musical growth, a new mission has evolved, to create Seasonal Scriptures in Song. To find out more about this project, go to https://www.patreon.com/TheodoreJander.
Throughout his compositional training, Theodore was blessed to receive guidance from several fantastic and gifted individuals: Dr. Claude Baker, Professor Kim Portnoy and Professor Robert Chamberlin. While at the European American Musical Alliance program in Paris, France, in July 2005, his teachers included Dr. Philip Lasser, Michel Merlet and Narcis Bonet.
Along with Theodore’s role as Artistic Director for the Greenleaf Singers (a St. Louis-based Early Music Vocal Ensemble), he is Composer-in-Residence and Worship Ministry Coordinator at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Hazelwood, Missouri. With all of these hats (did he forget to mention that he is also a Wellness Consultant for Juice Plus and an avid cyclist?), Theodore spends as much time as he is able with his two amazing children, Ellie and Evan.