DR. C. HARRY CAUSEY

As The NCC's Founder, Music Director and Executive Director, Harry Causey is an integral part of The Choir. Formerly a freelance Minister of Music, Harry is nationally known for his compositions, arrangements, and worship facilitation at churches and church conferences. He was a full-time Minister of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in Washington, D.C., until he founded The NCC in 1984. Harry's voice can be heard each week over the air waves through the United States, its territories, and all Canadian provinces as he hosts The NCC's radio program, Psalm 95.

Harry is a published author of three books and over 100 choral works through a variety of publishers.  He is an orchestrator, having contributed many custom orchestrations to The NCC library of recordings.

A graduate of Davidson College with a BA degree in music, Harry earned a master's degree in music composition at Florida State University before studying choral conducting at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.  In 1980, he was ordained to the pastoral ministry.  In 2006, he was honored with an Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree from Antietam Bible Seminary.

Harry and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Frederick, Maryland. They have two children, David and Debbie, and seven grandchildren.