A native of Washington, D.C., who grew up in Arlington, Virginia, Kathy Bowman (formerly Kathy Miller) has played piano as long as she can remember! Her early musical training was encouraged by her family as she played for church services, denominational gatherings, school choruses, music festivals and numerous other events.

Kathy holds a B.A. in Music from the College of William and Mary with an emphasis in choral conducting and piano. She also received a Masters degree in piano performance from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Her professional career has taken her from being on the music faculty at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, through over 25 years as a minister of music in various churches. Kathy served as founding co-pastor and minister of music at Potomac Valley Assembly in Germantown, MD from 1987 to 2002 and then in 2003 became organist/accompanist at Trinity United Methodist in Frederick, MD. She also added “music teacher” to her many roles in 2000 when she began teaching vocal and general music at Patapsco Middle School in Howard County, MD. There she conducted 3 award-winning choruses involving over 230 students.

Kathy was the original accompanist with The National Christian Choir, beginning at the very first rehearsal in January 1984. She not only served as pianist, but on several NCC recordings also contributed choral arrangements and original compositions that are Choir favorites. In 1997, Kathy left the NCC to devote more time to her ministry, then returned in 2002 to her position as pianist.

2006 was a year of big changes for Kathy – in January she left her teaching position to prepare for a February wedding to long-time friend, Dennis Bowman. In April, they moved to their new home in Gettysburg, PA and in September, Kathy will assume the position of Director of Music and Fine Arts at Trinity Methodist, while also continuing her role there as organist. She is now looking forward to focusing more energy on choral arranging and writing, and preparing several articles and books she has been working on for publication.

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