All Saints' Episcopal Church

Our Music Family

Adult Choir
Hand Bell Choir
Instrumentalists
Kid's Music Club
Recitals
Vocalists

Summer Music Series
(June - August)
Director:John Seybert
The program is posted the last week of May.

Larry Sledge, Ph.D.
10:50 a.m. Worship Service Music Director
Director of the All Saints' 10:50 A.M. Choir
Director of the All Saints' Handbell Choir

Dr. Larry Sledge holds the Ph.D. in Music Education from Florida State University and the Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Vocal Performance and Composition from Southern Illinois University. He is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies at Florida Southern College, where he also teaches courses in music history, conducting, and music theory. He has served on the faculties of St. Leo University, University of South Florida, and Southern Illinois University. He is currently the Florida state president of the American Choral Directors Association. He has been the conductor of the 80-voice Lakeland Choral Society since 1989. He also conducts the 30-voice Florida Southern College Women's Chorale and the 60-voice Florida Southern College Concert Chorale. He and his wife Jean have two grown children, Michael and Sarah.

Martha Bunday received the Bachelor of Music degree in Organ Performance from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Prior to relocating to Florida in 1993, Martha held various organist positions in the Minneapolis, MN area. Her teachers have included Ruth Berge (Concordia College), Howard Don Small (St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Minneapolis), Paul Manz (Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Minneapolis) and John Ferguson (Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis). Martha is serving her 7th year as organist
at All Saints’ Episcopal Church.

John Seybert, Ph.D. Candidate
8:50 a.m. Worship Service Music Director
Director of the 8:50 A.M. Choir
Director of the Annual Music Program

John is currently finishing his doctoral thesis in music education with minors in wind conducting, jazz studies, and saxophone performance at the University of Indiana School of Music. Before joining Southeastern University in Lakeland as Assistant Professor of Music Education, John taught for Indiana University for three years in the School of Music. His B.A. is in Music Education (K-12 instrumental, vocal, and general music) and his M.A. is in musicology. He specializes in jazz studies, instrumental music, student motivation, and artificial intelligence research in music. In 2006, he presented at Oxford University and at the International Association of Jazz Educator's Conference in New York City.