Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc., announces the addition of Nathaniel Gumbs to its roster.
Nathaniel Gumbs is a native of the Bronx, New York, and has performed throughout the United States and abroad, including Antigua, St. Thomas, Ghana, Paris, and Munich. He currently serves as director of chapel music at Yale University where he works with students, faculty, and guests to coordinate music for three worshiping communities: the University Church in Battell Chapel, and at Yale Divinity School in both Marquand Chapel and at Berkeley Divinity School. Gumbs earned his undergraduate degree from Shenandoah Conservatory in Virginia, his Master of Music degree from Yale University, and he is currently completing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York.
Prior to his position at Yale, Gumbs served as director of music and arts and church organist at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, where he led several hundred volunteer musicians and staff in four choirs and other ensembles. He has also been a frequent guest musician at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem and served as organist and clinician for the Hampton University Ministers’ Conference.
He is a member of The Diapason’s 20 Under 30 Class of 2017. In 2018, Gumbs curated the opening hymn festival, “Singing Diverse Music in the New Church,” for the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada’s annual conference. His teachers include Steven Cooksey, David Higgs, and Martin Jean.
For bookings and information, contact John McElliott: [email protected] or concertorganists.com.
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