​​​​​​Mark Kellner​​​ worship leader song writer conductor arranger musician​​ composer ​
Experience
 All of my full-time adult jobs have been music-related. I've worked for radio stations and studios, churches and para-church organizations. I've written, performed and recorded in just about every current style - from classical and folk, to contemporary christian and jazz.
Churches
Spring Hill Baptist Church, Spring Hill, FL
​1996 - 1998
Minister of Worship and Music. Choir, handbells and ensembles, traditional worship services, technical (sound), seasonal and guest artist events.​
Isle of Faith UMC, Jacksonville, FL
​2010 - present
Minister of Worship and Music. Worship Leader, Praise Band, Choir, contemporary services, seasonal and guest artist events, drama, technical (sound, projection, computers), administrative functions.
Wheaton Evangelical Free Church, Wheaton, IL
2001 - 2010
Pastor of Worship and Music. Worship Leader, Praise Band, Choir, Orchestra, contemporary and blended services, technical (computers, sound, projection), advertising and other administrative functions, seasonal and guest artist events.
Fellowship Bible Church, Dalton, GA
​1999 - 2001
Pastor of Worship and Music. Praise band, Choir, contemporary service, seasonal and guest artist events, technical (sound, projection, computers), administrative functions.
• Tulip Grove Baptist Church, Nashville, TN, part-time organist (concurrent with freelance work; 1994 – 1996).
• Trinity Baptist Church, Lincoln, NE, Minister of Music. Choir and worship services, organ. (part-time, concurrent with Back to the Bible; 1987 – 1994).
• Union Congregational Church, Aurora, IL, part-time organist and choir accompanist, handbell and children's choirs director (concurrent with WNIU; 1986 – 1987).
• DeKalb Wesleyan Church, DeKalb IL, part-time choir director and organist (concurrent with schooling and WNIU; 1981 – 1985).
Other Churches, Part-time
Other Experience
Back to the Bible Broadcast, Lincoln, NE
​1987 - 1994
Producer, Arranger, First Tenor (Back to the Bible Quartet). Wrote and produced music for the internationally syndicated broadcast. Performed in the studio and on the road with the Quartet.
Composition, Arranging and Orchestration, Studio Production
• More than 100 original choral anthems, various publishers
• Six books of keyboard music, various publishers
• More than 350 men’s quartet and/or choral arrangements and about 200 orchestrations for Back to the Bible. Most of these were recorded in Nashville (1987 – 1994).
• Approximately 35 published orchestrations for choral anthems and seasonal musicals, etc. (Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL - and many more for local church use).
• Commissioned works for orchestra, choir, various ensembles.
• Selections for concert orchestra and band (with performances by the Hernando Symphony, the Fox Valley Symphonic Band, the NIU Wind Symphony).
• Two full-length Broadway-style musicals for church production
• Praise Choruses and songs for church use
• Many more smaller works for solos and small ensembles (both sacred and secular).
• I have considerable experience in the recording studio (Nashville, Chicago, Lincoln, Chattanooga), both as a performer and as a producer.
Orchestral Conducting
• Various studio ensembles, Chicago Recording Company, for Hope Publishing Company, 2000 to 2009.
• Members of the Indianapolis Symphony in recording sessions, Aireborne Studios, Indianapolis, IN for Back to the Bible and Hope Publishing Company, 1990 to 2009.
• Members of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and the Nashville String Machine in recording sessions for Hope Publishing Company and Back to the Bible Broadcasting, 1990 – 1994.
• Members of the Nebraska Chamber Orchestra in recording sessions for Back to the Bible Broadcasting, 1987 – 1990.
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Note: recorded selections with above ensembles were for choral anthems, musicals or other church orchestrations. Approximately 250 selections recorded.
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• Northern Illinois University Philharmonic, Graduate Assistant to the Director, 2006 – 2007.
• Hernando Symphony Orchestra (Spring Hill, FL), Artistic Director and Conductor, 1997 – 1999.
• WEFC Church Orchestra (Wheaton, IL), Director, 2000 – 2009.
Musical Ensembles (performance)
• Trombone: St. Augustine Orchestra (principal), Wheaton Symphony Orchestra (bass), NIU Wind Symphony (principal), Moody Concert Band (principal), North Carolina All State Bands (3 years – principal), North Carolina All State Orchestra (principal).
• Euphonium and tuba in various community bands.
• Worship Leader, piano, synthesizer, guitar, bass, drums as needed, Isle of Faith, Wheaton Evangelical Free Church, Fellowship Bible Church.
• 1st tenor with the nationally known Back to the Bible Quartet, recording and concert tours (1987-1994).