Dr. Jaeyong Lee
Jaeyong "J.D." Lee has served as Choir Director and Organist at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Tyler since 2015. At OSLC, he leads the choral and worship music ministries, joyfully collaborating with volunteer community musicians and encouraging congregational singing.
Originally from Busan, South Korea, J.D. was born and raised in a Buddhist family and came to faith in Christ in 1997. Since his baptism, he has served the church in many roles, including choir member, cantor, pianist/keyboardist, organist, and choir director. He considers his faith a calling and music his way of sharing God’s grace through beauty, community, and faithful service.
J.D. serves on the faculty of Texas College in Tyler, where he is Chair of the Division of General Studies & Humanities, which oversees the college’s core curriculum for lower-college students and five academic programs: Associate of Arts in General Studies, B.S. in English, B.S. in Liberal Studies, B.A. in Music, and B.S. in Religion. Before stepping into this role, he served as Coordinator of the Music Department for six years. At Texas College, he has taught courses such as Intro to Music, Music History, Music Theory, Orchestration & Arranging, Music Composition, and Applied Piano, and he remains an active collaborative pianist with vocalists and instrumentalists.
He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from Texas Tech University, where his doctoral research focused on the Spanish composer Manuel Infante (1883–1958) and underrepresented ethnic voices in piano literature. He also earned a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Northwestern State University of Louisiana and a Bachelor of Music degree with a Music Education Certificate from Hanyang University in Seoul.
J.D.’s ongoing interests include rare and ethnically diverse repertoire in classical music, Gregorian chant, and the intersection of faith, culture, and music in both worship and education.
Our musicians and choir practice on Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m.
our Accompanist- Dr. Jaeyong Lee
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