Andrew Dittman

Andrew Dittman serves as choirmaster at The Chapel of the Cross (REC) in Dallas, Texas and its parochial school, the Saint Timothy School, where he, along with his wife, also directs the string orchestra program. He also finds himself teaching a myriad of other subjects, which vary from year to year, including math, physics, computer science, drama, and P.E. From 2019-2024 Andrew served as artistic director for the Denton Bach Society, and he frequently sings professionally as a soloist and chorister in Dallas’ professional choirs. He earned his M.M. in choral conducting from the University of North Texas as well as a B.A. in music and computer science. As a composer and arranger, Andrew has written several pieces which have been performed by various professional, church, and school ensembles. He resides in Richardson, Texas with his lovely, ever-patient wife, Ashley, and their four children, John, James, and Catherine, and Lucy.

Matthew Wilkinson

Matthew Wilkinson is an American organist, residing in Charleston, SC. Before moving to Charleston, he received a performance degree in piano from Lee University in Cleveland TN, where he was awarded the school’s prestigious Instrumental Performance Award and Presser Scholarship. After serving as music director at St. Michael’s Anglican Church in Charleston for six years, he moved to Germany to pursue his Master’s degree at the Hochschule für Musik, Freiburg. His teachers included: Matthias Maierhofer, David Franke, and Vincent Dubois, and he has participated in lessons and masterclasses with Daniel Roth, Ullrich Böhme, Guy Bovet and Robert Hill (cembalo). He has performed concerts in Steinfeld, Glauchau, Frauenstein, Störmthal, Freiburg, Naumburg, Metten, and Memmingen, Germany, was an artist in the Roquevaire International Organ Festival in France, and a semi-finalist in the International Franz Schmidt Organ Competition. After completing his master’s degree, he moved to Denton, Texas where he earned his DMA in organ at the University of North Texas under Dr. Jesse Eschbach, and served as the organist at Christ Church Cathedral, Plano. His dissertation is The Implementation of Lombardic Rhythm Inégalité in French Classical Music and his related field was choral and orchestral conducting. He also runs a podcast, The Pursuit of Beauty, where he interviews composers, performers, iconographers, philosophers, architects and artists of all varieties. His first professional album, “Bach’s Clavierübung III,” recorded on the 1730 Waltershausen Trost organ, was released with Spektral Records last year. You can also find and purchase Matthew’s hymn reharmonizations from his website, matthewwilkinson.net. He chose to return to St. Michael’s, Charleston where he resides with his wife and two daughters.

Christopher Evatt

Christopher Evatt is Director of Parish Music at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and School in Edmond, OK. He oversees all aspects of Holy Trinity’s traditional music program, serving as organist, pianist, choir director, handbell director, cantor, arranger, and composer. Whether organizing elaborate multi-ensemble Easter liturgies and Reformation Day chorale-recitals or playing for the weekly Wednesday night hymn-sings, Dr. Evatt aims to provide a standard of excellent sacred music that glorifies God, drawing on Lutheran and broader Christian traditions while uplifting the song of the congregation. He has presented workshops on church music at the 2024 LCMS Institute on Liturgy, Preaching, and Church Music, and the 2025 Caedmon Church Music Conference. He is adjunct faculty at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, where he serves as a staff pianist and teaches organ. Originally from Pennsylvania, Dr. Evatt holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music (DMA) and the University of Texas at Austin (MM, BM) and previously held positions at Keene State College in New Hampshire and the Longy School of Music in Boston before coming to Oklahoma. He studied organ with John Ferguson, Judith Hancock, and Malcolm Matthews, and collaborative piano with Jean Barr, Colette Valentine, and Anne Epperson.