Lakeside Singers concert set May 17 at Faith Community Church

“Sing Hallelujah!” is the theme of the Belleville Lakeside Singers’ concert at 5 p.m., Sunday, May 17, at Faith Community Church, 894 E. Huron River Dr., Belleville.
Director of the Lakeside Singers is Dr. David Stultz (DMA), originally from Chattanooga, TN. He graduated in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in organ performance from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, under Dr. Edie Johnson and in 2023, he earned a master’s in sacred music with Dr. Kola Owolabi at the University of Notre Dame.
Additionally, he studied advanced organ improvisation with Dr. Bálint Karosi. Currently, Dr. Stultz is serving as the director of music and organist at the First Presbyterian Church of Dearborn.
He also is the sub-dean of the Ann Arbor Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) and the director of the Belleville Lakeside Singers.
Recently, he received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree (DMA) from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor under Prof. Nicole Keller.
One of his most notable achievements includes winning first prize and the hymn-playing award in the 2021 Southeast Regional AGO Competition for Young Organists. Out of over 30 applicants worldwide and as the only American, he was also selected along with seven other candidates to compete in the 2024 Haarlem, Netherlands International Competition in Organ Improvisation.