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Director of Music

Brian Wentzel has been the Director of Music at First Lutheran since 2006. He plays the organ and piano for worship services, directs the choirs, and coordinates other musical programs of the church.
 
Brian received a Bachelor of Music degree in Organ Performance from Northwestern University, and earned his Master of Sacred Music degree at Luther Seminary. Brian has given concerts and hymn festivals in Ohio, Illinois, and Minnesota, and received the Immanuel Organ Award from Immanuel Lutheran Church, Evanston, IL, in 2003. Brian's first organ teacher was his father, Steven Wentzel, and he has also studied under Margaret Kemper, Douglas Cleveland, and John Ferguson. He has studied choral conducting with Robert A. Harris, Robert Schulz, and Anton Armstrong.
 
Brian's email address is: musicdirector@firstlutheranlorain.org.
He can be reached by phone through the church office: (440) 244-6286.