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spent five years touring abroad with Up With People as a bandleader, bassist,
sound engineer and show manager, subsequently working for Northeastern
State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma as the manager of the NSU Jazz Lab.
It was there Brad honed his arranging skills while teaching music technology,
bass and directing various student jazz groups. He is still active throughout
the region as an adjudicator and clinician. He also served for five years as the
director/pianist of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. Brad's arranging credits include The Tulsa Philharmonic, The Tulsa Signature Symphony (Sinfonia), the Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra, The Walton Arts Center and many others. He works frequently with his wife Mary Kay, in various musical settings. Brad and Mary Kay have several recordings to their credit.. Their latest, Because of Love, is a wonderful collection of new hymn arrangements and originals. Brad and Mary Kay have two sons, Josh 17 and Joe Creed 16.
Brad served for 3 years as the Worship Associate at First
Baptist Church of Tulsa, Oklahoma where his primary responsibilities are arranging and writing for the worship ministry, especially the contemporary service. He is currently the Worship Pastor at Crescent Valley Baptist Church near Fort Gibson, Oklahoma. Henderson's undergraduate degree is in Instrumental Music Education from Northeastern State University and his Masters from the University
of Arkansas in composition.
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