"Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD.  Praise ye the LORD."  
               Psalm 150:6

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Dr. Paul Jones is Organist and Music Director at Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA, where he conducts the Tenth Church Choir and the Tenth Chamber Players and oversees the entire music program. He also serves as Director of Music & Worship for the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and is the founder and president of Paul Jones Music, Inc.  Born in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, his earliest musical training began at the age of five in the Toronto and Western Ontario conservatory programs.  Dr. Jones holds undergraduate degrees in music (performance and composition) and in Bible from Philadelphia Biblical University, where he served as a faculty member for eight years, the master's degree in piano performance from Indiana University and the Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University in choral conducting.  (Click here for additional information.)

Contact Information: 215.735.7688 x236 or pjones@tenth.org

Jeremy Strong is Music Associate and Media Coordinator at Tenth. A native of New Jersey, Jeremy spent the first 18 years of his life in Uruguay and Argentina as a child of missionary parents. His first piano teacher was his mom. He studied piano and composition at Philadelphia Biblical University, graduating in 1995 with a Bachelor of Music in piano performance and composition, and a Bachelor of Science in Bible. He earned a Master's degree in composition from Temple University in 2003. He resides in New Jersey with his wife Missy, and his sons, Ethan and Owen. Besides being a stay-at-home Dad, Mr. Strong teaches piano and guitar at his home and works with music notation software.

Andrew Crow - Choral Assistant/Youth Orchestra Director Currently a student of Alan Harler at Temple University, Andrew Crow is pursuing the degree Master of Music in Choral Conducting. As an undergraduate at The Ohio State University, he studies voice with Patrick Woliver. Following his 1995 graduation summa cum laude as Bachelor of Arts in Music, Mr. Crow completed an apprenticeship at The Cleveland Institute of Music in Piano Technology. While practicing that craft, Andrew sang with Apollo's Fire (Cleveland's Baroque Orchestra) and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. He still finds gratification in work as a Piano Tuner/Technician and relishes the roles of husband to Kate and father to Ezra.

Peter Leibensperger - Assistant to Music Director
Peter Leibensperger graduated from Boyertown Area High School in 2004 as a National Merit semi-finalist and National Honors Society member with high honors. A trumpeter, tenor and jazz pianist, during his high school career Peter performed regularly with the concert band, marching band, jazz band, orchestra, concert choir, show choir and chamber choir, and he enjoyed composing for the marching band and concert choir. In his senior year, after auditioning into the Pennsylvania All-State Chorus in 2003 and 2004, he received the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association scholarship for scholastic and musical achievement. Peter is currently a Music Theory/Piano Concentration major at Temple University studying with Maria del Pico Taylor. He also studies conducting with Paul Jones. Mr. Leibensperger is the musical director of the Tenth ACTS Choir.