Scott M. Hyslop received his D.M.A. in Organ/Church Music at The University of Michigan, where he was a student of Marilyn Mason. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Church Music from Concordia University, River Forest (Chicago), Illinois, and a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. In addition to his formal education, he has studied with Paul Manz through the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and the Paul Manz Institute of Church Music in Chicago. Further musical studies include work in organ performance with Maurice Clerc at the Cathedral of St. Bénigne in Dijon, France, and in composition with Conrad DeJong, Richard Hillert, and James Aikman. Dr. Hyslop is also a Melodious Accord Fellow, having studied choral composition with the noted American composer and arranger, Alice Parker. He has had numerous compositions for voices, organ, and instruments issued by several publishing houses, as well as a biography of Paul Manz, The Journey Was Chosen: The Life and Work of Paul Manz (MorningStar, 2007). Dr. Hyslop has served congregations in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Chicago, Illinois; and Stuart, Florida. He presently serves as the Director of Parish Music at St. Lorenz Lutheran Church in Frankenmuth, Michigan. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for Lutheran Music Program, the organizational sponsor of Lutheran Summer Music, and the Board of Directors for the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. Dr. Hyslop and his family reside in Birch Run, Michigan.