MELISSA ESPY - ORGANIST & YOUTH CHOIR DIRECTOR

Melissa Espy has served as the organist at BPC since 2003. Her duties include service playing, accompanying, and directing the youth choir. A church organist for 30 years and a high school math teacher for 26 years, Melissa attended Converse College (BA music/math double major); Clemson University (teacher certification) and Georgia State University (M. Ed. Mathematics and M. Music Organ Performance). She has accompanied choirs at Converse, Clemson, Georgia State, and the Gwinnett Choral Guild. Melissa has enjoyed traveling and studying music while participating in the McGill Summer Organ Academy in Montreal; the Summer Institute for French Organ Studies (Lyon and Souvigny, France); and the Haarlem International Organ Academy (Holland). She attends the Montreat Music and Worship Conference each summer where she continues to learn about church music and gathers creative ideas to bring back to BPC.

Contact Melissa: melissa@bufordpres.com