Music
Director of Music Ministries
David Leahey
Phone: (703) 591-3120 ext. 109
Email: dleahey@fairfaxumc.org
David Leahey began his musical career as a chorister at Liverpool Cathedral, England. During that time he gained a wonderful choral education, participating in services for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, HRH Princess Diana and Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major. David also toured Spain and Japan alongside Paul McCartney performing McCartney’s ‘Liverpool Oratorio’. While still a teenager he became organist for a number of churches in Liverpool and its surrounding area. At age sixteen he was appointed as Organ Scholar at Liverpool Cathedral under the tutelage of the world-renowned Professor Ian Tracey, and in this capacity he accompanied and conducted services and assisted in the training of probationer choristers. In 1997 he followed in the footsteps of Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Herbert Howells, and was awarded a scholarship at the Royal College of Music in London, England, before returning to Liverpool to study for a bachelor of honours degree in Music and Information Technology. Since August 2003, David has been the Director of Music at Fairfax United Methodist Church, Virginia, and in his time here he has worked with George Mason University and demonstrated his excellent repertoire by performing recitals at the White House and the Blair House.
Associate Director of Music Ministries
Ian Lane
Phone: (703) 591-3120 ext. 120
mail: ianlane76@hotmail.com
Ian
Lane, tenor, is a graduate of Virginia Tech where he received his degree
in vocal performance and music education. He is in The United States Army Chorus,
the vocal counterpart to The United States Army Band, “Pershing’s Own” in Washington,
D.C. As a member of one of the most prestigious men’s choruses in the world, he
has been a featured soloist on stages across the country as well as on ABC’s Good
Morning, America. Additionally, he is a frequent soloist in the Washington, D.C.
area and the White House. A versatile singer, Mr. Lane has performed the lead roles
in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Puccini’s La Boheme. He has also been featured
in numerous oratorios and recitals, performing repertoire from the Baroque period
to modern day Broadway and pop. An active church musician and educator, Ian is the
Associate Director of Music Ministries at Fairfax United Methodist Church in Fairfax,
Virginia.
Director of Children's Choirs
Camille Haberland
Phone: (703) 591-3120 ext. 109
mail: haberland@verizon.net
Camille Haberland earned a Bachelor of Music in Musicology from
the University of the Pacific Conservatory and a teaching credential through graduate
studies at San Diego State University, Westminster Choir College and George Mason
University. She has taught senior high, junior high and elementary level band, chorus,
general music and drama in both public and private schools over the past twenty
five years. She currently works for Fairfax County Public Schools as a general music
specialist at Mosby Woods Elementary School. An active member of Fairfax United
Methodist Church since 1988, Camille is pleased to serve as Children's Choir Director,
working with so many supportive families and a professional music staff. She is
a member of the American Orff- Schulwerk Association, ACDA, the Chorister's Guild,
and MENC.
Director of Handbell Choirs
Robert Aughtry
Phone: (703) 591-3120 ext. 109
mail: raflute@aol.com
Robert Aughtry attended the University of South Carolina in Columbia earning his
Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education in 1990 and his Master of Music degree
in Flute Performance in 1994. Afterwards, he attended the Louisiana State University
in Baton Rouge, completing the coursework for a Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree
in Flute Performance. In 2000, he joined The United States Army Band "Pershing's
Own" performing as flutist in the Army Concert Band. He has been a soloist with
the band in performances at the Capitol and most recently he was featured soloist
with The United States Army Strings in a performance of the Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite in B Minor at The Crypt Church at the Basilica of the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. Prior to joining the Army,
he was the Second Flutist/Piccoloist with the Acadiana Symphony, Utility Flutist
with the Baton Rouge Symphony and Principal Flutist of the Natchez Opera Orchestra,
the Baton Rouge Little Theater and the Baton Rouge Gilbert & Sullivan Society.
Also he has performed with the South Carolina Philharmonic and the Augusta Opera.
An active recitalist, chamber musician, clinician and adjudicator, Rob has also
served as the Secretary and the Vice-President of The Flute Society of Washington.
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