A graduate of Michigan State University, Ken Medema has completed bachelor’s and master’s work in music therapy and fulfilled performance requirements for applied music degrees in voice and piano. He has been writing songs and anthems since the 1970s and performs concerts, leads workshops, retreats, conferences, and worship in many denominations. As a music therapist, his unique listening skills to write music on the spot are great grist for the mill for his choral works, solo compositions, and children’s musicals. He loves working with choirs and musical ensembles to make them aware of how important they are as leaders, healers, comforters, and inspirers. His "Moses" and "Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying" compositions are among countless choral works published by Word, Hope, Hal Leonard, Glory Sound, Jubilate, and MorningStar. He has worked with numerous arrangers and composers, including Buryl Red (The Weaver), Charlie Brown, Kurt Kaiser, and the Creation Justice Ministries Collective. Ken is collaborating with Cathy Chamblee, who began as his transcriber, then sometime arranger, and now co-composer on upwards of twenty pieces including publications with Neil A. Kjos Music, Pavane Publishing, as well as self-publishing through Ken Medema Music. They enjoy setting texts from poets, current events, climate and social justice issues, and spiritual reflections.
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