Dr. Patrice E. Turner, M. Div.

Biography

Dr. Patrice E. Turner serves as the Director of Worship & the Arts at Ebenezer Baptist church. She is an accomplished classical, jazz, and gospel pianist and vocalist who has shared her gifts nationally and internationally.

She received a Bachelor of Music, a Bachelor of Music Education, and a Master of Arts from The Ohio State University. Additionally, Dr. Turner received both a Master and Doctor of Music and Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Dr. Turner has been published in the Music Educators Journal and the Journal of Religious Thought. As a choral and general music educator, she taught at Johnson Park Middle School in Columbus, Ohio for three years. For 12 years she has worked at Jazz at Lincoln Center teaching WeBop. Patrice served as the Artist in Residence at the First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem for seven years.