Executive Director, Vince Treadway
In a world where musical organizations abound, the Alliance of Christian Musicians is a distinctly Christian organization that seeks to promote excellence in church music and worship. Incorporated in December 2002, the ACMprovides education, resources, concerts, workshops and symposia, and camaraderie for Christian musicians and worship leaders. In addition to the home Philadelphia chapter, a Pacific-Northwest chapter was launched October, 2007 in Tacoma, Washington.
ACM's Founder and Executive Director is Vince Treadway. Vince's professional musical career started at age eight when he began as organist/pianist at First Baptist Church of New Castle, Delaware. He was involved in solo performances as well as accompanist for several choral groups throughout his high school years. He won a full scholarship to Indiana University and studied Piano and Music Education there. Later he attended Virginia Commonwealth University as a Piano/Music Education Major, and obtained a B.R.Ed. from Trinity Theological Seminary in Evansville, Indiana.
He holds two masters degrees from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey; a M.M. in Church Music and a M.M. in Organ Performance. Throughout his life he has served as Director of Music in churches, and is currently serving at Proclamation Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. His duties at Proclamation include overseeing a full music program which includes a graded choral program for children; the adult choir, a concert series, handbell choirs, instrumental ensembles, worship teams, educational classes offered in the spring, children's musicals, composing and arranging, and leading worship from the organ. Vince teaches piano, organ and voice privately. He also performs in the United States as well as abroad, including concerts in Tokyo, Japan, Kyiv, Ukraine, and Paris and Aix-en-Provence, France. He is Executive Director of ACM (Alliance of Christian Musicians); an organization founded to promote excellence and education for Christian musicians in church music and worship. Vince is married and has one daughter.
Board of Directors
Vince Treadway, Executive Director
Jim Brown, Treasurer
David Moneymaker, Esq. Legal Counsel
Board Members
Martha Alford
Martha Alford holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Houghton College and a Master of Flute Performance from the University of Idaho. She taught elementary, junior high, high school and college level music. She spent 7 years as handbell director at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, and developed a secondary school music theory and history curriculum using bells as practical application.
Currently, Martha directs four handbell ensembles and the instrumental ensemble at Proclamation Presbyterian Church. She also directs the orchestra program at The Baldwin School, and maintains a large private flute studio.
Martha is the Pennsylvania State Representative for the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers. She directs the Main Line Ringers, an advanced level community handbell ensemble.
Chris Garven
William Byrd
William Byrd, III is currently the director of the Delaware Valley Concert Choir and has served as Organist and Choirmaster in churches in the Philadelphia area since 1977. His musical background includes styles from Bach to Kirk Franklin. He studied organ with Frederick B. Sponsler. He is married and has four children.
Paul S. Jones
Paul S. Jones, D.M. has been Organist and Music Director at historic Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA, since 1998 (www.tenth.org). He is also a pianist, composer, arranger, conductor, teacher, recording artist, and author. He holds the doctor of music degree in conducting and masters degree in piano from Indiana University as well as undergraduate degrees in piano, composition, and Bible from Philadelphia Biblical University. Dr. Jones is president of Paul Jones Music, Inc. He has composed or arranged more than 100 sacred works, has recorded eight CDs, and performs regularly with David Kim, concertmaster of The Philadelphia Orchestra. He published Hymns for a Modern Reformation with the late James Montgomery Boice and also authored Singing & Making Music: Issues in Church Music Today (P&R, 2006). He serves a council member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and as a board member of the Church Music National Conference.
Carolyn Keefe
Joe Kempf
Joe Kempf is
a member of Proclamation Presbyterian Church where he is an elder and sings in the choir. He is also CEO of Geo. F. Kempf Supply Co.