Lesley Bush

Piano, Organ, Piano Technician 

Lesley M. Bush, a native of Polk County, North Carolina, graduated from Mars HIll College in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in religion and a minor in church music. He continued his education at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, and was ordained in 1989.

Beginning his formal music education at age six; he became a church pianist at age 11, and has been continuously involved in church music since that time.

Bush is a former member of the North Carolina Baptist Singers, has been the accompanist for the Third Century Singers (Community Chorus of Goldsboro, North Carolina), accompanist for the Union Symphony Chorus, Monroe, North Carolina, and for twelve occasions the director of the Carolina Community Chorus, in Tryon, North Carolina. He served as musical director for Tryon Youth Center's summer production of "Annie." He is a former pianist with The Symphony of Rutherford County.

For nearly 19 years, he was the Minister of Music-Director/Organist at Tryon Presbyterian Church. Currently, he serves as the Church Administrator, Minister of Music-Organist, at Rutherfordton Presbyterian Church in Rutherfordton, North Carolina.

He has taught students and adults how to play piano for 45 years. In 2020, he became a certified piano tuner-technician from the Piano Technician Academy in Mesa, Arizona. He is a member of the AGO (American Guild of Organists) and of P.A.M. (Presbyterian Association of Musicians).

One of his hobbies is photography. His landscape and interior photographs have been widely-published in the United States and England. He also serves as a board member of the Rutherford County Historical Society.

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