Music Ministry
Evolving from a rich musical history, EBPC strives for diversity of music in worship.
On any given Sunday, worshippers may experience our choir sharing traditional or new hymns, handbells ringing, our praise band ensemble performing contemporary Christian songs, or guest vocalists or musicians sharing southern spirituals, Celtic, bluegrass, classical, shape note, jazz, Americana, soul, or other musical genres.
Our music director, Nate Strasser, and Grand Ole Opry fiddler performer, Matt Combs, created AMERICANA CAROLS in 2019.
AMERICANA CAROLS is not your usual holiday music album.
A unique concoction of timeless Christmas melodies and Bluegrass instruments- AMERICANA CAROLS offers a new listening experience that proves Bluegrass doesn’t just belong in country music.
Americana Carols
Meet our Music Director:
Nate Strasser is the music director for EBPC and the assistant music director for the musical theater program at Belmont University. He received his BA in Jazz Studies from West Virginia University, and his Master’s in film scoring from the University of Southern California.
Since moving to Nashville, Nate has become a sought-after session musician and composer. In 2019, he was the pianist for the Oscar-nominated film Harriet. Strasser joined forces with Matt Combs, a featured performer on the Grand Ole Opry, to compose a piece for fiddle, piano and full orchestra entitled Appalachian Rhapsody. Since then, they collaborated with LA filmmaker, Alan Manzo, to produce a film based off of their composition entitled “We Were Strangers Once Too”. The piece is also featured on their Christmas album Americana Carols. The album was released last fall as a fundraiser for EBPC.