Parker J. Payne

Biography

Parker Payne, from Springfield, Missouri, is an Artist-in-residence at Missouri State University where he is the collaborative pianist for the Choral Studies Program. He has performed with MSU choirs across the United States and internationally to Canada, China, Denmark, France, Iceland, Norway, South Africa, Spain, and Sweden. Most recently, Parker performed with the MSU Chorale and Women’s Chorus at the 2023 National American Choral Directors Association conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has accompanied many choral festivals around the region, including the MSU Invitational Honor Choir, the Missouri Choral Directors Association All-State Festival Choir, and the South Central All-District Honor Choir. As a recording artist, Parker is a featured pianist on four commercially released albums by the MSU Chorale, including On My Way and The Song We Sing – both produced by the GRAMMY award winning production company, Soundmirror. As a frequent recording session pianist, he has recorded works by choral publishers such as Walton Music and Santa Barbara Publishing, and is featured on commercially released recordings with the Tallgrass Chamber Choir. Parker is also a voting member for the GRAMMYs Recording Academy. Parker also works with Walton Music as a music copy editor and is a published co-editor of Luca Marenzio’s Jubilate Deo.

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Professional experience

• Professional Affiliations
• GRAMMYs Recording Academy
• American Federation of Musicians
• International Federation for Choral Music

Publications

• Jubilate Deo, Luca Marenzio, Editor/Keyboard Realization, published by Walton Music, April 2023, WW2004
• The Song We Sing, commercially recording released by GIAChoralWorks and Naxos, March 2022
• Easter, 1906, commercially recording released by GIAChoralWorks and Naxos, January 2022
• Mysterium, commercially recording released by GIAChoralWorks, August 2020, GIA-CD-1085
• On My Way, commercially recording released by GIAChoralWorks and Naxos, March 2020, GIA-CD-1065