of Johnathan Couch
Work
Current – Pianist/Organist, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
(Ocala, FL)
2024 through 2025 – Clinical Pastoral Education Resident, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (Tallahassee, FL)
2021 through 2025 – Director of Music, First Presbyterian Church
(Monticello, FL)
Summer of 2021 – Organist for Centenary United Methodist Church
(Quincy, FL)
2017 through 2018 – Cello and Piano Teacher, First Baptist School of Music
(Ocala, FL)
Outreach (volunteer positions and experiences)
Current – Director, Ocala Youth Symphony
(Ocala, FL)
Current – Pianist/Organist, Ocala Seventh-day Adventist Church
(Ocala, FL)
2022 through 2024 – Assistant Conductor, Ocala Youth Symphony
(Ocala, FL)
Spring of 2022 – Music Teacher, Ocala Adventist Academy
(Ocala, FL)
Since 2021 – Director of Church Choir, Ocala Seventh-day Adventist Church
(Ocala, FL)
2014 through 2019 – Director, Ocala Seventh-day Adventist Church Orchestra
(Ocala, FL)
Education
Florida State University
2022 through 2024 – Master of Music in Performance (Organ)
2018 through 2022 – Bachelor of Music in Performance (Organ)
2018 through 2022 – Bachelor of Music in Composition
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare
2024 through 2025 – Residency in Clinical Pastoral Education
2024 – Internship in Clinical Pastoral Education
Workshops
2019 – Conductors Institute of South Carolina (Associate)
- Conducted string, chamber, and full orchestra in morning workshop sessions for live feedback from the workshop faculty
- Conducted Movement 3 from Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in concert
2020 – Conductors Institute of South Carolina Virtual (Fellow)
- Participated in a Zoom meeting format of the workshop in which participants practiced conducting repertoire along with recordings for live feedback from the workshop faculty
2021 – Conductors Institute of South Carolina (Fellow)
- Conducted string, chamber, and full orchestra in morning workshop sessions for live feedback from the workshop faculty
- Conducted Movements 3 and 4 from Prokofiev Symphony No. 1, “Classical” in concert