Music
Ministry

About the Music Minister -

Alan Fruge, Minister of Music

      Alan Fruge is our Minister of Music.  He came to Highland in June, 1999 from Tyler, TX.  He has his Bachelor's of Music Education Degree in Voice and Piano from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.  He also attended the University of North Texas in Denton and and received his Master's of Music in  Vocal Performance and Church Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in December, 2006.
     While attending UNT, Alan was selected to sing several major roles in works by Bizet, Orff, Mozart and others.  At Southwestern Seminary, Alan was chosen to sing the Baritone solos in Handel's Messiah.
     During his years of ministry, Alan has served in seven churches before coming to Lubbock.  Alan worked as Minister of Music and Youth in Opelousas, LA; Sunset, LA; Abbeville, LA; Santo, TX; Morgan City, LA; Vicksburg, MS; and Sharon Baptist Church in Arp, TX, a community just outside of Tyler, TX.
     Alan and his wife Nora were married in August in 1981.   They have two children, Jonathan and Hanna, who are both music majors at Texas Tech.   . 
     Nora works outside the home in various secretarial positions.  She has extensive medical knowledge and her post high school training was as an Emergency Medical Technician (paramedic).  Nora loves to sing and feels that her ministry is in serving alongside Alan and fully supporting in the ministry God has called him to.

  Children - Highland has a fully graded choir structure.  Tiny Melodies is for 4 & 5 year olds. Young Musicians encompasses 1^st grade through 6^th grade. These choirs sing in church during the year and present a full program at Christmas and in the spring. Children’s choirs rehearse each Sunday afternoon during the school year at 5:30 p.m.

  Youth - Our youth  blend their excitement for a contemporary sound with their youthful vitality. Our Youth Choir meets on Wednesday  afternoons at 5:30 p.m. This choir regularly sings for worship.  They also present a Christmas musical and prepare spring musicals that are sung on a summer choir tour and for the church.

University - University students are encouraged to praise our Lord through music and fellowship and join our adult choir for rehearsal each Wednesday at 7:15 PM.

   Adult - The Adult Choir sings in the morning worship service each Sunday. This talented, volunteer group also prepares special programs around Christmas, Easter, and Fourth of July. The Adult Choir practices at 7:15 p.m. each Wednesday evening in the Choir Room.

  Senior Adult - The King’s Choir meets each Sunday morning  at 8:30 a.m. in the Choir Room. The King's Choir sings and ministers to people in various nursing homes in the area.  They also regularly participate in the Highland "Super Sunday Choir" and represent Highland as they sing and minister on church tours.

Instrumental Ensemble

Many talented instrumental players are used to augment our worship time through ensemble work and instrumental solos. They also provide instrumentation for many choir presentations.

  Handbells

Our handbells meet on Wednesday evenings at 6:30 p.m.. We enjoy playing a two-octave set of Malmark handbells.

    Soloists

We use soloists each Sunday in both morning and evening worship. We are always excited to add new soloists to our corps of singers.

Link to  Highland Institute of Music