Darren Shillingford
Darren Shillingford (he/him) is a second year Music Education PhD student and graduate assistant at the University of Maryland, College Park. Originally from the Commonwealth of Dominica, he previously worked with choirs throughout the English-speaking Caribbean and is passionate about researching Music Education in the Caribbean Region. He also taught general music at Pre-K to Grade 8 schools in both Trinidad & Tobago and here in Maryland. He is on demand as an accompanist working mainly with choirs throughout the DMV area. Currently, he serves as an organist at both the St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church and Epiphany Lutheran Church and also teaches early childhood music classes with UMD’s Hatchling Community Music Program.