Bethany Danel Brooks
Bethany Danel Brooks is a musician, teacher, and liturgy-crafter living in Prague, Czech Republic. She has performed as a soloist and collaborative pianist throughout North America, the UK, and Europe. With violinist Samuel Nebyu, she recorded Music by Composers of African Descent (BCM&D Records, 2017). She has premiered numerous works by Joshua Stamper, including as a member of the ensemble color as time.
For ten years, Bethany was Director of Musical Worship at City Church, Philadelphia, where she developed a passion for letting the gifts of composers, visual artists, and local musicians enrich congregational worship. In 2012 she released Quarry Street Hymnal, a recording project of sacred music which was shaped by her years in Philadelphia’s roots music scene. Her essay “The Discipline of Delight” was published in the book It Was Good:Making Music to the Glory of God (Square Halo Press, 2013).