Sean Kisch ’17 CURRENT POSITION: I am a music copyist and librarian at JoAnn Kane Music Services (JKMS) in Los Angeles. JKMS works side by side with film composers to help them get their music ready for recording sessions. My primary role now is coordinating our Live-In-Concert library, which creates and ships shows like Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, How to Train Your Dragon, Elf, and many others. MILESTONES AND MINISTRIES: § Credits with JoAnn Kane Music Service include Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Avatar: TheWay of Water, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Ahsoka, Only Murders in the Building, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and many more § Worked on films for JohnWilliams, Alan Silvestri, James Newton Howard, John Debney, and Christophe Beck, providing services frommidi mockups and score entry to part creation and in-concert preparation § Runner Up for Best Original Score at the ChristianWorldview Film Festival for the film Counter Column (2020) § Winner of the Christmas Carol Commission Competition with performances of “Rise Anon” by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir (2018) CEDARVILLE STORY: I could not do my job today if it were not for the training I received at Cedarville. The music technology classes gave me skills that I use every day in notation software and digital audio workstations. But most of all, I’m grateful for the personal investments of faculty such as Dr. Austin Jaquith, who helped me score my first feature film. Relationships like that helped me build my credit list and taught me life skills like how to be a disciplined writer and how to sabbath well. Those same relationships fostered deep conversations about how I should reflect Christ in my work. Even though most of my day-to-day work involves serving other composers rather than my own creative writing, I see all of my daily tasks — organizing notes on the page, creating mockups, or preparing live performances — as worthy of the highest level of excellence. I love that the word “service” is in the name JoAnn Kane Music Service. My time at Cedarville inspired me to lean into that calling — to see every cue and every concert as an opportunity to exhibit Christ’s servant-heart. Courtney (Potter) Nicholl ’06, MEd ’16 CURRENT POSITION: I live and teach in Kettering, Ohio. I ammarried to Andrew Nicholl ’05 (BA in church music). We have two kids, Romey (13) and Paisley (11). We serve at Waynesville Community Church. I teach about 400 students a week in grades kindergarten through fifth grade. We teach integrated classes that have mainstreamed students who have autism. During the school year, I also direct a volunteer choir of 100 third through fifth grade students. My students participate in concerts at my school as well as around our Kettering community. MILESTONES AND MINISTRIES: § Kettering Outstanding Teacher Award § VFWTeacher Appreciation Award § NAFME Guest Speaker § OMEA Registration § Master in Education § Middle School Band Director § Special Education Music Teacher § General Music Teacher K-5 § Private Lessons Instructor § Student Intern Mentor § Adjunct Music Education Professor at Cedarville CEDARVILLE STORY: I will always cherish my time attending Cedarville University. The education I received from both the music and worship department and the education department set me up to be a successful educator. The professors in the music department molded me into the musician that I am today. They instilled a lifelong love for music in me and invested in me as a student. As an educator in the public school system, I am thankful to Cedarville University for helping me grow in my faith in Christ that is unwavering in my classroom. 19
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