Maestros of Ministry: Their Legacy in the Department of Music and Worship

STEVEN WINTEREGG |  35 team environment. He worked directly with faculty members, helping them think through goals and changes they hoped to implement and helped refine them before bringing them before the team asking, “How will this impact my colleagues and especially our students?” For even as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ (I Cor. 12:12). In terms of ensembles, Steve came well versed on the historical development of orchestras in the United States. He worked to hire a string faculty member who could direct the University Orchestra. He also believed that the future for our performance majors lay in cham- ber ensembles, rather than the large, major orchestra institutions. The orchestra, along with recruiting for string players, began to grow during Winteregg’s watch. Today the Department boasts a thriving, healthy orches- tra, and numerous chamber ensembles thanks to his fore- sight and subsequent efforts. Winteregg served as Chair of the Department of Music and Art. On the Art side of things, he created the art gallery that flanks the hallway from the Music Office to the student lounge. Later, as Art grew, he was instru- mental in moving that area forward to become its own Department. In addition to consistent departmental leadership, most of Steve’s time in the classroom was spent with Music Composition students. Steve had been an adjunct instructor and composer-in-residence since 1979, so he was very familiar with Cedarville’s missional emphasis to build Christ into students’ lives. He person- ally felt God’s calling to be a composer early in his career, and feels most at peace when he is composing. He was clear that it wasn’t his job to be famous but only to be faithful to what God had called him to do. He always tried to teach students to discover as early as possible He was clear that it wasn’t his job to be famous but only to be faithful to what God had called him to do.