Dr. Clark W. Joseph
Minister of Music & Worship Arts
cjoseph@sjbcfamily.com
Dr. Clark W. Joseph serves as the Minister of Music & Worship Arts at the St. John Church. He earned BM/MM degrees in Piano Performance at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, MS in Education from Fordham University, and a Master of Theological Studies from Southern Methodist University (SMU) Perkins School of Theology. He was awarded the Doctor of Ministry from Bell Grove Theological Seminary in Louisiana. Finally, he has earned the Doctor of Worship Studies degree at Liberty University in Virginia.
He has traveled the United States and overseas presenting at the Gospel Music Workshop of America, Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship Conference and SMU Perkins School of Theology. He has served as the Music Minister for National Baptist Convention USA, National Baptist Convention of America, and currently co-conducts The Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Black Music and Civil Rights Concert at the Meyerson Symphony Hall, working with many music industry notables.
Under the leadership of Dr. Clark W. Joseph, the St. John Music Ministry has released two recordings and was the featured choir on the projects of Bishop Richard White and Ian Craig & GidIAN’s 300. The St. John Music Ministry has received numerous awards to include the How Sweet the Sound (HSTS) Dallas Regional Winner, HTSC Dallas Regional Runner-Up, People’s Choice Award and HSTS National Hopeline Award, and participated as a contestant in the HSTS National Finale in Los Angeles, CA.
Clark received the AMR Foundations’ Life Time Achievement Award, KHVN Radio Choir Director of the Year, and Irma P. Hall Theatre Awards Best Musical Director. He is the Texas State Fair Choir Director, a member of National Association of Negro Musicians, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Phi Mu Alpha Music Fraternity, Gospel Music Workshop of America and the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses.
Clark’s favorite Scripture is Psalm 34:1, “I will bless the Lord at all times and His praise shall continually be in my mouth.”
He has traveled the United States and overseas presenting at the Gospel Music Workshop of America, Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship Conference and SMU Perkins School of Theology. He has served as the Music Minister for National Baptist Convention USA, National Baptist Convention of America, and currently co-conducts The Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Black Music and Civil Rights Concert at the Meyerson Symphony Hall, working with many music industry notables.
Under the leadership of Dr. Clark W. Joseph, the St. John Music Ministry has released two recordings and was the featured choir on the projects of Bishop Richard White and Ian Craig & GidIAN’s 300. The St. John Music Ministry has received numerous awards to include the How Sweet the Sound (HSTS) Dallas Regional Winner, HTSC Dallas Regional Runner-Up, People’s Choice Award and HSTS National Hopeline Award, and participated as a contestant in the HSTS National Finale in Los Angeles, CA.
Clark received the AMR Foundations’ Life Time Achievement Award, KHVN Radio Choir Director of the Year, and Irma P. Hall Theatre Awards Best Musical Director. He is the Texas State Fair Choir Director, a member of National Association of Negro Musicians, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Phi Mu Alpha Music Fraternity, Gospel Music Workshop of America and the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses.
Clark’s favorite Scripture is Psalm 34:1, “I will bless the Lord at all times and His praise shall continually be in my mouth.”
