Wayne Dietterick, Bass

Wayne Dietterick, Bass, a PA native and a NJ resident for 36 years, is the new Director of Sacred Music at Our Lady of the Mount Catholic Church in Warren. He also teaches piano at the Carolyn Klinger-Kueter Music Studio in Westfield. From 1975 to mid 2011, Wayne served as music director in four Lutheran congregations in New Providence, Summit, Warren and New Brunswick. He holds a bachelor's degree in music education cum laude from Susquehanna University, with an emphasis in choral directing and organ performance. Additionally, he studied organ privately with Dr. Leonard Raver of the Julliard School and sang and studied with Robert Shaw, Alice Parker and Robert Page.

Composer in Residence for Caritas, Wayne has composed and arranged over 170 works, which have been performed by choirs internationally. In 2008, his arrangement of the hymn O God Beyond All Praising was the closing work for Susquehanna University's Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra's performance at Carnegie Hall in celebration of the 150th year of the University's founding. Caritas has premiered a number of Wayne's choral works written for them, including Though the Fig Tree Does Not Blossom, performed at the 2008 National Pastoral Musicians Convention with the Metuchen Diocesan Chamber Choir. This season Caritas will premiere his new work written for Caritas entitled Three About Christmas.

Wayne expresses his appreciation to Barbara and Caritas members for the opportunity to be a part of Caritas - a chorale comprised of true artists who are devoted to the beauty of a cappella singing and to helping those in need.