Naomi originally joined Lifesong staff from 2015 until 2019. After a four-year break while she and her husband served in the music and pastoral ministry at a church on Oahu, Hawai'i, Naomi is back in Texas and ready to join the Lifesong family once again in Season 17!
Lyric soprano and pianist Naomi Rose received her Bachelor of Arts in Music concentrating in piano performance and pedagogy from Trinity International University in Deerfield, IL, and a Masters of Music in Church Music with concentrations in piano and voice performance from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX.
Since 2010 Naomi has taught private instruction for piano, voice, clarinet, and saxophone across Dallas-Fort Worth, Illinois, and Minnesota. Naomi was an active performer and teacher in Hawai‘i from 2019-2022 while also managing Guitar Center Lessons which she had the privilege of growing from 45 to 400 students under her direction.
While living in Hawai'i, Naomi performed as a chorister and soloist with Lutheran Church Honolulu (LCH), Honolulu Vocal Jazz, Early Music Hawai‘i (EMH), and Oahu Choral Society (OCS). In 2022 Naomi performed as a soloist for LCH in a special concert featuring Scandinavian music. Also in 2022, as part of a new project for Early Music Hawaii, Naomi and a few select educators taught their first seminar for an Elementary School about early music under the direction of her husband. Naomi was a founding member of Honolulu Vocal Jazz in 2021 where they performed throughout the island, including Brigham Young University. In 2019 Naomi had the privilege to sing with OCS alongside HSO for a performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Naomi performed as a soloist for a collaboration concert at the Blue Note Hawaii with OCS and Johnny Valentine, a local Hawaiian artist. In Texas, Naomi performed with Southwestern Master Chorale alongside the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (FWSO) for Handel's Messiah and in a chosen chorus for a Video Game Concert. In Lifesong's 10th Anniversary Concert, 2016, Naomi was honored to accompany Violinist Michael Shih, concertmaster of the FWSO. She has toured as an instrumentalist and vocalist nationally and internationally across Europe and Asia since 2009.
Naomi has a passion for teaching and helping any student, any age, find the joy of music whether it be fundamental skills or discovering something new about music. She is over the moon excited to be teaching again at Lifesong!