Dr. Gary Hallquist is the worship pastor at Colonial Baptist Church in Cary, North Carolina. He received his Doctor of Worship Studies degree from the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies in 2007. He has two masters' degrees, one in theological studies and one in clarinet performance, and a bachelors in music education. Gary is a widely published choral composer, arranger, and orchestrator, and has been writing for the church since his teens. He has taught
on the music faculties of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.