Our Team
Dee Walsh
Administrative Assistant
Dee Walsh
Administrative Assistant
Congregational Song — hymns — infused Dee Walsh’s life from a young age. She has always been a choir girl: school choir, children’s choir, church youth choir, adult choir, hand bell choir. Along the way, she married a real musician who took her journey with the Church’s song to new heights. Rick gave her a tremendous appreciation of English hymnody, as well as the high and holy song of other cathedral traditions. Having already encountered less vaunted church music genres, through him she discovered still others. Dee considers it a sort of irony that at this juncture of late mid-life, having been out of the workforce for 24 years and never expecting to re-enter it, she finds herself in work under this grand umbrella. It fits well with the skills she has used most of her adult life in both past employment and volunteerism. Dee is gratified to be a part of an organization whose leaders, seeking to move it into its next century, understand that in everything the Church serves all – no less in song.
Brian Hehn
Director
Brian Hehn
Director
Brian is an inspiring song-leader equally comfortable leading an acapella singing of “It Is Well” as he is drumming and dancing to “Sizohamba Naye.” Experienced using a variety of genres and instrumentations, he has lead worship for Baptists, Roman Catholics, United Methodists, Presbyterians, and many more across the U.S. and Canada. He received his Bachelor of Music Education from Wingate University, his Master of Sacred Music from Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, and is certified in children’s church music (K-12) by Choristers Guild. He has articles published on sacred music and congregational song in multiple journals and co-authored the book All Hands In: Drumming the Biblical Narrative, published by Choristers Guild. While working for The Hymn Society as the Director of The Center for Congregational Song, he is also Associate Music Minister at Prince of Peace Catholic Community of Plano, Texas, and adjunct professor of church music at Wingate University in Wingate, North Carolina. Brian lives in Dallas, Texas, with his wife, Eve, and son, Jakob.
