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Methodist University. His choirs have enjoyed positive Clark W. Joseph is minister of music
reviews and have been lauded for their musicality and at St. John Church in Grand Prairie/
emotional performances. An active advocate for TTBB Southlake, TX. He earned a BM and
choral music, he regularly commissions new works from MM (University of Louisiana @Lafay-
established composers. Baugh also serves as conductor ette), MS (Fordham University), and
for Dallas-based Cathedral of Hope United Church MTS (Perkins/SMU). He was awarded the honorary
of Christ, where he leads the choir and orchestra for DMIN (Bell Grove Theological Seminary) and earned
worship services and concerts. He is in demand nation- the DWS (Liberty University). Joseph has traveled the
wide as a speaker and conductor. United States, Africa, and Europe teaching gospel
music. He has conducted choirs for Dallas Symphony
Gospel Goes Classical, Texas State Fair Night of Gos-
pel, National Baptist Convention Musical, and TBAAL
St. John Church Music Ministry Black Music & Civil Rights Movement Concert. His
awards include the Community Music Service Award
from the African American Museum of Dallas.
The Vocal Majority

The St. John Church Music Ministry is a compo-
nent of the Music and Worship Arts ministry of the
St. John Church, one church in two locations—Grand
Prairie and Southlake, TX—pastored by Dr. Denny The Vocal Majority comprises more than 100 men
D. Davis. The St. John Church Music Ministry has re- volunteering from all walks of life with varying degrees
corded two projects and is the featured choir on Bishop of musical talent and experience, with hearts full of
Richard White’s Live Recording, I’m Glad. Addition- joy, excitement, and passion for singing. For more than
ally, the St. John Church Music Ministry was the 2011 fifty years, the chorus has created extraordinary musi-
Dallas Regional Winner of the How Sweet The Sound cal experiences that have reached millions of listeners
Choir Competition. The choir presented A Night of around the world. The Vocal Majority has twenty-five
Gospel at Carnegie Hall in 2023 and will be singing in albums/CDs featuring their diverse musical repertoire
the Eleventh Annual Choral Series in Florence, Italy, that spans from time-honored barbershop, jazz, Broad-
in June 2025. In 2021, the choir participated in the way, pops, to sacred and patriotic. All recordings are
Welcome Concert for ACDA’s Virtual National Con- available online for download and streaming. In 2023,
ference. Vocal Majority was streamed more than 7.1 million
times.

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