Brady Ketelsen is currently the music director and pianist for St. Michael’s Lutheran and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Atonement. He also currently teaches voice lessons for members of the Philadelphia Boys and Girls Choirs as well as a few private students. An alumnus of Temple University, Brady earned his Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting during which, he was privileged to conduct with the almost every major singing ensemble including his graduate recital with the Graduate Conductors Chorus. Prior to moving to Philadelphia, Brady earned his bachelor’s degree in Music Education at the University of South Dakota, after which he directed seven ensembles at Central High School in Rapid City, South Dakota along with the church choir at Trinity Lutheran, the musical ensembles of several musical theater productions, and several festival choirs. In addition to choral music, Brady enjoys cooking, traveling, and engaging with musical theater in the audience, in the orchestra pit, or (infrequently) on stage.