Tandy Edward (Ted) Dix received his undergraduate degree in organ performance at Towson University in Towson, Maryland, where he was a second prize winner in the Peggy Friedmann Gordon Music Competition and a student of Dr. Thomas Spacht. His graduate study was conducted at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, New Jersey, where he was a student of Eugene Roan and a winner in the Graduate Organ Compeitition.  In March of 2001, Mr. Dix was a finalist in the national Arthur Poister Scholarship Competition in Syracuse, New York. In 2006 he received the Master of Music in Music Theory Pedagogy degree from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.  Ted currently resides in Westminster, Maryland.  He is the organist at Trinity Lutheran Church in Taneytown and serves on the faculties of Carroll Community College and McDaniel College. In addition to his work responsibilities, he enjoys building jigsaw puzzles, playing E-flat Alto Horn in the Westminster Municipal Band, and spending time with his wife, Gretchen.