FELC Welcomes Jim Sage as Director of Music Ministries

We are excited to announce that Jim Sage has joined the staff of Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church as Director of Music Ministries!

Jim is a familiar face and friend to many of us at Faith Lutheran, as he has previously served as Interim Director of Music. Jim’s first Service with us will be Ash Wednesday at the 7pm Service on March 2, 2022. Jim plans to use the season of Lent to become reacquainted with the congregation and choir, and focus on delivering a quality liturgical music program infused with his style and energy.

About Jim

Jim Sage holds a Bachelor of Science in Composition/Theory from SUNY Brockport, NY, and a Masters of Music in Piano Performance from SUNY Binghamton, NY. Jim's active musical career spans more than forty years with roles in a wide variety of liturgical, performance art, and teaching settings. Jim has served as Director of Music and Coordinator of Liturgy for several large parishes including Holy Family in South Pasadena, CA, and St. Theresa Parish in Phoenix, AZ. In faculty and teaching settings Jim has served as Department Chair and Faculty Member of Visual and Performing Arts at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy in La Cañada, CA, and Accompanist and Coach for Altadena Community Children’s Choir in Altadena, CA.

In addition, Jim has performed as a soloist, accompanist, and chamber music player in Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Mexico, and The Netherlands. He has served as Musical Director of many musical theater productions, including Oklahoma!, Gypsy, Once On This Island, The King and I, Children of Eden, Anything Goes, Into the Woods, Carousel, and others.

His activities as a composer include commissions for children’s music, compositions for past Archdiocese of Los Angeles Liturgy Conferences, and incidental music for theater.