Nathaniel (Nat) Stine

Choir Director

Nathaniel Stine originally hails from Boston’s North Shore. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Gordon College in Wenham, MA, and a Master of Music degree in Choral Music from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA. Nat and his wife Rachel moved from California to North Carolina in June of 2001 in order for Nat to take a job as Minister for Worship Arts at Chapel Hill Bible Church, where he served until 2017. He is now in his fifth year as Chorus and Orchestra Director at Rogers-Herr Middle School in Durham. 

Nat has appeared as a performer, conductor, music director, and arranger in various performance venues around the country, including several appearances at Carnegie Hall in New York City as featured pianist, vocalist, and arranger with the Tim Janis Ensemble, accompanying such artists as Sarah McLachlan, Sir James Galway, Lisa Fischer, and Zachary Levi. He is a multi-instrumentalist, having played piano, guitar, and saxophone since elementary school. Nat enjoys sharing his love for music with people of all ages. 

Nat and Rachel live in Durham, NC. They have two bicoastal college-age sons: Caleb, a journalism major at Fordham University in New York City, and Levi, a media arts & culture major at Occidental College in Los Angeles. Nat enjoys making people laugh, playing pickleball, listening to, playing, and talking about music, doing crossword puzzles, cooking, eating, and cheering on his Boston sports teams all the way from North Carolina.