David Miron was born and raised in a
Reform Jewish home in
Lake Jackson, Texas. He
attended
Congregation B'nai Israel in
Galveston, where he became a Bar
Mitzvah and confirmed during the
tenure of Rabbi Samuel Stahl. His
early teachers were William Chaisson
for piano, Dorothy Moye for cello,
and Jane Ambuhl for organ. After
detours at
Trinity University and
Incarnate Word College, he completed
a
Bachelors of Arts in Music at
St. Mary's University in
composition, piano, accompanying,
and organ. During this time he
began a spiritual and religious
journey as he was baptized and
confirmed into the Roman Catholic
faith while serving as music
director at Our Lady of Perpetual
Help parish in Selma,. TX. He later
served St. Mary's University as
liturgist/musician for Campus
Ministry. His church playing career
began in high school at age 13 .It
spans 14 different denominations or
religions.
After St. Mary's , Miron began
teaching music at
St. Martin Hall, the
laboratory/demonstration school for
Our Lady of the Lake University's
Education department. He later also
taught 5th grade, technology,
science, social studies enrichment,
religion, and was assistant
principal. He taught 4th grade in
the Edgewood ISD. He also became
organist/accompanist at
Colonial Hills United Methodist
Church where realized a call
to ordained ministry. He joined
Colonial Hills and began
graduate theological study with
Perkins School of Theology/SMU when
they opened an extension campus in
San Antonio in 2001.
Simultaneously he was completing a
Masters of Education in
Early Childhood, and an
additional 30 graduate hours in
school administration at
Our Lady of the Lake University.
His
wife, Bonnie Walker, a well-known
food writer for the
San Antonio Express-News was
most familiar with his diligence at
the computer writing papers during
these three years. Only through the
patience and understanding did his
marriage survive the somewhat
ridiculous over-commitment of
working on 12-15 graduate hours per
semester while being employed at one
fulltime and one part-time job. He
is extremely grateful for her
patience and support.
The
San Antonio District Board of
Ordained Ministry confirmed his call
to ministry in 2008; he anticipates
ordination as a deacon in the United
Methodist church in either 2010 or
2011.Currently he continues to serve
as accompanist at Colonial Hills as
well as Adult Education director,
composes occasionally for the choir,
and has been commissioned by the
church to write a short opera for
Christmas 2009 to be paired in
performance with "Amahl
and the Night Visitors".
"I am pleased to have been accepted
so warmly into Congregation Israel's
worship and community gatherings and
look forward to being with you for a
long while. Even with my recent
conversion, I am touched to be able
to offer those Jewish prayers like
Kaddish for my relatives at the
appropriate times during our
services. Truly, this is an
ecumenical congregation of warm
welcome and forward outlook for all
who desire to progress in knowledge
and ritual through their Judaism.”
