Rev. Dr. John Robert Orr, a native of Nashville, Tennessee began serving as Minister of Music in January of 2010. A student of Dr. Sandra Willetts and Dr. John Ratledge, he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Alabama in 2008, with research in the area of the aging voice in amateur singers.

John received a Bachelor’s degree in Church Music, Music Theory and Composition from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri and a Master of Church Music from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. John has served churches in several states and in several denominational settings including Baptist, United Methodist, Presbyterian, and Inter-denominational. John was ordained in 1995.  

John lives in Tellico Village with his wife Darla, and their two boys.