Brehm Center

Brehm Scholars

2007 William K. and Delores S. Brehm Scholarship Recipients

In 2007, through the initiative and generosity of William K. and Delores S. Brehm, scholarships were established in their name for Fuller Theological Seminary students enrolled in Worship, Theology, and the Arts concentrations. The three Brehm Scholarships are awarded to a Master of Arts student, a Master of Divinity student, and a PhD student, respectively, who show exceptional promise for full-time church, academic, missions or arts related vocations; who demonstrate leadership abilities; and who indicate that they will engage in the revitalization of worship in the Church through practice and conversation, and that they will contribute to the research on the role of worship and the arts in life, thought, and the community

PhD Brehm Scholar 2007

Michelle Baker–Wright

Michelle has a Bachelors of Music in Flute Performance from the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, where she studied with both current and former Principals of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She has also performed at master classes taught by Principals of the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and professors from The Curtis Institute of Music, Juilliard, and the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 2006, she graduated with a Masters of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary, and has recently entered the discernment process for ordination to the priesthood in the Episcopal Church. In Fall, 2007 she began her PhD in Worship and Culture through Fuller’s Brehm Center for Worship, Theology and the Arts, with Dr. Todd Johnson as her mentor.

MA Brehm Scholar 2007

Cristian Cazacu

MA student in SIS, concentration in Global Christian Worship

Cristian grew up in the Orthodox Church but really came to know Christ at the age of 15. Since making a commitment to Christ, he has been active in the church as a worship leader and recording artist and has a passion for evangelism, particularly for the ethnic groups in his home country of Romania. Since 1993, Cristian has worked with various youth evangelism organizations, including a born again band (Romania and Eastern Europe), SOZO Music and Arts Festival (Hungary), Youth for Christ Romania, RNT National Youth Network (Romania), YWAM (Romania & USA), and Smirna Fellowship (Romania). While involved in these groups, Cristian increasingly had the desire to reconcile the expressions of worship with his own cultural and religious heritage, rather than continue to use western forms. At Fuller, Cristian hopes to develop a sound, theological understanding of worship and its principles, especially as it relates to the cultures where it is expressed. He plans to focus his research on how to apply the principles of contextualized biblical worship within a culture, in order to redeem, restore and develop that culture’s unique expression of creative worship to God. Cristian’s dream is to see his country “worship like never before, through the creative expression of the arts, redeemed for God’s glory.”

MDiv Brehm Scholar 2008-2009

Christine Lee

Christine Lee is a graduate of voice studies and music education at the University of Toronto. She has performed as a soloist with many of the top choirs and orchestras in Canada as well as in Europe, touring with the prestigious International Bachakademie Festivalensemble Stuttgart. Christine has performed in concerts, recitals and operas including Die Fledermaus and La Traviata. A multiple award recipient for proficiency in voice and a national conservatory scholar, Christine has now turned her focus to leading worship ministry in the church. She hopes to make the church experience a theologically-grounded, stimulating, relevant and reviving community of worship using all the avenues of art. Having released her debut album "Daddy's Girl" in 2006, she hopes to continue her composing and recording projects in the future. Christine is presently a programming pastor and worship leader for the children's ministry at Young-Nak Presbyterian Church in L.A.

MDiv Brehm Scholar 2007-2008

Allison Ash

MDiv student in SOT, concentration in Worship, Theology and the Arts

Winter 2006-2007 Brehm Scholars