The DREAM ON Summit Entertainers
MC: Josh Urban
More than a host, more than a speaker, more than a DJ, and...more than an author. Spinning records for all ages, Josh found himself the "voice of the lockdown", playing over a thousand shows in a COVID-isolated nursing home. The residents made such an impression on him, he wrote Cities on a Hill to witness their stories. A lifelong entrepreneur, Josh finds his business works best when it's serving the community—and when things are cranked up. In addition to making noise, he's a syndicated columnist, blogger, astronomer, and lo-fi blues guitarist. He's thrilled to emcee the Dream On summit. "It's gonna be loud!"
Performer: Mindy Damon, Ed.D.
Mindy Damon, Ed.D., is a stylistically diverse performing artist and vocal researcher. She earned a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Winthrop University, the Educational Specialist degree and the Doctoral degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Liberty University, where she is currently pursuing the Doctor of Worship Studies Degree.
Dr. Damon has performed full-time at Walt Disney World® in the musical group Voices of Liberty inside the rotunda of The American Adventure Pavilion at EPCOT®. She has also performed at SeaWorld® San Diego, as well as various musical theatre houses across the United States, and with international performances in Canada, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Zimbabwe, and Martinique.
Her original compositions in musical theatre have been featured at the Fringe Festival in Scotland, and her award-winning contemporary, worship, and children’s compositions have been performed across the United States. She has served as a worship leader in various churches throughout the last 30 years and was a featured soloist for Dr. David Jeremiah’s Turning Point Ministries based in San Diego, Calif.
An author, Dr. Damon also has a specialty in areas of research involving quantitative findings in music education, along with qualitative and creative artistic research in vocal pedagogy. She is a member of the Council for Undergraduate Research and was the 2014 recipient of the Outstanding Quantitative Dissertation of the Year award for her research on voice instruction methods. She has presented her research for the National Association of Teachers of Singing, International Association of Jazz Educators, the Association of Popular Music Education in Denver, Colo., and for the 2017 Estill World Voice Symposium in Quebec, Canada.
Dr. Damon joined Liberty University School of Music in 2013 to serve as the Coordinator of Commercial Performance and Associate Professor of Commercial Music.
