Keith Hancock (musician)
Keith Hancock (born 1980) is an American two-time Grammy-nominated music instructor, winning the Grammy Music Educator of the Year award in 2017,[1] and being nominated and selected as a top-10 finalist in 2016.[2] He was the first vocal music educator to win the award as well as the first recipient on the West Coast.[3]
Hancock is the music director at Compass Bible Church in Aliso Viejo, California where he periodically sings in the worship band during weekend church services.[4] He teaches music in the California public school system at Tesoro High School where he has grown the program from 35 to 225 students.[1] His personal music career includes performing on stage at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and the Segerstrom Center for the Arts (formerly the Orange County Performing Arts Center) .[3]