Name: Heath Alan Kirkwood
Group Position: Baritone
Date of Birth: March 10, 1985
Birth place: Dodge City, KS (grew up in Cedar Park, Tx)
Singing the baritone part for Gospel Express is Heath Kirkwood. Although Heath was born out of state, he is ever proud to acknowledge that he was raised in Texas. His parents and younger sister still live where he grew up in Cedar Park, TX, while his younger brother is attending Baylor University in Waco, TX. Another important person in his life is his sweet fiance, Amanda, who lives and works in the Houston area. Heath resides in Houston and is currently pursuing a Bachelors of Music Education degree at the Moores School of Music (University of Houston), and is planning on contuing into a Masters of Music Performance in percussion studies at the same institution upon graduation.
Music has been a part of his life from the beginning. He started very young singing in church with his family where his "Papa" pastored in Dodge City, Kansas. It was these kinds of experiences that led him to keep on singing. Family heritage has been a firm foundation both spiritually and musically. In 1997 Heath began attending the Stamps-Baxter School of Music in Nashville, TN at the age of 12. Since 2005 he has served on staff in Nashville as a classroom instructor and private drumset teacher, and beginning in 2007 he will also be teaching at the North Georgia School of Music during the summer.
Heath joined Gospel Express in August of 2002. He constantly admits how much of a blessing it is to be singing with a group of men who have true hearts to minister and be servants for God's glory.
