Cantor Parker MacIver Hinnenkamp

Parker MacIver Hinnenkamp is a liturgical musician, educator, and arts entrepreneur whose work bridges tradition and innovation, artistry and access. As the founder of Ars Musica and the creative force behind ParkerHinnenkamp.com, he brings a rare blend of musical depth, pedagogical insight, and community-minded vision to everything he touches.

A lifelong and seasoned church musician, Parker currently serves as Director of Music Ministries for a liturgically rich congregation on the shores of Lake Superior, where he oversees worship planning, choral leadership, organ performance, and congregational song. His work is rooted in the historic role of the Cantor—not just as a performer, but also as a pastor, teacher, and cultural steward.

Parker holds academic training in organ performance, sacred music, and liturgical leadership, and has pursued specialized coursework in musicians’ performance health and adaptive musicianship. These studies directly inform his studio work, particularly his commitment to providing inclusive, disability-aware instruction for students of all backgrounds and abilities. His studio welcomes neurodivergent learners, musicians with disabilities, and returning adult students with the same rigor and respect offered to the most advanced pre-professional students.

Under the Ars Musica banner, Parker leads a growing portfolio of musical ventures: a private teaching studio in piano and organ, a content production arm including podcasts and video lectures, and plans for an eventual performing arts center and sacred music archive. These projects are united by a clear mission: to make beautiful, useful, and deeply human music education available in real-world and digital spaces alike.

Beyond the studio and sanctuary, Parker is known for his thoughtful writing, storytelling, and theological reflection on music and meaning. His teaching, whether in person or online, blends humor with gravity, reverence with curiosity. He is developing a personal brand that is as comfortable in conversation with national leaders as it is mentoring a child learning their first hymn.

With a strong belief in the local, the liturgical, and the lasting, Parker is building something both timeless and contemporary. Through Ars Musica and his broader creative work, he invites others into a lifelong, wholehearted relationship with music—one that is as much about the soul as it is about sound.