Linda Richter is a Kalamazoo, Michigan native.  She served as Music Director at Hope Lutheran Church in Plainwell, Michigan for the last three years.  She received her bachelor of music degree from Western Michigan University and started studying organ and playing for Lutheran Campus Ministry with Dr. Paul Maier as her "boss".  She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a master of voice degree, and served as music director for Madison Lutheran Campus Ministry.  She has led worship in music for Lutheran, Catholic and Methodist churches in Minneapolis, MN; New Rochelle, NY; Milwaukee, WI; and Plainwell, MI.  She has performed in operas and solo concerts in the United States and internationally.  Linda is pursuing a music therapy degree at Baldwin-Wallace College part-time so she can share her gifts with diverse populations of people.