Artist Profile: David Yackley
David Yackley has been
involved in bringing young people to Christ through uplifting contemporary music
for the last decade. He currently leads the Lighthouse Band for Sunday night
LIFE TEEN Masses at Holy Family Catholic Church near Seattle, WA. David's first
album for WLP, Offering, is an outgrowth of his personal faith and his work in
the LIFE TEEN movement.
David has enjoyed a varied career as a composer, arranger, and keyboard player.
Having studied jazz and film scoring at the prestigious Eastman School of Music,
David has also been very active in the interactive music movement in his work
for Blue Ribbon, Microsoft, and currently HumanBeams and NewBlue. Originally
from Millersburg, Ohio, David has lived in Rochester, New York and Atlanta,
Georgia before departing for Seattle in 1996, where he currently resides with
his wife Tracey and their three children, Laura, Will, and Caitlin.