When David Glen Hatch was 3 years old, he heard a song on the radio during a dance class.

"When the teacher and students began leaving the class," Hatch said, "I spotted an old upright piano over against the wall, climbed up with short legs dangling above the floor, and began playing with two hands the tune I had just heard. My grandparents who were with me at the time told my parents about this interesting happening and decided I should be given piano lessons immediately."

That started it all. After piano lessons, completing MM and DMA degrees (Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts), and lots of hard work, Hatch has recorded and performed with chamber and symphony orchestras on five different continents. In 2000, his album "Let Freedom Ring" was nominated for the Grammy Awards for Best Patriotic Album.



Hatch is also a renowned piano teacher. In 1998, he was named one of the best teachers in America in the fifth edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers.

Even though Hatch has experienced incredible success in his career, he recognizes that is not what matters most.

"Life is all about loving, positive, happy relationships. The accolades, awards, honors of men, publicity, world travels and career success in any form pale in comparison to making and keeping eternal relationships, ..." he said.

Hatch recently released a new album called "My Redeemer Lives." His hymn arrangements are powerful and inspiring. Listening to these hymns has helped many reflect on and increase their testimony of the Savior.

"At first, I was sure the project was impossible since these hymns are our most sacred about the life and Atonement of our Savior. Therefore, none could be boisterous, discordant, with modern rhythmic tendencies -- not disruptive to the Spirit in any way," Hatch said. "Knowing the arrangements could not be flamboyant, I was concerned that perhaps the music would tend to bore the listener -- too much soft and slow. Therefore, I sought inspiration for each arrangement and felt that I received many moments of personal musical revelation in the process."

If he could pick a favorite arrangement off "My Redeemer Lives," it would be "Jesus Once of Humble Birth."

"With it I felt the most forceful spiritual writing. In fact, I was awakened in the early morning hours one day with the arrangement in my head. It was definitely inspired. As it continued to play over and over in my head, keeping me awake, I knew I must rush to my studio and preserve it, writing it down before it was lost from my memory."

Hatch has an upcoming 30-year anniversary concert March 30, 2010, at the Covey Center for the Arts in Provo. For more information, visit davidglenhatch.com.