Mr. Jose Ahumada

This year is Mr. A's 5th year at the OLC School.

Mr. Ahumada has been a lifelong resident and an active musician of the Hudson County/ NYC
area. After studying opera and composition at New Jersey City University, Mr. A. finished
educational studies and extensively studied liturgical music.

He plays weekly at Saint Vincent de Paul Church in Bayonne, New Jersey for the past 13
years. He is the cantor, music director for the Family Mass Children's Choir, organist and
music director for the Spanish Mass services and Spanish Choir.

For the 4 years, Mr. A has been the music director for The Theatre Group, the drama club at
All Saints Catholic Church in Bayonne, New Jersey

After graduating from NJCU, Mr. A. took the position of Music Teaching at Soaring
Heights Charter School in the Greenville Area of Jersey City. For those two years, the
music program grew significantly with after school guitar ensembles, joint programs with
the art department, a production of Mozart's Magic Flute, and a Winter Holiday CD album. 

For the past 4 years, Mr. A has creating the OLC Theater Group where we perform our Annual Christmas
Nativity Play, "Follow That Star! A Nativity Play" Grades 3-4 and "Scrooge! A Musical" Grades 5-8.

The goal of the music department at OLC is to use music as a vessel to strengthen school community,
Catholic faith and expand them to seek their highest potential.