Dennis Belisle is a successful commercial musician, music director, educator and producer who has performed throughout the United States and abroad. Dennis earned a BM in Sacred Music, MM in Composition as well as his Theory Pedagogy Graduate Teaching Certificate at the University of Tennessee. He was awarded the Robert W. Pedersen Memorial Research Grant in the fall of 2019 for outstanding performance by a student, which provided the resources to organize and produce his graduate recital of original compositions performed by members of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.

Dennis is currently the Music Director for Rio Revolution, a 2,200-member non-denominational church in Maryville, TN, where he is involved in the continuing development of the worship program and the integration of multimedia, as well as recording and producing the church’s first commercial CD.

As the CEO and road manager a highly successful corporate band based in Cincinnati, Dennis was instrumental in working with Fortune 500 clients such as Proctor and Gamble, the Kroger Co. and Fifth Third Bank as well as performing for two Ohio Governor Inaugurations.

He is the proud founder of the Belisle Music Academy, which focuses on the development of children through Music and Performing Arts studies and has had a huge impact on the lives of over 200 students who have benefited from his guidance. Dennis has also served as a Sacred Music Director/Choral conductor first at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Jacksonville, FL and later at Eden Chapel UMC in Cincinnati, OH, where he directed both the adult and children’s choirs as well as arranging and producing several programs throughout the liturgical year.

Dennis Belisle Resume/CV | Performances