Tim Geckle is a Minister, Attorney, and Farmer. His professional career began as a Youth Minister with a graduate degree in religion from Catholic University. Thereafter he continued to serve various Christian and Interfaith communities in many different capacities. He received his law degree from the University of San Francisco and practiced as a corporate attorney with the firm of Piper and Marbury (now DLA Piper). For 25 years Tim was Senior Vice President and General Counsel for The Ryland Group, a NYSE national homebuilder headquartered in the Los Angeles area. Most recently, he and his fiancé bought a 6-acre farm in Grass Valley. Their greatest joy is growing vegetables, playing on the land, and enjoying the richly artistic community of Grass Valley. Music in the Mountains reminds them that music gives us a future of hope and happiness.