Our Staff

	Kimmerly W. Armstrong, Camp Director Full Name: Kimmerly W. Armstrong Hometown: Noblesville, IN What excites you about working at Indy Music Camp? It is so exciting to work with kids and watch them learn new skills. I love all kinds of music and I am excited to have an opportunity to be a part of introducing music into the lives of children. What is your favorite part about working with kids? Their love for life and excitement towards new activities and adventures! What is your favorite band? I love a variety of artist in Contemporary Christian to Country What can we find you doing on the weekends? I love to read, walk/hike and hang out with friends and family. How you wind down: Read, pray or watch a great movie Someone you look up to: Anyone who has the courage to live their faith out loud and to make the changes God asks for in their lives! One of your lifetime goals: To hear God say, “Well done good and faithful servant!” Words to live by: Our faith is made alive and appealing only when our nouns turn into verbs.

	John Gotsis, Music Director Full Name: John Stephen Gotsis Hometown: Lake Zurich, Illinois What excites you about working at Indy Music Camp? Good music teaching opportunity, love working with kids, exciting resume builder, hands-on experience with the ins and outs of building an organization from a vision. What is your favorite part about working with kids? The privilege of being a part of a positive lasting effect on their lives. What is your favorite band? Thrice What can we find you doing on the weekends? Practicing, performing, going to church, doing homework. How you wind down: Relaxation, computer, music, movies/ TV shows Someone you look up to: My small group leader from 6th to 12th grade, Eric Freckman One of your lifetime goals: Look back on a long life and know that I would do it all again the same. Words to live by: Plan like you’ll live to be a hundred and five; live like you’ll die tomorrow.

	Kristen Johnston, Head Counselor Full Name: Kristen Johnston Hometown: Fishers, IN What excites you about working at Indy Music Camp? I am excited to work with the kids, and to watch them learn more about music and life What is your favorite part about working with kids? I love watching them grow and learn as individuals What is your favorite band? Anathallo What can we find you doing on the weekends? Hanging out with family and friends How you wind down: Run, read, or just sit still. Someone you look up to: My mom One of your lifetime goals: To teach in the inner city one day Words to live by: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Philippians 4:6

	Ross Henderson, Counselor and Drum Teacher Full Name: Ross Henderson Hometown: Pendleton,IN What excites you about working at Indy Music Camp? I am excited to be able to use the gift that God has given me to help teach and influence the kids in a positive way. What is your favorite part about working with kids? I love be looked at as a role model and the feeling of satisfaction when a child can learn and experience new, and greater things. What is your favorite band? I would have to say the band Mae would be my favorite at the moment, but I love the jam band Spyro Gyra from the 70s and 80s. What can we find you doing on the weekends? I love hanging out with friends and family. Mainly outside doing something, like playing sports or relaxing by a pool. Of course I love to play the drums whenever I can. How you wind down: The thing that winds me down the most at the end of the day, would have to be sitting by a fire on my back porch and talking with family. Someone you look up to: I look up to my Dad a lot. He has been a great inspiration, and a great role model in my life. One of your lifetime goals: One of my lifetime goals would have to have to just be growing up and being a successful, accomplished person who has a great family and fulfilled life. Words to live by: “Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.” - Albert Einstein