Willamette Institute for Continued Learning - The Pipe Organ in Cone Chapel

Program Description

"Discover the History, Design, Construction and Mechanics with music demonstration by Dr. Paul Klemme, Organ Instructor at Willamette University. Paul Klemme is presently the Director of Music Ministries at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Salem, Oregon, where he conducts four choirs at the church and serves as the parish organist. He is a member of the adjunct teaching faculty at Willamette University in Salem and conducts the Willamette Master Chorus of Salem. He is active as an organ recitalist in the United States and Europe. Paul often finds himself in demand in presenting workshops involving historical sacred music, and has played and conducted at the Oregon Bach Festival in Eugene, Oregon. In 1988, he completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting at the University of Washington. Paul received the Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting and Organ performance from the University of Michigan in 1981 and the Bachelor of Music degree in Organ Performance from Central Methodist College, Fayette, Missouri in 1979. "