David Craighead

David Craighead (b. Strasburg, Pennsylvania, United States, January 24, 1924) is a noted American organist.

He studied with Alexander McCurdy at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, receiving a Bachelor of Music degree in 1946.

From 1955 until his retirement in the summer of 1992 he was both Professor of Organ and Chair of the Organ Division of the Keyboard Department at the Eastman School of Music.

At this same time he was appointed organist of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Rochester, New York, where he continues to serve.

In June 1968, Mr. Craighead received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania

He has recorded works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Pierre du Mage, César Franck, Felix Mendelssohn, Olivier Messiaen, Samuel Adler, Paul Cooper, Lou Harrison, William Albright, Vincent Persichetti, Max Reger, and Louis Vierne.

External links

• David Craighead page from St. Paul's Episcopal site

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