DONALD FILKINS Donald Filkins is a 1964 graduate of Hartwick College. His teachers have included Pauline Mehrtens, Claire Coci, Gordon Turk, and Kevin Walters. Since 1980 he has served as Minister of Music at Webb Horton Memorial Presbyterian Church in Middletown, NY. Under his leadership the choir program at Webb Horton has expanded to encompass six choirs, including the recently founded Middletown Community Bell Choir. Mr. Filkins has served five terms as Dean of the Central Hudson Valley Chapter, AGO, and has represented the Presbyterian Association of Musicians to the Presbytery of Hudson River since 1976. He has taught classes in improvisation for the Central Hudson Valley chapter and has given workshops on choral conducting, hymn playing, and service music for the Presbytery of Hudson River.