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Central Hudson Valley Chapter, AGO

Organ Teachers
The following chapter members have indicated that they are accepting new organ students. We are in the process of soliciting brief biographies from each of them, which will be posted on our web site as they are received. Please contact them directly if you would like more information.


Meredith Baker, MA, ChM, FAGO914-261-0028
  • email: meb@mbmusicmatters.com

Gregory Citarella845-559-4013
  • Gregory Citarella is a 1994 Marist College Graduate with a Baccalaureate in Business and minor in music. He studied organ with Richard Ehlenberg, Jimrae K. Lenser. He continues his education by attending master classes and workshops geared specifically for organists and church musicians; he studied Piano with Helen K. Baldwin and voice with Dorothy Ann Davis. Gregory has held various church positions over the years including: Organist/Choirmaster at Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Kingston, NY (1980-1994); St. James Episcopal, Hyde Park, NY (1995-2001); St. Nicholas On-The-Hudson Episcopal, New Hamburg, NY; and most recently Church of the Holy Cross, Kingston, NY. Gregory is a past Dean of the Central Hudson Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and is a member of the Association of Anglican Musicians (AAM). Both organizations foster musical excellence in various liturgical traditions for which church musicians serve God and his Church. He teaches both adults and children at the beginner and intermediate level.

Justan Foster, CAGO518-965-2389
  • Justan Foster is a Colleague of the American Guild of Organists and the Past Dean of the Eastern NY AGO Chapter. He serves as Organist at the First Reformed Church of Scotia, which hosts the IV/132 June Selke Memorial Organ (Allen-Faucher, 2013). Justan is a former student of Lonnie Kulick, Craig S. Williams, and Peter Mahigian. He currently works with noted composer Alfred V. Fedak on interpretation and improvisation. Recordings can be found at YouTube.com/AllenOrgansNY.

Larry Hazard845-452-0119
  • see web site http://www.larryhazardmusic.com/

Timothy M. Lewis914-949-0384
  • MSM, Manhattan School of Music. Director of Music and Organist, Episcopal Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck. Member, Liturgical Commission and Personnel Committee, Episcopal Diocese of New York.

Michael Oosterhout301-910-5307
  • Michael Oosterhout, a native of Washington, DC, is currently pursuing his undergraduate degree at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY as a general Music and Classics double major. A choral/solo singer by trade, Mr. Oosterhout also has studied piano for over 15 years, organ for over 4 years, and frequently plays/sings/conducts/teaches for services of all denominations in DC, the Hudson Valley, and beyond.

Dillon Streifeneder845-532-2488
  • Dillon Streifeneder is Director of Music at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Poughkeepsie. He recently graduated from The Ohio State University with his PhD in history. He began playing organ in high school when called on to substitute for the organist at his home congregation of Rock City Memorial Lutheran Church. Attending Lebanon Valley College (LVC) in south-central Pennsylvania, Dillon earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sacred Music and Organ Performance in 2014.

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