Paul
Tegels, a native of the Netherlands, is Associate Professor of Music,
and serves as University Organist at Pacific Lutheran University in
Tacoma, WA.. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Organ
Performance and Pedagogy and his Master of Arts Degree in Choral
Conducting from the University of Iowa, where he studied organ with
Delores Bruch, and choral conducting with William Hatcher.
Other
degrees and awards include the Artist Diploma and the Master of Music
Degree in organ performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston
where he studied with Yuko Hayashi and William Porter. He is the
recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship from the Netherlands-America
Commission for Educational Exchange.
He holds the teaching and performance degrees from the Stedelijk Conservatorium in Arnhem, The Netherlands, where he studied organ with Bert Matter and harpsichord with Cees Rosenhart. He has done extensive research on the organ and harpsichord concertos of Franz Joseph Haydn, and has played the first American performance of the Haydn Organ Concerto in D, Hoboken XVIII-2, of which he has prepared a performance edition.
He is the past dean of the Tacoma Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and is currently president of the Westfield Center, a national resource for the advancement of Keyboard Music.
Prior to his appointment at PLU, he taught at Bethany College in Lindsborg, KS.
Paul Tegels has performed extensively in solo and ensemble concerts in
the United States, Europe, Japan, and New Zealand. He also performs frequently
in duet concerts with organist Dana Robinson.
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