Paul Walker
Adjunct Associate Professor, Organ
Education
Master of Music degree in organ performance from the University of Kansas and a PhD in musicology from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
taught at Yale University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Virginia before coming to Notre Dame
a lifetime of experience as a practicing church musician; most recently minister of music at Christ Episcopal Church in Charlottesville, Virginia, from 1995-2011.
Scholarship and awards
"Fugue" and related articles in New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed.
William H. Scheide Prize (2002) from the American Bach Society for Theories of Fugue from the Age of Josquin to the Age of Bach (University of Rochester Press, 2000)
editorial board of the Collected Works of Dietrich Buxtehude published by Broude Brothers
founded the vocal ensemble Zephyrus, which he led for twenty years of concerts as well as five produced recordings and three different week-long opportunities to serve as choir in residence at Christ Church Oxford, Ely, and Durham Cathedrals in England. Zephyrus’s final CD, Fifteenth-Century Choirs was released in 2010.