SKEVINGTON, PAUL Paul Skevington
A native of Fort Wayne, Indiana,
Paul Skevington completed his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in organ
performance at Indiana University and earned a Doctorate degree in Liturgical
Music from the Catholic University of America. He held the position of Assistant
in Liturgical Music at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception in Washington D.C., from 1984 1987. He is currently Minister of
Music and Liturgy at Saint Luke Catholic Church in McLean, Virginia. In addition
to his duties at Saint Luke, he maintains an active performing schedule, and
appears regularly at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and
other major venues in the Washington, D.C. area as an organist with chorus and
orchestra. He gives solo recitals throughout the United States, including convention
recitals for the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM) and American
Guild of Organists (AGO). He appears on recordings on the Gothic, Summit, Sonoris,
and Naxos labels. Paul Skevington is past dean of the Northern Virginia Chapter
of the AGO, serves as Chairperson for the NPM Section for Organists, and is
a member of the organ faculty at Northern Virginia Community College. He spearheaded
the effort to purchase one of Northern Virginias finest organs, the highly
acclaimed, 61-rank, Steiner-Reck mechanical-action pipe organ at Saint Luke
Church. Under Pauls direction, Saint Luke has become a vital centre for performing
and recording music and home for the popular Music in McLean Concert Series.
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