b. 1951
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Charles
Callahan
Charles
Callahan is one of America's leading organist-composers. A
native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, he is a graduate of the
Curtis Institute of Music and the Catholic University of America.
Well-known as an improvisateur, he made his debut in this realm
at the International Eucharistic Congress in 1976. He has collaborated
with many of this country's leading conductors as both composer
and organist and has worked with noted stage and screen personalities
in both theatre and the concert hall.
Orchestras,
choirs, chamber music ensembles and soloists all over the world
have performed compositions by Dr. Callahan. He has been commissioned
to compose music twice by Harvard University. In recognition
of his service to the church and his commissioned compositions
for Papal visits to the United States, he was awarded in 1999
the Papal Honor of Knighthood in the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
of Jerusalem.
In addition to compositions and performances, Charles Callahan is a noted educator
and author; his two books on American organ building have become standard reference
works. He is frequently in demand as a consultant for organ projects and his
work in this area includes significant instruments for the St. Louis Cathedral
Basilica, St. Agnes Cathedral, Long Island, NY, All Saints Church in Buffalo,
NY, First United Methodist Church in Beaumont, TX, and his alma mater, Curtis
Institute.
Choral music by Charles Callahan
Organ music by Charles Callahan
Vocal music by Charles Callahan
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