Organist and Master of the Choristers, Jamie Hitel
Jamie Hitel, formerly Director of Music at Waltham Abbey, England, has been Organist and Master of the Choristers since November 2000.
Jamie is co-founder and artistic director of the Firestone Memorial Chapel Chamber Music Series, featuring leading musicians from the Cleveland Orchestra, in performance with organ.
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Music Associate, Jeannie Kienzle
Born in 1954 in Dayton, Ohio, Jeannie Kienzle is the Associate Organist and Choirmaster at St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Akron, Ohio. She graduated from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey and received her Master of Music in Organ Performance from Kent State University. In 1984 she earned her Doctor of Musical Arts in Organ Performance from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. She has studied organ with Robert Stofer, Paul Jones, Donald McDonald, John Ferguson and Roberta Gary.
Jeannie has given organ recitals throughout the United States, including a performance at the National Convention for the Association of Anglican Musicians, and has also performed a series of concerts in Germany. She has held organist positions in New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon and Tennessee. While living in Tennessee Jeannie specialized in teaching children, conducting numerous workshops and festivals for children’s choirs. In her spare time Jeannie enjoys running marathons.