Choral masterpieces based on Gregorian chant

Paul Thomas is the Director of Music at St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He earned the Master of Music degree from Yale University, studying organ with Thomas Murray and organ improvisation with Jeffrey Brillhart. At Yale he received the Richard Paul DeLong prize for the student “whose work best exemplifies the dedication and the use of those special gifts required of practicing church musicians.” As an undergraduate, he studied organ with Charles Tompkins at Furman University. Paul has given recitals at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Yale’s Woolsey Hall, Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, and Washington National Cathedral. He received second prize in the Schoenstein Competition in the Art of Organ Accompaniment, and has accompanied choral residencies at Canterbury, Ely, and Wells Cathedrals.