James Allen Gallatin

Background

Gallatin, James Allen was born on September 18, 1939 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Son of Melvin Herman Gallatin and Janet Elizabeth Miller.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Organ, Old Dominion College, Norfolk, Virginia, 1969. Master of Music, Western Michigan University, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy in Music, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, 1980.

Career

Organist Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1958—1959. Organist & choir master Larchmont Baptist Church, Norfolk, 1964—1967. Organist & choirmaster St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, Portsmouth, 1967—1969, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Norfolk, 1970—1974.

Organist First Congressional Church, Michigan, 1975—1976. Organist & choirmaster Westlake Presbyterian Church, 1975—1976, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Newport, Kentucky, 1977—1980. Music director Sacred Heart Church, Norfolk, Virginia, since 1980.

Sp-4 United States Army, 1960-1963, Dougway Proving Grounds.

Achievements

• James Allen Gallatin has been listed as a noteworthy music educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board member Pro Musica, Norfolk, Virginia, 1986—1989. Member of Organ History Society (associate), American Guild of Organists (associate. Board member 1985-1986).

Connections

Married Jane Lynch Lynch, July 29, 1967. Children: Christofa Lyn Letsom, Margaret Fahey Leeman.

Father:

Melvin Herman Gallatin

Mother:

Janet Elizabeth Miller

Spouse:

Jane Lynch Lynch

child:

Margaret Fahey Leeman Gallatin

child:

Christofa Lyn Letsom Gallatin