Background
Wolfersteig, Robert Frederick was born on March 31, 1929 in Kingston, New York, United States.
Wolfersteig, Robert Frederick was born on March 31, 1929 in Kingston, New York, United States.
Bachelor of Music, College Conservatory Music, Cincinnati, 1950. Master of Music, Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey, 1952. Doctor of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1963.
Studied with Michael Schneider. Studied with Parvin Titus, 1950. Studied with Alexarder McCurdy, 1952.
Studied with Oswald Ragatz, 1961. Studied with Karl Schuke. Studied organ building with Karl Schuke.
Harpsichood with Sylvia Kind. Studied with Sylvia Kind.
Singer, assistant organist St. John's Episcopal Church, Kingston, New York, 1943—1946. Organist, choir master Terrace Park Episcopal Church, Cincinnati, 1946—1950. Organist Wayne Presbyterian Church, Pennsylvania, 1950—1952.
Organist, choir director USNTC Dependents' Chapel, Bainbridge, Maryland, 1952—1954, USNB Chapel of Peace, Bermuda, 1954—1956. College organist First Presbyterian, Jamestown, North Dakota, 1956—1959. Choir director Irvington Presbyterian, Indianapolis, 1959—1961.
Organist USACP, Berlin, 1961—1962. Organist, choir director First Presbyterian, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1962—1965. Organist Temple Emanuel, 1962—1965.
College organist Georgia College, 1965—1991. Organist, choir director First Presbyterian, 1965—1968. Organist, choir master St. Stephen's Episcopal, Milledgeville, Georgia, 1968—1970.
Organist, choir director First Presbyterian, Macon, 1970—1972, Hope Lutheran, Milledgeville, 1972—1974. Supply musician to numerous churches worldwide, 1974—1980, 1982—1988, 1994—1998. Organist, choir director First Christian Church, Macon, 1980—1982.
Cellist Macon Symphony Orchestra, 1982—1985. Organ soloist Macon Georgia Symphony Orchestra, 1984. Organist St. Andrew in Mountains, Andrews, North Carolina, 1988—1993.
Organist, choir master St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Blairsville, Georgia, 1998—2007. Organist St. James Episcopal, Clayton, from 2007. Joint recitals with wife in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Germany, United States.
Retired, 1990.
Member of Sons of the American Revolution, Order Kentucky Colonels, American Theater Organ Society, American Guild Organists, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
Married Eloise Smith. 1 child Patricia Lynn Albritton.