Congratulations are in order for our Director of Music, Douglas Blair Leightenheimer. As of May 12, 2016, he officially becomes Dr. Doug Leightenheimer, obtaining his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Arizona's Fred Fox School of Music. On January 15th, 2016 he presented his doctoral lecture recital, “From Couperin to Vierne: Liturgical and Stylistic Connections between the French Baroque and French Romantic Organ Mass,” at the University of Arizona.
There will be a reception in his honor on Sunday, May 22nd in the Smith Parish Center, after the morning masses.
Dr. Douglas Leightenheimer and Alan Schultz.
Photos by Ke Chiang Hsieh.