| John
R. Paradowski
is minister of music and organist at St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin where he oversees and directs a wide
range of musical activities including multiple choirs, worship planning,
and a concert series.
John began his
education at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, and graduated
with distinction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where
he studied organ and harpsichord with Dr. John Chappell Stowe. He
has performed with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Concord
Chamber Orchestra, many local choirs and provided organ music for
the PBS documentary, A City of Steeples.
His seven psalm
settings have been published by Augsburg-Fortress Publishing House.
He has led many sessions and workshops in creative church music
and hymnody. In his spare time he works on rehabbing his 1914 house
and enjoying his dog Chester.
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