OUR COMPOSERS

 

Alfred V. Fedak

 

Alfred V. Fedak (b. 1953) is Minister of Music and Arts at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Albany, New York. He holds degrees in Organ and Music History from Hope College and Montclair State University, and has done additional study at Westminster Choir College and in Austria and England.

A Fellow of the American Guild of Organists, he also holds the AGO's Choirmaster Certificate, and has served the Guild at local, regional, and national levels. The winner of many honors and awards in organ performance and composition, Mr. Fedak has published nearly 200 individual works for organ and voices, which appear in the catalogs of a dozen publishers. His hymn tunes appear in hymnals and collections throughout the US, Canada, UK, and Japan, and two collections of his hymns have been published by Selah Publishing Company: The ALFRED V. FEDAK HYMNARY (1999), and SING TO THE LORD NO THREADBARE SONG (2001).

He and his wife Susan are the parents of two grown sons, Peter and Benjamin.