EXPLORER - La Salle College High School

58 Explorer Fall 2009
2000’s
Paul Carroll ‘00 is the Director of Music at St. Louis Church in Clarksville,
MD. He holds BA and MA degrees in Organ from the Peabody Conservatory
of Johns Hopkins University where he studied with Donald Sutherland from
2000-2005. As a keyboardist, Paul has performed as a soloist, an accompanist,
and with orchestras in the United States, Italy, Russia, Germany, Austria,
Spain and Israel as an organist, pianist, and harpsichordist. Fall of 2009,
Paul will begin a doctoral program in Sacred Music at the Catholic University
of America in Washington, DC.
At age 15, Paul took his first position at church in his native Lansdale, PA.
Soon after, he served first as Organist and later as Music Coordinator for
Youth Ministry at Corpus Christi Church in Upper Gwynedd, Pennsylvania.
While studying at Peabody Conservatory, Paul held positions of Organist
at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Odenton, MD and Organist for
Spanish Liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington,
DC. As a church musician, Paul has played in St. Peter’s Basilica in the
Vatican, Martinskircke in Oberlennigen, Germany, and the Church of Saint
Bartholomew in Seville, Spain. From 2002-2007, Paul was the Director of
Music Ministry at St. Clement Church in Lansdowne, MD.
In April 2003, Paul won first place in the Washington, DC Chapter
Competition of the American Guild of Organists (AGO). In October 2005,
he was a finalist in the Marcello Galanti International Organ Competition
in Mondaino, Italy.
Paul supports many different types of music. He first emphasizes the works of
seminal French Romantic Composers such as Charles-Marie Widor and
Louis Vierne. As he explores various other avenues of musical performance,
Paul has performed and directed many Broadway musicals. He has performed
at a variety of venues including Toby’s Dinner Theater in Maryland as well as
the Bristol Riverside Theater in Pennsylvania. He is a member of the American
Guild of Organists and is currently the Dean of the Baltimore Chapter. In
addition, he was the Chair for Publicity of the 2007 Baltimore Regional
Convention of the AGO.
Save The Date!
Grand Reunion for the Classes of
1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990,
1995, 2000, 2004, and 2005
Saturday, April 24, 2010
6:00 pm
La Salle College High School
$60 per person
If you would like to help in the planning or your reunion(locating lost
classmates, organizing the evening as well as other potential activities, calling
classmates to increase attendance, setting-up that day, etc.), please contact
Mary Frances Kelly, Director of Alumni Relations at mfkelly@lschs.org
or (215) 402-4814.
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Thomas Devlin ’00 has completed his fifth year of teaching at La Salle
College High School and recently purchased a home in the Mt. Airy section of
Philadelphia.
Kyle Elliott ‘01 graduated from the Villanova University School of Law
in May 2009. In the fall, Kyle will be clerking for the Honorable Thomas
I. Vanaskie in the United States District Court for the Middle District of
Pennsylvania located in Scranton, PA.
Peter Hand ‘04 is now living in New York City, working for ZoCo
Productions as an assistant to the executive producer. Along with Oprah
Winfrey, the company is launching a new television show called “The Doctor
Oz Show”.
Joel Worster ‘04 is working for this family owned and operated business,
Stitch Graphics, Inc. Recently, they started a new division of the company,
Screen Printing, of which Joel is in charge.
Gerard McEvilly ’05 graduated from Cabrini College in May of 2009 with a
BA in Criminology.
Dan O’Toole ‘05 graduated in May from Haverford College, magna cum
laude, with majors in Economics and in English. He was selected a member of
Phi Beta Kappa and awarded the Newton Prize for highest honors in English.
A four-year member of the cross country and track teams, Dan was named
the Outstanding Meet Performer in Track at the Centennial Conference
Outdoor Track and Field Championships earlier this spring. He was also
named to the 2008-2009 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area collegiate
team chosen by area Sports Information Directors in July.
Felix Manzi ‘07 is going on tour as the drummer for the Glenn Miller
Orchestra. He will be spending a whole month in Japan with the orchestra.
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