
Steve Henley began studying the organ while in the seventh grade
in his hometown of Easton, PA. He took his first church position
as an organist while a high school student in eleventh grade as
well as being the accompanist for the high school choruses.
Following high school he went to the Guilmant Organ School in
New York and Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey.
He has served as Organist and Director of Music for churches in
Allentown, Bethlehem and Philadelphia, PA.
For 18 years he was Director of Music at Salem united Church of
Christ in Doylestown, PA and for eight years at the Oak Lane
Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia.
His organ instructors have been Dr. Wesley Day who served St.
Mark's Church in Philadelphia and Dr. George Markey who was
organist at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City.
Steve has been on the executive Board of the Philadelphia and
Lehigh Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and on
the Workshop Committee for the 2002 AGO National Convention.
He has served two terms as President of the Bucks county Chapter
of Choristers Guild and Chairman of the Guild's Annual Junior
Choir Festival. also, serving several terms on the Board of
Directors of the Bucks County Symphony as well as Chairman of
the Symphony's Children's Concerts.
He was an active member of the Central Bucks Council of Churches
"Martin Luther King" Scholarship Committee.
Steve has played over sixty (60) recitals throughout the North
East.
On
August 1, 2002, he began his new position as Organist & Director
of Music at Bon Air Presbyterian Church where he directs four of
the seven choirs. He also plans and organizes the annual "South of the
James" Concert Series.
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