Charles callahan composer
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Charles Callahan DO
School of Medicine
Pediatrics
Title
Vice President, Population Health, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore MD
Location: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Research Interests:Population Health and Health Care Disparity
Pediatric Asthma
Education
Rutgers CollegeNew Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine
Army War College
Biography
Dr. Chuck Callahan is the Vice President of Population Health at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He is a retired Army colonel and physician executive with more than thirty years of experience who has served in a range of hospital leadership positions from PICU service chief to hospital chief medical officer, chief operating officer and chief executive officer. After retirement he worked as a Professor of Pediatrics at the F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine of the Uniformed Services University, Bethesda Maryland. He holds a primary appointment in the Department of Pediatrics and a secondary appointment as Professor of Milit- •
Charles Callahan dead at 72
Charles Callahan died December 25, 2023. He was born on September 27, 1951, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was well known as an award-winning composer, organist, choral conductor, pianist, and teacher—with over 300 works in print for organ, piano, chorus, solo voice, chamber ensemble and orchestra. He was a graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Additional study had been in England, France, Germany, and Belgium. His organ teachers included Theodore Marier, George Faxon, and Alexander McCurdy.
Among his notable compositions were two commissions from Harvard University and commissions from the Archdioceses of St. Louis and New York for Papal visits, scored for full orchestra, choir and congregation. His Mosaics, a symphonic work in four movements for organ and orchestra, was premiered in the St. Louis Cathedral-Basilica. Dr. Callahan was frequently asked to advise on the design of new organs and the restoration and improvements to existing instruments. His
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Charles Callahan
Composer News
Charles Callahan was a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Callahan was well-known as an award-winning composer, organist, choral conductor, pianist, and teacher. He was a graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pa., and The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. Additional study had been in England, France, Germany and Belgium. He held the Associate and Choirmaster certificates of the American Guild of Organists.
Callahan compositions were performed frequently in church and concert; his writing style was described by The Washington Post as “gentle, confident lyricism.”
Among his notable compositions were two commissions from Harvard University and commissions from the Archdioceses of St. Louis and New York for Papal visits, scored for full orchestra, choir and congregation. His MOSAICS, a symphonic work in four movements for organ and orchestra, was premiered in the St. Louis Cathedral-Basilica.
Dr. Callahan was frequently asked to advise on the design of new organs and the restoration and improvements to existing
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