Charles callahan composer

Charles Callahan DO

Department of Primary Appointment:

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 College
New 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

Charles Callahan

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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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