Marcel Dupré, "Creator alme siderum," from Le tombeau de Titelouze, Op. 38, No. 1, performed by Michael Keeley on the 1997 Buzard organ of St. James United Methodist Church, Danville, IL [BNQ; BM (info)
Michael Keeley teaches the organ at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington. He has performed in the United States and Europe as a recitalist and soloist with orchestras, as well as in the rôle of accompanist and continuo player. Michael Keeley is also active as a church musician, serving several churches in Wisconsin and Illinois. A native of Milwaukee, he began organ studies with his father, a local musician and conductor. Michael Keeley holds degrees from a number of universities and was awarded a Fulbright Study Grant to Austria in 1980 for further studies in organ and church music at the Musikhochschule in Vienna. (Naxos Music Library)