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Edward Leavitt, Organist / Choir Director
Dr. Edward Leavitt is a 40-year Woodstock/Saugerties resident. Ed had a successful 25-year career as a veterinarian, from which he retired to follow musical pursuits as a piano teacher and accompanist. He grew up in the Methodist church in southern Maine and was active, as a teenager, as a substitute organist in many churches in the area. Ed attended the University of Maine and Cornell University. In both schools he was involved in choral music and he was a four-year member of the acclaimed Cornell University Glee Club. During a six-year veterinary residency in Huntington, Long Island, he sang with the Huntington Community Chorus and served a term as its board chairperson.
Ed came to Overlook in 1996 as organist under Dr. Richard Olsen, the music director of the church at the time. In 2000 he took a position at SUNY Ulster as adjunct instructor of Class Piano, Applied Piano, and Music Appreciation. He accompanies the choral groups as well as vocal and instrumental soloists at the college.
Locally Dr. Leavitt continues to teach piano to children and adults at his home studio. He serves on the boards of Maverick Concerts in Woodstock and Saugerties Pro Musica, and he continues to make a joyful noise at Overlook UMC.
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