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Our Music Department
 Douglas Keilitz came to Saint Ignatius of Antioch in July 2003 and since that time, he has enhanced our
music programs, increasing our professional choir’s repertoire and providing new editions of
unpublished and rarely performed works, establising our vibrant Concert Series, and expanding our Ensemble-in-Residence program.
A native of Long Island, his earliest studies were with Robert Arnold and Robert K. Kennedy. Mr. Keilitz studied at the Mannes College of Music in New York City, where his teachers included William Whitehead and Richard Westenburg. Mr Keilitz has also studied with Stephen Hamilton in New York City. Over his thirty-five year career and before arriving at Saint Ignatius, he has held various church positions throughout New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Mr. Keilitz has been active as a recitalist, performing concerts in many of New York’s landmark churches, including St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, St. Mary the Virgin, the Church of the Transfiguration, and St. Paul’s Chapel. He has performed in master classes with renown French organists Marie-Claire Alain (which was filmed by the American Guild of Organists as part of its “Masters Series” DVD collection) and Olivier Latry, organist of Notre Dame de Paris. More recently, he has performed in master classes with American organists James David Christie, Charles Callahan, and Martin Jean. His experience as a choral director has resulted in the formation of several community choruses, and he is a former director of the reorganized Greater Trenton Choral Society. He is also active as an accompanist and vocal coach, and is the Rehearsal Assistant and Accompanist for the Richmond (Staten Island) Choral Society, and Organist at Anshe Emeth Memorial Synagogue in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Mr. Keilitz serves as a member of the Executive Board of the New York City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists in the capacity of Archivist, and is a member of the St. Wilfrid Club, New York City’s organists ‘fraternity’. He is also a member of the Anglican Association of Musicians and the Gregorian Society. In addition to his musical career, Mr. Keilitz has also been active as a pipe organ builder, restorer, technician, and curator. He is also skilled at cabinet and furniture-grade woodworking, and is an enthusiastic motorcyclist.
David Holkeboer, Associate Organist David Holkeboer graduated from Calvin College in Michigan, where he studied with Ruth Rus. As a student of John Wustman, he received a Master of Music in Vocal Coaching and Accompanying from the University of Illinois. In New York City he maintains a coaching studio and collaborates with singers in recitals. Mr Holkeboer has worked with the Chamber Opera Theatre of New York, the First American Music Theatre Festival in Philadelphia, the O’Neill Theatre Center in Connecticut, the Israel Vocal Arts Institute, the Florentine Opera in Milwaukee, and Opera Lirica in Orvieto, Italy. He has performed in over forty Community Concerts across the country with soprano Alba Quezada and has recorded a recital program with Mark S. Doss at the Sirius Satellite Radio studios for broadcast. He has appeared as pianist in performance with Ariel Bybee, Phillip Cokorinos, Susan Dunn, Faith Esham, Scott Hendricks, Ruby Hinds, James McCracken, Erika Sunnegardh, and Sandra Warfield. Mr Holkeboer is a longtime member of the parish, currently serves as a Church Warden, and is very active in our Soup Kitchen program. |