A native of the Hudson Valley, Dillon Streifeneder recently returned after a decade away. In May, Dillon graduated from The Ohio State University with his PhD in history. He will begin teaching as an adjunct professor at SUNY New Paltz this coming fall semester. Growing up in Red Hook, Dillon played in the school’s concert band and sang in the choir from grade school through high school. He began playing organ in high school when called on to substitute for the organist at his home congregation of Rock City Memorial Lutheran Church. Shortly thereafter, Dillon began playing in other local churches (including a few Sundays at St. John’s), and taking private organ lessons, which he continued in college. Attending Lebanon Valley College (LVC) in south-central Pennsylvania, Dillon earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sacred Music and Organ Performance in 2014. While at LVC, Dillon studied with Dr. Shelly Moorman-Stahlman, sang in the concert choir, and performed with the handbell ensemble. Dillon has served Lutheran, Episcopal, and Methodist parishes in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, and Ohio, and was most recently the organist and director of music at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.