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David H. Binkley honored

December 17, 2015

David H. Binkley was honored on November 15 at Camp Hill (Pennsylvania) Presbyterian Church, marking his retirement on December 31, 2015, as the church’s organist/choirmaster for 42 years. The celebration included a program and a luncheon following worship.

Binkley’s responsibilities included music teaching in the Sunday church school, direction of three singing choirs, and coordination of the church’s Music, Art and Drama Series. A new 42-rank Schantz organ was installed in 2008 after a major renovation of the church building. The church regularly presents organ recitals, including a monthly organ concert featuring members of the Harrisburg American Guild of Organists chapter.

Binkley graduated from Lebanon Valley College and received a Master of Sacred Music degree from New York City’s Union Theological Seminary School of Sacred Music; his primary organ teachers have been Robert Clippinger, Karl Moyer, Pierce Getz, and Robert Baker. David Binkley has presented recitals and church music workshops throughout central Pennsylvania; he holds the AGO Colleague certificate, and in 1996 was awarded Certified Church Musician status by the Presbyterian Association of Musicians.