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Mark Kieffer holds a BA in Liturgical Music from St. John's University, Collegeville, MN. His emphasis was in organ performance with a minor in theology. From 1994 to 2015 he held two different full-time positions as Director of Music and Liturgy for Catholic parishes in Minnesota while serving as principal organist for weekend Masses, weddings and funerals. His organ teachers have included Kim R. Kasling and Katherine Handford, his piano teachers were Ramona McCullough and Fr. Jerome Coller, O.S.B., and his conducting teachers were Axel Theimer, Br. Paul Richards O.S.B. and David Dickau. He is adept at arranging music for varied resources and is a published handbell arranger.


All of the recordings here are taken from live events. 
They are presented with warts and all. Enjoy!
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Recordings of Mark W. Kieffer playing, in recital,
the 1991 VanDaalen organ at Nativity of Mary Catholic Church, Bloomington, MN.
Recordings of Mark W. Kieffer leading the congregation, choir and instrumentalists in hymns and service music. Recordings are from liturgies celebrated at Nativity of Mary.
- Toccata Op. 59, No. 5 by Max Reger (2012)

- Fantasia Super Komm, Heiliger Geist, BWV 651 by J. S. Bach (2011)

- Three Variations on the Hymn "Now Thank We All Our God" by Flor Peeters, Marcel Dupre, and Siegfried Karg-Elert (2009)

- "Grand Offertoire" from the "Mass for the Parishes" by Louis Francois Couperin (2007)

- Suite Gothique by Léon Boëllmann (2006)

- Praeludium in e minor by Dietrich Buxtehude (2006)

- Four Variations on "Praise to the Lord, the Almighty" by Paul Manz, G. F. Walther, Marcel Dupre, and Martin Shaw (2005)

- Cantabile by Cesar Franck (2004)

- Piece Heroique by Cesar Franck (2004)

- Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 536 by J. S. Bach (2003)

- Three Hymn Preludes on Late Twentieth-Century Hymn Tunes: "Gather Us In" by Marty Haugen and arr. by John Behnke, "Bicentennial" by Robert Kreutz and arr. by Charles Callahan, & "Bread of Life" by Suzanne Toolan and arr. by Lynn Trapp (2003)

- Gather Us In by Marty Haugen, arrangement compiled by Mark Kieffer, November 3, 2009.

- Christus Paradox, Ruth Duck, PICARDY, arrangement compiled by Mark Kieffer, Holy Thursday, 2011.

- The Strife is O'er, PALESTRINA, arrangement compiled by Mark Kieffer, Easter Vigil, 2011.

- No Greater Love by Michael Joncas, Holy Thursday 2011

- Exsultet by Delores Dufner, OSB, arrangement compiled by Mark Kieffer, Easter Vigil, 2011.

- Gloria from Community Mass by Richard Proulx, Holy Thursday 2011.

- Agnus Dei 'Fraction Rite' from No Greater Love by Michael Joncas, Holy Thursday, 2011.

- O Come, All Ye Faithful, arr. David Willcocks & Mark Kieffer, Christmas Eve 2008.

- Once in Royal David's City, arr David Willcocks, Lessons and Carols 2008. 

- Holy God, We Praise Thy Name, GROSSER GOTT, June 2006.

- Pentecost Sequence, HYMN TO JOY, June 2006.


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