Joseph O’Donnell
Organist
(he/him)
Joe has been organist of First Unitarian Church of Portland since August 1996. He holds the degrees of Bachelor of Music in Organ and Master of Liturgical Music from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. While in Washington he served on the music staff at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and as Organist and Choir Director of St. Joseph’s on Capitol Hill. Since 1999, he’s worked at Bond Organ Builders, Inc. in Portland as a service technician and design engineer. Joe has lectured on organ maintenance for the American Institute of Organbuilders, for which he also served as secretary (term 2014-2020), and has been a recitalist for the Organ Historical Society.