We are grateful that Matthew is willing to serve in this way, while we conduct a thorough search for a permanent director of music.  Matt will be coordinating various instrumentalists and vocalists for our services, providing special music occasionally himself, and leading the assembly in congregational song.

Organist

Patricia Hannifan has been the organist at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church for
the past 12 years and also has served as interim Choir Director and Handbell
Director. She serves as both Staff Accompanist and Adjunct Professor at Los
Angeles Valley College and has served in the same positions at East Los
Angeles College. She is also Adjunct Professor at Los Angeles City College
where she teaches organ. In addition, Ms. Hannifan is a freelance
accompanist as pianist and organist in the greater Los Angeles area,
accompanying students and professors at Northridge and Long Beach State
Universities, USC, and UCLA. She teaches piano and organ and coaches singers
in her private studio.

She is presently working on a DMA in organ performance at UCLA, studying
with Christoph Bull. She holds a Master's Degree in Organ from the Flora L.
Thorton School of Music at the University of Southern California and a
bachelor's degree in music (organ specialization) from CSU Northridge.
Ms. Hannifan has twice been awarded the Artistic Director Achievement Award
for "Best Music Director" by the Valley Theater League for her work with the
Woodland Hills Community Theatre. She has created arrangements for organ and
brass and for five years was the principal accompanist at the Claude Gordon
International Brass Workshop where she worked with prominent players such as
Frank Kaderabek, principal trumpet of the Philadelphia Orchestra. From 1995
to 1999 she was the Accompanist/Organist for The San Gabriel Valley Choral
Company under the direction of Thomas Miyake, its founder.