Jeff Deaton

Jeffrey Deaton began playing both at school and the local Baptist church at age 8. At 14, he was made organist/choir director in the Methodist church! With over 50 years of experience, he has accompanied soloists, directed choirs and instrumentalists. His choir members have held choral positions in Carnegie Hall, NY. He is the past Board president of the Cincinnati Boychoir and Board president of the Chamber Music Network of Greater Cincinnati, producing ChamberPalooza at the Cincinnati Art Museum. He majored in music at Northern Kentucky University and was awarded an honorary doctorate in music in 2012. He has held memberships in the American Music Teachers Association and the American Guild of Organists. As organist and choral director, in 2021 he created the Second-Sunday Chamber Concert Series at SUMC.