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David Deffner

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davidldeffner@comcast.net
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David L. Deffner, organ, has been a church musician for 30 years and has been making
music in the Sacramento area for 11 years. In addition to solo organ recitals and piano
duet recitals with his wife, Ellen Schinnerer Deffner, he has performed with the Sacramento
Area Bach Festival, the Sacramento Symphony Orchestra, and the Sacramento Chamber
Orchestra. Currently, Deffner teaches at American River College and is director of music
at Davis Community Church. Deffner received his doctorate in church music from
Northwestern University and holds degrees from Valparaiso University and the University of
Minnesota. He studied conducting with Helmuth Rilling at the Staatliche Hochschule für
Musik in Frankfurt and has studied organ with Karel Paukert, Philip Gehring, and Wolfgang
Rübsam.