Paula Pugh Romanaux

Paula Pugh Romanaux is Artist–in–Residence and Principal Organist at historic St. Peter’s Church in Philadelphia, where she plays for services and presents an annual series of concerts on the church’s majestic E.M. Skinner organ. A native of Illinois, she holds degrees and diplomas from MacMurry College, Western Michigan University, the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna, and the Royal School of Church Music in England. Her frequent concert tours in Europe have included being the first woman and first American to play on many of Germany’s most historic organs. She was the first American to concertize in Estonia after the Baltic States regained their independence, in a goodwill tour sponsored by the United States Department of State.

Prior to moving to Philadelphia, Romanaux served on the faculties of Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo College, as well as serving as Director of Music at St. Luke’s Church in Kalamazoo and St. Mark’s Church in Grand Rapids.

A pianist, harpsichordist, and choral conductor as well as organist, Romanaux has worked with many choral ensembles, orchestras, and early music groups, most recently the Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra of Milan. Her organ repertory spans the gamut from early Baroque to the works of Messiaen. Her concerts have been broadcast on public radio’s Performance Today and Pipe Dreams, and she is featured on three compact disk recordings. She holds Artist’s Medals from the cities of Kalamazoo, Michigan and Heidelberg, Germany.