Doctor of Musical Arts
Graduate College Fellow and
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Master of Music
Richard Paul DeLong Prize
Julia Sherman Prize
Bachelor of Music, magna cum laude
Mattie Hipp Cunningham Scholar
Adam M. Pajan
National Organ-Playing Competition
First Prize, 2013
Claremont United Church of Christ - Claremont, CA
Lecturer in Music (Organ)
Director of Music
St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church
Artist in Residence
organist
Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival
First Prize, 2009
First Church of Christ - Wethersfield, CT
Adam Pajan serves on the organ faculty at the University of Oklahoma where he teaches applied organ, church music, and organ technology. He is in his fourth season as Artist in Residence at Saint John’s Episcopal Church in Tulsa where he serves as organist and choirmaster for weekly Choral Evensong services. He also assisted in the design of Schoenstein Opus 173 installed at the parish in 2018. He serves as Director of Music at Saint Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in Norman. He received his DMA in 2014 at the University of Oklahoma following studies at Furman University and Yale University, earning the BM and MM degrees respectively. He has been a prize winner in multiple prestigious organ competitions, including the Firmin Swinnen Prize (second place) at the Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition, and first place awards at the Albert Schweitzer, Poister, Mader, and West Chester University organ competitions. His performing career has taken him across the United States and to five tours of Germany, as well as tours to England and Switzerland. He has performed at conventions of the American Institute of Organbuilders, Organ Historical Society, American Liszt Society, and the American Guild of Organists.
Arthur Poister Scholarship Competition
in Organ Playing
First Prize, 2011
St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral - Syracuse, New NY
International Organ Competition
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Basilica of St. John the Baptist
Canton, Ohio
First Presbyterian Church
Kilgore, Texas
Internationaler Orgelsommer
Mainzer Dom (Mainz Cathedral)
Wallonisch-Niederländischen Kirche
Hanau, Germany