Our Music

Music Director

Old Whalers’ is blessed to have its musical ministry guided by the gifted and experienced hand of Walter Klauss. Mr. Klauss’s illustrious career began in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio with an organ recital at age 17 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Four years later he was invited to give the premiere American performance of Jean Langlois’s Organ Concerto with members of the Cleveland Orchestra. He received his M.A. degree from Case Western Reserve University before moving to New York City. He chaired the Music Department at C.W. Post Center of Long Island University before retiring with the title of Professor Emeritus. He has performed and conducted concerts all over the world, including Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, South Korea, England, and Zimbabwe. He is on the music faculty of Queens College (CUNY) and Artist in Residence at The Old Whalers’ Church in Sag Harbor, New York.