LINDA M. CERABONA
B. MUS, 1978; M.A., 1992 De Paul University, Chicago
Director of Music/Organist
University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein, IL. 2005-present
Began playing the piano at age 7 and the pipe organ at age 11. Organist, pianist, vocal coach, and choir director serving in various parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago (1967-present), and in the Diocese of Joliet (1994-2004). Co-authored “Praise God with Full Voice; Sacred Music, Mundelein Seminary, and the Global Church” The Bridge; Winter/Spring 2011 and co-authored “Remembering Father Richard J. Wojcik”, The Bridge; Spring/Summer 2013.
Founding member and advisor for the Joliet Chapter of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Member of American Guild of Organists Hospitality Committee for National AGO Convention in Chicago; prepared the Mundelein Sacred Music Exhibit in the McEssy Gallery, They Remember the Singing, 2007. Coordinator of the Acquisition, installation, Blessing and Dedication of E. M. Skinner Organ, Opus 621 (1926) for the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, 2012-2014, and the Cardinal Mundelein Wurlitzer Theater Organ console restoration and Rededication, 2011-2014. Founder of the Richard J. Wojcik Lunchtime Concert Series featuring seminarians and faculty. Recipient of the Westerman Foundation Grant to archive and preserve the historic Sacred Music Collection of Mundelein Seminary (2017). Seminary liaison to Chicago Chapter of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, (2016-2019). Member of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians Director of Music Ministries Division (2005- present). Member of Chicago Area Theater Organ Enthusiasts (CATOE). Member of the Northshore Chapter and the Chicago Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (2020-present).