Our Mission and Responsibility
The East Carolina Musical Arts Education Foundation, or “ECMAEF”, was formed in 1998 to encourage and support collaborative ventures between St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, the East Carolina University School of Music, and the City of Greenville North Carolina. It focused on the C. B. Fisk pipe organ opus 126 and concert space at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. ECMAEF was created as a non-profit corporation to develop musical projects, including concerts and educational workshops, to enrich the cultural offerings in Eastern North Carolina available to a broad diversity of audiences, and to encourage continued interest in and performance of organ and choral music. The board of directors of ECMAEF is composed of representatives from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, East Carolina University, the City of Greenville, and members of the arts community beyond Greenville who strongly believe in and support this effort. The continuation of the work of ECMAEF is dependent upon contributions from individuals who attend our concerts and who support our mission. All contributions are tax-deductible under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Board of Directors
Melanie Moll, President and Elected Director
David Baskeyfield, Artistic Director, Ex officio director
Karen Vail Smith, Vice President and Elected Director
Jon Shaw, Treasurer and Elected Director
Katherine Burke, Secretary and Elected Director
Gloria Rose, Elected Director
Burney Warren, Elected Director
Finley Woolston, Elected Director
Gwyn Hilburn, Elected Director
Jack Fisher, Elected Director
Leonna Love, Elected Director
Beth Ulffers, St. Paul's Vestry Liaison, Ex Officio Director
Christopher Ulffers, Director of the School of Music, ECU, Ex Officio Director
The Rev. Andrew Cannan, Rector, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Ex Officio Director
David Baskeyfield, Artistic Director, Ex officio director
Karen Vail Smith, Vice President and Elected Director
Jon Shaw, Treasurer and Elected Director
Katherine Burke, Secretary and Elected Director
Gloria Rose, Elected Director
Burney Warren, Elected Director
Finley Woolston, Elected Director
Gwyn Hilburn, Elected Director
Jack Fisher, Elected Director
Leonna Love, Elected Director
Beth Ulffers, St. Paul's Vestry Liaison, Ex Officio Director
Christopher Ulffers, Director of the School of Music, ECU, Ex Officio Director
The Rev. Andrew Cannan, Rector, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Ex Officio Director
Artistic Director: David Baskeyfield
Mr. Baskeyfield is Professor of Organ and Sacred Music at East Carolina University, a post he holds concurrently with that of Organist and Choirmaster at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greenville, NC, whose organ, C. B. Fisk’s Opus 126, also serves as the primary teaching and performance instrument at ECU. He is also Artistic Director of the East Carolina Musical Arts and Education Foundation, which supports programming on the Fisk organ and seeks to promote the instrument through outreach at the local and national level.
Mr. Baskeyfield studied Law at Oxford University and holds Master’s and Doctoral degrees from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. He is the recipient of an unusual number of first prizes in playing competitions; these include the Canadian International Organ Competition, St Albans, Miami, and the AGO National Competition in Organ Improvisation, all with audience prize. He has recorded for ATMA Classique and Acis Productions.
Alongside solo performance, he enjoys work as a collaborative pianist, continuo player, and occasional cocktail pianist. He has been broadcast a number of times on American Public Media’s Pipedreams, as well as NPR’s With Heart and Voice and, more locally, as part of the daily playlist on classical station WXXI. He has occasionally given theatre organ recitals.
He is enthusiastic about cooking, brewing, and offshore sportfishing. He shares his house with two springer spaniels, Lucy and Wilbur.
He is represented in North America by Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc.
Mr. Baskeyfield studied Law at Oxford University and holds Master’s and Doctoral degrees from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. He is the recipient of an unusual number of first prizes in playing competitions; these include the Canadian International Organ Competition, St Albans, Miami, and the AGO National Competition in Organ Improvisation, all with audience prize. He has recorded for ATMA Classique and Acis Productions.
Alongside solo performance, he enjoys work as a collaborative pianist, continuo player, and occasional cocktail pianist. He has been broadcast a number of times on American Public Media’s Pipedreams, as well as NPR’s With Heart and Voice and, more locally, as part of the daily playlist on classical station WXXI. He has occasionally given theatre organ recitals.
He is enthusiastic about cooking, brewing, and offshore sportfishing. He shares his house with two springer spaniels, Lucy and Wilbur.
He is represented in North America by Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc.
The Foundation is proud of our prior artistic directors. To learn more about them, please visit our Former Artistic Directors webpage.