Organ Scholar
As the Organ Scholar at Duke Chapel, Dr. David Lim performs on the Chapel’s four organs, assists with choir rehearsals, and receives intensive musical instruction. He comes to Duke Chapel from Minnesota, having served Episcopal, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic parishes. He holds degrees from Gustavus Adolphus College (biology and music), the University of Iowa, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Oklahoma.
Dr. Lim has performed solo organ recitals across the country and sung with the National Lutheran Choir. A teacher and researcher, Lim has taught collegiate-level applied lessons in organ performance and courses in keyboard harmony and music theory at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and the University of Oklahoma, where he was a 2021 recipient of the Provost’s Certificate of Distinction in Teaching. He was the winner of the 2014 Immanuel Lutheran Church Organ Scholar Award and was inducted into Pi Kappa Lambda in 2017. He has presented at the American Guild of Organists National Convention and the THEMUS Conference at Temple University in Philadelphia. His musicological research has been published by the Organ Historical Society and The Diapason.