 He also studied organ and musical composition in Berlin, before returning to Yonkers, where he was an organist from 1896 to 1910.He moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he became a choirmaster and organist at St. Mark's Church from 1910 to 1950.He was a member of the first class to register at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, France, in 1921.