Mr. Shafer has advised churches of almost every size and denomination and the scope of the more than fifty projects in which he has participated range from under $100,000 to almost $2 million.

The instruments chosen by clients represent the work of numerous builders and many have been part of larger sanctuary renovations. Mr. Shafer enjoys working with lay people and governing boards and has excellent relationships with many organ builders and companies.

A native of Connecticut where he grew up on a farm, Keith Shafer was educated at the Hartt College of Music at the University of Hartford; the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati; and the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, where he was an organ student of Richard Fowler, John Holtz, and the renowned American concert artists Gerre Hancock and Robert Anderson. A finalist in all of the major American organ playing competitions, Mr. Shafer has appeared in concert throughout the country. Since 1983 he has been Director of Music and Organist of historic Saint Paul's Church in Augusta, Georgia, where the music program is recognized as one of the most innovative in the Episcopal Church. Mr. Shafer has spent residencies in a number of British cathedrals, including Worcester, York Minster, St. Mary's Cathedral (Edinburgh), and St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Mr. Shafer has been Georgia Convenor of the American Guild of Organists and has been Dean and Treasurer of the Augusta Chapter. For 25 years he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Sewanee Church Music Conference held annually at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee and directed the conference on a regular basis. He has been a member of the Liturgical Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, and has made a number of recordings that have been heard throughout the country on National Public Radio's Pipedreams, Georgia Public Radio's Performance Showcase, and South Carolina Public Radio. He is also the Editor of Psalms Made Singable, the popular editions of the psalms now being used throughout the Episcopal Church.