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title: Welcome to the Augsburg Fortress blog! | Thomas Keesecker
description: Thomas Keesecker retired from being a full-time church musician in 2019. He served in both Lutheran and Roman Catholic parishes in Virginia, Maryland, and Montana. He studied Composition at the Berklee College of Music and the Catholic University of America. His music is published by several leading church music publishers. In his retirement he travels and performs music from his best-selling piano collections. He and his wife, Tricia, celebrated 45 years of marriage in December.
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### [Beyond the Score: The Musical Mind of Thomas Keesecker](https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/beyond-the-score-the-musical-mind-of-thomas-keesecker)

 By [**Thomas Keesecker**](https://blog.augsburgfortress.org/author/thomas-keesecker) August 14, 2025

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