Deke Polifka

Deke Polifka serves as Director of Music & Organist at St. Paul’s Memorial Church (Episcopal) in Charlottesville and is Musical Director of the Virginia Consort. At UVA, Deke is Assistant Conductor and Accompanist for the University Singers and Chamber Choir.

A Virginia native, Deke lived in Colorado for eleven years where he was Organist and Choirmaster at Grace and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Colorado Springs and Assistant Conductor and Accompanist of The Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble.

Deke holds degrees in piano performance from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and earned an Artist Diploma in Organ Performance from The University of Denver. In 2013, he spent a summer sabbatical in France, playing many of the significant instruments in and around Paris and studying French organ repertoire with Marie-Louise Langlais. Deke is an Associate of the American Guild of Organists (AAGO) and has served in various leadership positions for that organization. He and his wife Joyce have three children and very much like spending time outdoors, cooking, and making music together.