Paul Ladd
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In Memory
Paul Revere Ladd, Jr. was a pastoral musician/composer from Wakefield, Rhode Island and served as music director/organist at St. Thomas More Church in Narragansett, Rhode Island.
He graduated from Harvard College and later attended the Harvard Longy School of Music and the Berkshire Music School/Tanglewood Institute where he studied chant with the Gregorian Institute and with Dom Gajare of Solesmes; his organ studies were with E. Power Biggs.
Besides being a pastoral musician/composer, Paul's many careers included work as a farmer, carpenter, and high school physics teacher. He preferred the quiet life and lived on a ten-acre organic farm with his wife Eva Maria Hegemann and their Jersey cow with the Latin name "Bos." Paul is survived by 10 children and 25 grandchildren.