Although now a pastor in the Albury SDA church in New South Wales, Australia, Wolfgang Stefani has had extensive training in music. He graduated from Avondale College with a degree in theology in 1976 and from Andrews University with an M.A. in music in 1981. He also possesses an L.Mus.A. in piano performance from the Royal Conservatory of music.

While pursuing a Ph.D. in music and religion at AU, he held the Oliver S. Beltz Chair in Music at the seminary, a position he continued to hold full time from 1993 until 1995, following completion of his degree. After teaching theology for two years at Newbold College, Stefani and his wife, Julie Price, returned to their native Australia in 1997.

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See the Spring/Summer 1999 issue of IAMA’s publication Notes for the article, Endnotes: Music as an Ecumenical Force, by Stefani.