 In 1974 he was appointed to the chair of organ at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg and was appointed head of the department of church music.Until 1976, he also led a piano class.In 1976, he was appointed both head of the organ department at the "Catholic University of America" and "artist in residence" at the "National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception" in Washington, D.C..