Minister of Music

Jay Castelli was baptized as an infant in Harrison Presbyterian Church where his mother was the Organist/Choir Director. She was later his first piano teacher when he was 4 years old. He played his first HPC church service on the organ in 7th grade and has served as Minister of Music on and off for the last 35 years. He has a Bachelor's Degree in English with a Music minor from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Pace University. For his day job, Jay is Vice-President of Marketing and Research at Benchmark Education Company, a K-12 publisher. In his spare time, he enjoys arranging new praise songs off YouTube for the praise band, reading on personal finance, cross-country skiing, and playing tennis. He lives in Rye Neck with his wife Carolyn. They have two adult daughters, Lauren, who is married to Mark, and Lisbeth, the creator of this new Web site.