There are conductors who compose and composers who conduct. Music professor Paul Salerni claims to be the latter. But with his 45 years at Lehigh coming to a close, he looks back having done much more than just compose or conduct music.

Though he will be retiring at the end of this year, Salerni, who has composed and conducted music and been a prominent leader in the musical corners of Lehigh, looks forward to retiring after an eventful musical and work life.