Category: Artist Profile

We feature female organists in liturgical music and higher education.

Crista Miller is the Director of Music and Cathedral Organist at Houston’s Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart where she leads the adult and children’s choirs and the concert series, and chaired the organ committee for Martin Pasi’s…

Chelsea Vaught is currently the Director of Music and Organist at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana where she works with all aspects of the music program including chancel…

Margaret Co Chen is an Organist, an Organ-Consultant and a Lecturer in Music History and Liturgy. She received her training at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, where she earned a bachelor’s…

Marty Wheeler Burnett is Canon Precentor at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Omaha, Nebraska, where she coordinates the musical and liturgical life of the cathedral under the leadership of the dean.…

Marilyn Schempp holds a B.A. in Vocal and Instrumental Music from Augustana University in Sioux Falls and a Master’s of Music in Organ Performance from the University of South Dakota,…

After an appointment as Visiting Professor of Music at the University of Oklahoma in Fall of 2014, Dr. Damin Spritzer was appointed full-time Assistant Professor of Organ at OU in…

Nancy Cooper has been an adjunct member of the music faculty at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana, for 25 years, where she teaches organ, harpsichord, undergraduate and graduate…

Mollie Nichols’ organ playing has been described as “vibrant” by the New York Times. Recipient of two organ performance degrees and the prestigious Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of…

Dr. Elisa Williams Bickers, FAGO, is the associate director of music and principal organist at Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village, Kansas.  She is also the harpsichordist for the Bach…

Eileen Guenther is Professor of Church Music at Wesley Theological Seminary, where she teaches music and worship courses and is Director of Chapel Music.  She holds degrees in English and organ from…