Author: Abby Lee

A Perfect Match: Medicine and Music From ancient times, people understood the powerful connection between science and music. In the medieval university, mathematics and astronomy were studied along with music…

Oatlands Sketches In 1985, while I was living in the Washington, D.C., area and teaching at the University of Virginia, celebrated organist and composer Emma Lou Diemer approached me about…

Composer Rachel Laurin   I identify myself in life as an organist and composer. Since 2006, I have been “House Composer” at Wayne Leupold Editions. Being part of “Leupold’s Family”…

A Russian Journey By Gail Archer   In summer, 2013, I traveled in Europe for a month from 17 July to 17 August to play eleven concerts in Germany, Italy,…

Hope of Dawn by Paola SantillanH O P E O F D a w n was commissioned by composer and organist Alexandra Fol, in conjunction with the International Research and Information…

Organ Ambassador I’m an Organ Ambassador by Jan Kraybill   Like most musicians, I have created a career out of many jobs – part-time and full-time; musical and non-musical; temporary,…

Marie-Madeleine Duruflé Marie-Madeleine Duruflé; A Model for Today’s Women Organists by Sarah Jane Starcher   As the tide of time flows continually on, it is easy for figures who have…

A Musical Journey A Musical Journey from Chile to Germany and the United States by Christine Gevert Is it still unusual in the 21st century to be a female organist,…

News Eileen Guenther has been invited to play a recital on the new organ in the Concert Hall of the Kennedy Center on Oct 30. She is the first woman…