Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicJiae KwakCURRENT STUDENT PROFILE Jiae Kwak has been a leading performer since she was nine years old. She has had multiple special awards and achievements from a very young age. She was accepted into the bachelor’s program at the Korean National University of Arts, regarded as the top music school…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicKatherine JolliffCURRENT STUDENT PROFILE Katherine Jolliff is a young organist from Indianapolis, Indiana. She began piano studies at the age of 5 and started learning the organ in her freshman year of high school from Marco Petricic (UIndy). After completing her first two years of high school, she finished her…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicOliver LearCURRENT STUDENT PROFILE Oliver Lear comes from Lafayette, Louisiana, where he began his piano studies at age six with Sue Anne-Steck Turner. He earned his Bachelor of Music in organ performance from Northwestern State University of Louisiana in 2021, under the instruction of Mary DeVille. In the Spring of…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicDylan SanzenbacherCURRENT STUDENT PROFILE A native of Warren, Ohio, Dylan Sanzenbacher is a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate in Early Music at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York studying harpsichord under the tutelage of Lisa Crawford. He has studied piano with Thomas Solich and Dr. Sungeun Kim…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicJames Kealey CURRENT STUDENT PROFILE Winner of the First Prize and Audience Prize at the 2022 American Guild of Organists’ National Young Artists Competition in Organ performance (NYACOP), James Kealey is a young artist of great distinction who has appeared in recital in England, the U.S.A., and in Europe. Previous…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicBenjamin Kjell CURRENT STUDENT PROFILE Benjamin Kjell is a doctoral student in organ performance and literature at Eastman School of Music in the studio of Nathan Laube. He received a bahcelor’s degree in church music (2018) and a master’s degree in organ and related keyboard instruments (2021) at the Academy…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicAugustine Kweku SobengCURRENT STUDENT PROFILE Augustine Sobeng is a native of Shama, in the Western Region of Ghana. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Technology in 2014 from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (K.N.U.S.T) in Kumasi, Ghana. He studied for his Masters in Organ…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicAlden Wright CURRENT STUDENT PROFILE Alden Wright is a student at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree in organ performance with Nathan Laube. Alden is a native of Salisbury, North Carolina. As a performer and national young…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicAdrian VolovetsCURRENT STUDENT PROFILE Hailing from Minnesota, Adrian Volovets is an up-and-coming concert and liturgical organist. Graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance and from the University of Notre Dame with a Masters in Sacred Music, he is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Organ…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicAaron Tan CURRENT STUDENT PROFILE Concert organist Aaron Tan is a leading young artist in North America. He is the only person to have received first-prize in three of the most major North American organ competitions: the Canadian RCCO National Organ Competition, the AGO National Young Artists Competitionin Organ Playing…
