Karen began studying in organ at 15 in Leeds. She went on to study piano, organ and double bass at Trinity College of Music, before qualifying as a teacher. Karen is Lead Musician on organ, piano and harp at a large Catholic Church in South London, as well as working regularly in a similar capacity at local Anglican parishes. Karen is currently studying for her PhD researching Music in the Early Church. She is a passionate advocate for girls from diverse backgrounds to learn the organ and harp.

Ziyi is 15 years old and the Michael Swindlehurst Organ Scholar in Saffron Walden. For over a decade, she has been playing the piano and also started the cello. She has been playing the organ at services for over a year and she is keen to learn more and to broaden her musical horizons. She really loves the power and grandeur that comes along with playing the organ.

Judith taught music in schools for several years before being persuaded to direct the choir at her village church. She is now the director of music at Wallingford Parish Church, a job which has required her to develop her organ playing. Her music for small choirs and for congregations is sung regularly, and her compositions for larger forces have been performed in UK cathedrals and abroad.

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Christine is Director of Music at St Mary the Virgin, Hambleden, near Henley-on-Thames – a post she has held for almost 65 years. She was originally a first-study cellist at the Royal Academy of Music but switched to study organ with Douglas Hawkridge, continuing later with Harold Darke at St Michael's, Cornhill, City of London. She performs in concert both as a cellist and organist and she is a past-President of the Berkshire Organists' Association. In 2013 she received Maundy Money from the Queen and was awarded a BEM in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Bridget West took up the organ at Christ's Hospital, Horsham, before continuing her music studies at the University of Bristol. Since then, she has played at churches in north and south London, including eight years as the Assistant at St John's, Upper Norwood. Bridget works at the Church Times, edits the alumnus magazine for Christ's Hospital, and was the festival co-ordinator of the Croydon Performing Arts Festival for several years. She serves on the committee of the Southwark and South London Organists' Association, and is a member of the Society of Women Organists, including its adjustable-benches-campaign committee. Recitals include St John's, Upper Norwood, Christ's Chapel, Dulwich, All Saints', Warlingham, and St John's, East Dulwich.

Patti Whaley holds an ABRSM Diploma in Organ Performance and plays organ for the Parish Churches of St Mary, Wingham, and St Mary of Charity, Faversham. She gives occasional recitals and runs the website www.organtricks.net. She is trustee of several charities and was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2021.

Bernice is currently fulfilling her childhood ambition to learn to play the organ. She had two years of piano lessons when in her late twenties and, on taking early retirement thirty years later, started having organ lesson with Dr William Reynolds in 2011. Bernice has since passed Grades 2, 3 and 5 Organ, each with Distinction, and Grade 5 Theory, also with Distinction. She is currently working towards Grade 6. Bernice has played the organ for the Wednesday Morning Eucharist Service in St Samlet’s Church, Swansea for nine years.

Alice has played the organ for nearly 60 years, starting in high school at her local Methodist church. She studied with John Ellis at the University of Montana. Alice currently plays for the University Congregational Church in Missoula, Montana USA.

Alison has played the organ since the age of twelve, studying with Michael Cubbage in Hertfordshire and Harrison-Oxley in Essex. She is also a internationally performed/published composer and conductor, having studied and gained a PhD in the former with Paul Mealor and Phillip Cooke at Aberdeen . She is now based in Lincolnshire and plays for liturgical services in her local area. In her spare time she likes making soup for her family with vegetables from the garden.

Abbie Wood is a 4th-year American organ performance student at Syracuse University studying with Dr Anne Laver, who is also pursuing a minor in jazz studies. She is organist at University United Methodist Church in Syracuse, NY, and has recently conducted research on Victorian-era British organs in England. She has also assisted Dr Laver with her research, and won multiple awards in organ playing. Her concerts aim to inspire love for the organ.

Hsiao-Yi Yu's drew significant public attention since she won the First Prize in the first Taiwan Organ Competition in 2014. Hereafter, Ms. Yu has been in growing demand as soloist and performing with outstanding artists and orchestras. In 2019 June, she was invited to perform at St. Peter Recklinghausen in Germany, and in July she was invited to perform five series organ concerts at the 53rd International Organ Festival in Koszalin, Poland.