Anna is an organist and Junior Research Fellow in Music at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where she is beginning a new project centering the role of women (and institutions) in twentieth-century organ culture. Her research interests range across the organ's history; her PhD argued for the cultural significance of the organ in Lutheran attitudes to music c1600. She is also active as a recitalist, teacher and church musician, and is deeply committed to expanding the organ's repertory.

Barbara lives in Orkney and has been learning to play the organ for five years. Her particular interest is in French romantic composers. She is a writer and is working on a book about female composers, particularly those with a significant portfolio of organ compositions.

Louise is the director of Multitude of Voyces, a specialist charitable organisation which exists to support underrepresented and marginalised groups through the creative use of music and words. Our publications include the Anthology series Sacred Music by Women Composers.

Elizabeth is the Organist and Master of the Choristers at Arundel Cathedral, and the first woman and youngest organist to run a Cathedral music department in the UK. In her time at Arundel she has created places for choristers, developed choral scholarships, overseen the rebuilding of the historic Hill organ, directed tours and recordings, broadcast for the BBC and ITV, and performed in a solo capacity for members of the Royal Family. Elizabeth is a Patron of the North and Midlands School of Music and is presently reading for a PhD in liturgical music at the University of Surrey.

Pam is the organist at St. Peter’s, Little Aston, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands where she conducts and accompanies the church choir. She also plays for funerals and has been a crematorium organist for 16 years until 2020.

Dee is a recent graduate from the BMus degree at Edinburgh Napier University, where she studied with Michael Harris at St  Giles’ Cathedral, and is now based in Greenock. Since graduating she has worked as a church musician, choral conductor, opera singer and director, and accompanist and vocal coach. She is also a composer and is working on a cycle of organ works entitled Livre d’orgue.

Lucia Švecová is a Slovak-born organist and conductor, currently holding the position of the Director of Chapel Choir, Music and Organ Teacher and School Organist at St Catherine’s School, Bramley, Guildford. She started her musical journey as an organist and a singer in Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia, where she studied Organ at the Music School Banská Štiavnica under Katarína Tuhárska. She won the National Competition of Young Organists, Námestovo, in 2013 and 2015, and the title ‘Laureate’ at the National Organ Display ‘Gorazd’s Organ Days’ in Zvolen. In 2017, Lucia became Organ Scholar at Jesus College Oxford, where she studied Music and conducted and accompanied the Jesus College Chapel Choir. Later, she worked as an Organist at Bloxham School, Oxfordshire, and as Organ Teacher at the Purcell School for Young Musicians. Lucia then continued to study Orchestral Conducting, finishing a postgraduate course at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, while maintaining an active recital schedule. At the moment, she conducts and accompanies the St Catherine’s Chapel Choir.

Ana Szilágyi is a composer, pianist, organist, teacher and musicologist. She studied composition and organ at the National University of Music in Bucharest and electroacoustic composition and music theory at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. She has played organ concerts in Romania, including at the famous Black Church in Braşov. Ana has been teaching piano, organ and music theory at Richard Wagner Conservatory in Vienna. She has recently composed several works for or with organ(s): Das Wiedersehen (organ, 2020), Unity and Diversity (2 organs 2020), Tones, Forms, Colours (accordion and 2 organs, 2021).

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Maria is a Swedish Organist educated at the Royal college of Music in Stockholm. She plays at a lot of concerts beside her work as a liturgical organist.

While pursuing a degree in Piano Performance at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, Maakestad began organ instruction with Dr Norma Stevlingson. At Luther Seminary, she continued her organ studies with Dr John Ferguson and Dr Catherine Rodland. She is Director of Traditional Worship at Incarnation Lutheran Church, and also plays piano, serves as an accompanist and directs multiple handbell choirs. She loves showing people the amazing things that only the pipe organ can do.

Award-winning Canadian-American musician Maxine Thévenot is known for her skillful, musical playing, inventive concert programming, and passionate, informed conducting. She combines a profound commitment to her liturgical work as a cathedral musician with guest conducting, solo and collaborative organ recitals, and thrives on co-creating synergistic community experiences whilst continuing to strive for representation and access to music of all genres. She currently lives in New Mexico (USA).

Isla gained an interest in organ playing after hearing the organ played during at Evensong at Magdalene College, Oxford. She began lessons soon after at Hexham Abbey under Michael Haynes, and was offered the scholarship at the age of 14. She is a keen musician playing both piano and organ and hopes to continue studying and learning into university and beyond.