Anas­ta­sia Cur­tis is an organ­ist and church musi­cian orig­i­nal­ly from rur­al south­ern Illi­nois. Since the age of twelve, she has accom­pa­nied any­where from one to sev­en church ser­vices per week on a pipe organ. She recent­ly grad­u­at­ed from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Illi­nois with her bachelor’s degree in Organ Per­for­mance. Her pri­ma­ry instruc­tors have includ­ed Dana Robin­son (organ), Stephen All­top (organ), Andy Bruhn (con­duct­ing), and Chris­tos Tsit­saros (piano ped­a­gogy). She has sung and played with the Uni­ver­si­ty of Illi­nois Uni­ver­si­ty Cho­rus, Women’s Glee Club, and Ora­to­rio Soci­ety. On cam­pus, she served as organ­ist and choir direc­tor at Uni­ver­si­ty Luther­an Church and as a Mass accom­pa­nist at St. John’s Catholic New­man Cen­ter. Anas­ta­sia will begin stud­ies for her Mas­ter of Sacred Music at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Notre Dame in the fall, study­ing organ with Kola Owolabi.

Kier­sten Hop­ko is a ris­ing senior Music Edu­ca­tion and Music Ther­a­py major at Bald­win Wal­lace Uni­ver­si­ty. She cur­rent­ly stud­ies organ with Pro­fes­sor Matthew Wacht­man, and has for­mer­ly stud­ied organ under Dr. Michael Burkhardt and voice under Pro­fes­sor Tra­cy Grady. She was the 2024 recip­i­ent of the Wih­la Hut­son Organ Schol­ar­ship through Mu Phi Epsilon and is the Co-Direc­tor of Music at Holy Fam­i­ly Parish in Par­ma, Ohio. Kier­sten was select­ed at the 2024 – 25 Eve­lyn A. Gott Schol­ar as a part of the Riemen­schnei­der Bach Insti­tute Schol­ars Pro­gram at Bald­win Wal­lace, and was afford­ed the oppor­tu­ni­ty to present her research on the organ works of Roy Spauld­ing Stoughton and exoti­cism in organ music at the inter­na­tion­al­ly-known Bald­win Wal­lace Bach Fes­ti­val. At Bald­win Wal­lace, Kier­sten also engages in ensem­ble and solo organ per­for­mances and serves as the Co-Direc­tor of Moon­daze Acapel­la and the Secretary/​Events & PR Chair of the Cleve­land Stu­dent Music Ther­a­pists. Out­side of musi­cal endeav­ors, she enjoys pho­tog­ra­phy, hik­ing, read­ing, and spend­ing time with friends, fam­i­ly, and animals!

David Kraft is cur­rent­ly pur­su­ing a Bach­e­lor of Music degree in Organ Per­for­mance in the stu­dio of David Hig­gs. A native of the Rochester, NY area, he began lessons in piano at the age of 5 and stud­ied organ since the age of 13 with John Mora­bito. In the local area, he has served as an organ­ist at Holy Trin­i­ty Church, St. Thomas the Apos­tle Church, and Sacred Heart Cathe­dral, where he assist­ed in the found­ing and edu­ca­tion of the Cathe­dral Youth Schola. David received First Prize in the 24th annu­al Albert Schweitzer Organ Com­pe­ti­tion and was select­ed as a final­ist in the Lyn­nwood Far­nam Organ Com­pe­ti­tion. he is an expe­ri­enced organ­builder, hav­ing been involved in the instal­la­tion of the new Par­sons organ at St. Benedict’s Cathe­dral, Evans­ville, IA. He is cur­rent­ly pur­su­ing an inde­pen­dent research project to con­struct an 18th-cen­tu­ry French régale in the style of Jean-Bap­tiste Micot. Since 2024, David has served as Organ­ist at the Unit­ed Church of Canandaigua. He was recent­ly list­ed in The Diapason’s 20 Under 30 Class of 2025.

Mary-Kather­ine Fletch­er is the direc­tor of music and organ­ist at St. Fran­cis Xavier Parish in Acush­net, MA. She received her Bach­e­lor of Arts degree in music from Bridge­wa­ter State Uni­ver­si­ty, where she orig­i­nal­ly stud­ied the piano as her pri­ma­ry instru­ment.  The deci­sion to take ​“just one semes­ter of organ lessons” at BSU led to the dis­cov­ery of her pas­sion for the organ, which she then stud­ied for three years with Dr. Steven Young. Mary-Kather­ine is now in her final semes­ter of pur­su­ing a Mas­ter of Sacred Music degree from Boston Uni­ver­si­ty, study­ing the organ with Peter Sykes.  She has per­formed through­out New Eng­land in loca­tions includ­ing King’s Chapel (Boston,) the Basil­i­ca of Sts. Peter and Paul (Lewis­ton, ME,) Trin­i­ty Church (Boston,) Old West Church (Boston,) and St. John’s (Ban­gor, ME.)  

Isabel­la Isza Wu is the Charles and Judith Frey­er Fel­low at the Cur­tis Insti­tute of Music, where she is pur­su­ing her master’s degree in Organ Per­for­mance. Isabel­la cur­rent­ly serves as an assis­tant organ­ist at Macy’s Wana­mak­er Organ, and as the organ schol­ar at St. Clements Epis­co­pal Church in Philadel­phia. Isabel­la has per­formed at many venues, includ­ing Long­wood Gar­dens, Ocean Grove Audi­to­ri­um (NJ), Over­ture Hall (Madi­son WI), St. Luke’s Epis­co­pal Church and Alice Mil­lar Chapel (Evanston IL), and Christ Church (Philadel­phia). As a com­mu­ni­ty artist, Isabel­la has been involved with edu­ca­tion pro­grams at the Madi­son Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra, The People’s Music School (Chica­go), Acad­e­my of Music and Spe­cial Edu­ca­tion (North­west­ern), and Madi­son Music Mak­ers. She cur­rent­ly works with patients with ear­ly-onset Alzheimer’s as a Teach­ing Artist at Penn Mem­o­ry Cen­ter (Uni­ver­si­ty of Penn­syl­va­nia) through a part­ner­ship with the Cur­tis Insti­tute of Music. She is the recip­i­ent of two Bachelor’s degrees from North­west­ern Uni­ver­si­ty, in Piano Per­for­mance and Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Stud­ies, respec­tive­ly, and also com­plet­ed an ad hoc major in Sacred Music. Isabel­la is a stu­dent of Alan Mor­ri­son at Cur­tis, where she also stud­ies harp­si­chord with Leon Schel­hase, and impro­vi­sa­tion with Jef­frey Brill­hart. 

Anna­marie Collins is the senior organ schol­ar at St. Luke’s Epis­co­pal Church in Evanston, Illi­nois, as well as an under­grad­u­ate at North­west­ern Uni­ver­si­ty, earn­ing degrees in piano per­for­mance and bio­med­ical engineering.

Hail­ing from Philadel­phia, Penn­syl­va­nia, she was inspired by her fam­i­ly’s exten­sive involve­ment in church music, espe­cial­ly by her organ­ist grand­fa­ther and pianist grand­moth­er. At St. Luke’s, Ms. Collins is involved in play­ing for ser­vices, assist­ing with instruc­tion of younger cho­ris­ters, and cul­ti­vat­ing her skills in choral and organ music. In par­tic­u­lar, she is pas­sion­ate about musi­cal edu­ca­tion and shar­ing the music of com­posers from under­rep­re­sent­ed groups. Out­side of music, she has per­formed can­cer research in the Depart­ment of Bio­chem­istry and Mol­e­c­u­lar Genet­ics at the Fein­berg School of Med­i­cine, and is focus­ing on bio­ma­te­ri­als and regen­er­a­tive med­i­cine through her bio­med­ical degree. Ms. Collins enjoys play­ing ulti­mate fris­bee, trav­el­ing, sci fi and fan­ta­sy, and music of all kinds. She is hon­ored to be an OHS Big­gs Schol­ar in the class of 2023!

Lind­sey John­son, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, is a pas­sion­ate and accom­plished musi­cian with a rich back­ground in organ per­for­mance. In 2020, Lind­sey com­plet­ed her Bach­e­lor’s Degree in Organ Per­for­mance under the guid­ance of Dr. Devon Howard. Eager to fur­ther hone her skills, she came to Ari­zona State Uni­ver­si­ty in 2021 to pur­sue a Mas­ter’s pro­gram in Organ Per­for­mance, study­ing with the esteemed Dr. Kim­ber­ly Mar­shall. Through­out her aca­d­e­m­ic jour­ney, Lind­sey has active­ly engaged in var­i­ous musi­cal soci­eties, such as the Soci­ety of Women Organ­ists, Ari­zona Wom­en’s Col­lab­o­ra­tive, and the Amer­i­can Guild of Organ­ists. Notably, she has ded­i­cat­ed her tal­ents to serv­ing on the Amer­i­can Guild of Organ­ists Nation­al Young Organ­ist Committee for three con­sec­u­tive terms and earned the pres­ti­gious title of Organ His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety Big­gs Schol­ar for a three-year term. After obtain­ing her Mas­ter’s degree in May 2023, Lind­sey’s aca­d­e­m­ic pur­suits con­tin­ued as she was accept­ed to the Ph.D. pro­gram for Musi­col­o­gy at Ari­zona State Uni­ver­si­ty, con­cur­rent­ly serv­ing as a TA. Her research focus­es on ear­ly Span­ish key­board music and gen­der stud­ies, explor­ing the pro­found impact of women on the key­board cul­ture of the Span­ish Baroque. When not busy prac­tic­ing or prepar­ing music, Lind­sey enjoys rock climb­ing, read­ing, and spend­ing time with her adorable black cat, Aries. Lind­sey John­son is ded­i­cat­ed to mak­ing mean­ing­ful con­tri­bu­tions to both con­gre­ga­tion and com­mu­ni­ty through shar­ing music and research.

Equal­ly com­fort­able in the roles of organ tech­ni­cian, organ­ist, and church musi­cian, Sol Riz­za­to (They/​He) cur­rent­ly serves as a lead ser­vice tech­ni­cian, design­er, and voicer at the Muller Pipe Organ  Com­pa­ny in Cro­ton, Ohio. Their work as an organ tech­ni­cian has tak­en them to near­ly 550 instru­ments across 18 states and 9 coun­tries. Sol con­tin­ues to lead work­shops on pipe organ main­te­nance at the state and nation­al lev­els, and while in the Muller shop, they work with train­ing new tech­ni­cians in tun­ing and ser­vice tech­niques. Sol holds full, Reg­u­lar mem­ber­ship in the Amer­i­can Insti­tute of Organ­builders and the Col­league cer­ti­fi­ca­tion with the Amer­i­can Guild of Organ­ists. Sol also serves as the Direc­tor of Wor­ship and the Arts at Wash­ing­ton Avenue Chris­t­ian Church (Dis­ci­ples of Christ) in Elyr­ia, Ohio. They grad­u­at­ed from the Cleve­land Insti­tute of Music with a Mas­ter of Music (Organ Per­for­mance) in May2023, where they stud­ied with Todd Wil­son. Pri­or to their time in Ohio, Sol received a Bach­e­lor of Music (2020, Organ Per­for­mance) and Bach­e­lor of Musi­cal Arts (2019, Vio­la Per­for­mance) from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Okla­homa. Due to their back­ground as a vio­list, they have a par­tic­u­lar love for orches­tral tran­scrip­tions and the the­atre organ. In Jan­u­ary 2024, Sol began part-time course­work at the Methodist The­o­log­i­cal School in Ohio towards a Mas­ter of Divin­i­ty with the goal of pur­su­ing ordi­na­tion in the Chris­t­ian Church (Dis­ci­ples of Christ). Com­ing from a fam­i­ly of social work­ers, Sol has a par­tic­u­lar pas­sion for pas­toral coun­sel­ing and min­istry in the queer com­mu­ni­ty. They enjoy spend­ing time with friends, weightlift­ing, the sport of fenc­ing, paint­ing, and vis­it­ing their home city of Chica­go, IL.