A native of Mia­mi, Ele­na Baque­r­i­zo is pur­su­ing a DMA in organ at Rice Uni­ver­si­ty under Ken Cow­an. She has won prizes in the Albert Schweitzer Organ Fes­ti­val and the AGO/​Quimby RCYO. Solo con­cert appear­ances include St. Patrick’s Cathe­dral (NYC) and Church of the Epiphany (Mia­mi, FL). Cur­rent­ly, she is organ­ist at Queen of Angels Church (Dick­in­son, TX). She received an MM and BM in organ per­for­mance at The Juil­liard School under Paul Jacobs, and an AA in lib­er­al arts from St. Mary’s Col­lege (Saint Marys, KS). In her spare time, she enjoys Gre­go­ri­an chant and mak­ing cham­ber music.

Owen Sam­mons is a Ken­tucky native and cur­rent­ly serves as Organist/​Choirmaster at St. John’s Epis­co­pal Church, Ver­sailles, KY. As a key­board vir­tu­oso, Mr. Sam­mons is gain­ing increas­ing recog­ni­tion for his impro­vi­sa­tion­al skills and his nat­ur­al affin­i­ty for unleash­ing the full son­ic range of the anglo-amer­i­can sym­phon­ic organ, and leads work­shops on organ impro­vi­sa­tion for local AGO chapters.

Mr. Sam­mons is also the cre­ator and host of a doc­u­men­tary series, ​“Organ Explor­er,” high­light­ing notable pipe organs, and is an hon­orary mem­ber of the Black Clas­si­cal Artists of Louisville.