Regarded as one of North America’s finest concert organists and praised for his dazzling artistry, impeccable technique, and imaginative programming by audiences and critics alike, Ken Cowan maintains a rigorous performing schedule that takes him to major concert venues in America, Canada, Europe, and Asia. 

Recent feature performances have included a concert tour of Korea and Hong Kong, as well as recitals at Ocean Grove Auditorium (NJ), the Spreckels Organ Pavillion in San Diego (CA), Aspen (CO), Brevard (NC), Atlanta (GA), and Fort Worth (TX).

Upcoming performances include recitals in Texas for the East Texas Pipe Organ Festival, Glens Falls (NY), Vero Beach (FL), New Orleans (LA), Orleans (MA), Dallas (TX), and Atlanta (GA).

Numerous critically acclaimed compact disc recordings by Mr. Cowan are available.  Most recent, with Mr. Cowan serving as organ accompanist, is Maurice Duruflé: Complete Choral Works (Signum Records), recorded with Robert Simpson and the Houston Chamber Choir, for which the Houston Chamber Choir was awarded a GRAMMY award in 2020 for Best Choral Recording.  Also available is Dynamic Duo, (Pro Organo), featuring Mr. Cowan and Bradley Hunter Welch in a program of original works and transcriptions for duo organists performed on the monumental Casavant organ at Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, TX.  Other recordings include Ken Cowan plays The Great Organ (Pro Organo), recorded on the newly-restored organ at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City; Works of Franz Liszt (JAV), recorded on the Michael Quimby organ at First Baptist church in Jackson Mississippi; and Ken Cowan Plays Romantic Masterworks (Raven), recorded on the 110-rank Schoenstein organ at First Plymouth Congregational Church in Lincoln, Nebraska.  Mr. Cowan also joined organist Justin Bischof in the 1999 world-premiere recording of American composer Aaron Miller’s Double Concerto for organ, recorded with the Zurich Symphony Orchestra on the Kleuker organ in the Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland (Ethereal Recordings).  Many of Mr. Cowan’s recordings and live performances have been regularly featured on the nationally distributed radio program PIPEDREAMS from American Public Media.

A native of Thorold, Ontario, Canada, Mr. Cowan received his Master of Music degree and Artist Diploma from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, studying organ with Thomas Murray.  Prior to attending Yale, he graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where he studied with John Weaver.  Following initial studies with his father, David, his principal teacher during his high school years was James Bigham, Music Director at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, in Buffalo, NY.

In 2012 Mr. Cowan joined the keyboard faculty of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, where he continues to serve as Professor of Organ and head of the organ program.  He is additionally Organist and Artist-in-Residence at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston, TX.  Previous positions have included Associate Professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, NJ, where he was awarded the 2008 Rider University Distinguished Teaching Award, and Associate Organist and Artist in Residence at Saint Bartholomew’s Church in New York City.

Scott Dettra is acclaimed as one of America’s outstanding organ virtuosos. Hailed as a “brilliant organist” (Dallas Morning News), and an “outstanding musician” (The Diapason), his playing is known for its clarity, rhythmic intensity, and musical elegance, and has been described by The American Organist as “music making of absolute authority and sophisticated expression.”  Mr. Dettra is Director of Music at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in McKinney, Texas, a concert organist and ragtime pianist, director of the period-instrument group Ensemble XIV, and organist for The Crossing, the multi-Grammy-winning professional chamber choir based in Philadelphia.

Throughout 2022, Mr. Dettra undertook a celebrated 15-city national tour of the complete organ works of César Franck in commemoration of the composer’s bicentenary.  Recent and upcoming performances include appearances in New York, Chicago, Boston, Washington, San Francisco, Atlanta, and Kansas City.  Festival appearances include the Lincoln Center Festival, the Carmel Bach Festival, the Arizona Bach Festival, the Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts, and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival.  He has been a featured performer at national conventions of the American Guild of Organists, the Association of Anglican Musicians, the Organ Historical Society, and the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, and is in demand as a clinician and adjudicator for master classes, workshops, and competitions.

​Mr. Dettra is featured on many recordings, including The Anglo-American Classic Organ, Majestus, and Tongues of Fire.  Additional recordings may be found on the Gothic, Lawton, Innova, Lyrichord, Pro Organo, and Linn labels.  In addition to commercial recordings, his performances have been broadcast numerous times on such radio programs as American Public Media’s Pipedreams and Performance Today, the BBC’s Choral Evensong, and The New York Philharmonic This Week.

Mr. Dettra holds two degrees from Westminster Choir College, where he was a student of Joan Lippincott, and has studied organ and jazz piano at Manhattan School of Music.

More information on Scott Dettra can be found at www.scottdettra.com.

Susan Ferré directs a non-profit, Music in the Great North Woods, sponsoring concerts such as the Big Moose Bach Fest, free of charge, in the North Country, and creating scholarships for young organists. She is Organist/ Director of Music at St. Barnabas Episcopal in Berlin, NH.

Numerous performances have included concerts at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, more than 50 concerts in Europe, others in Scandinavia, Brazil, Canada, and throughout the United States.  She has served the faculties of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA, University of North Texas and the University of Paris at Vincennes.

For 25 years, Ferré directed the Texas Baroque Ensemble, and for 14 years the Early Music Weekend of concerts and lectures at the Festival-Institute at Round Top, Texas. Ferré holds degrees from Texas Christian University, the Eastman School of Music, is a Fulbright Scholar, recipient of the Diplome d’Orgue et Improvisation from the Schola Cantorum in Paris, and received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from University of North Texas, where she was honored with a Distinguished Alumna award in 2001.  In 2015 Ferré was made an Honorary Alumna of the Perkins School of Theology for her many years’ coaching early music in the Master of Sacred Music program.

Ferré studied with Jean Langlais between 1964 and 1974, serving as his guide in 1967. She also studied with Marcel Dupré in the summer of 1969 and with Maurice Duruflé, preparing concerts for Notre Dame Cathedral.

Jeremy Filsell is Director of Music and Organist of Christ Episcopal Church in Bradenton, Florida, a post he assumed in August 2025.

He is one of only a few virtuoso performers as both pianist and organist. He has appeared as a solo pianist in Russia, Scandinavia, New Zealand and Australia and throughout the USA and UK. His concerto repertoire encompasses Bach, Mozart and Beethoven through to Shostakovich, John Ireland, Constant Lambert and the Rachmaninov cycle. He has recorded the solo piano music of Herbert Howells, Bernard Stevens, Eugène Goossens and Johann Christoph Eschmann and recent releases include discs of Rachmaninov’s solo piano music (Signum), the first two Rachmaninov Concerti (Raven) and the piano music of Francis Pott (Acis). He was featured in recital at the 2023 national convention of the Association of Anglican Musicians in Dallas.

Dr. Filsell is on the international roster of Steinway Piano Artists and has recorded for BBC Radio 3, USA, and Scandinavian radio networks in solo and concerto roles. His discography comprises more than 35 solo recordings. Gramophone magazine commented on the series of 12 CDs comprising the premiere recordings of Marcel Dupré’s complete organ works for Guild in 2000 that it was “one of the greatest achievements in organ recording.” In 2005, Signum released a three-disc set of the six organ symphonies of Louis Vierne, recorded on the 1890 Cavaillé-Coll organ in St. Ouen, Rouen. He has taught at universities, summer schools, and conventions in both the UK and USA and has served on international competition juries in England and Switzerland.

As a teenager, Jeremy Filsell was a Limpus, Shinn, and Durrant prize winner for FRCO and was awarded the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. As a student of Nicolas Kynaston and Daniel Roth, he studied as an Organ Scholar at Keble College, Oxford before completing graduate studies in piano performance with David Parkhouse and Hilary McNamara at the Royal College of Music in London. His PhD in Musicology from Birmingham City University/Conservatoire was awarded for research involving aesthetic and interpretative issues in the music of Marcel Dupré. Before moving to the USA in 2008, he held Academic and Performance lectureships at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and was a lay clerk in the Queen’s choir at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.

Over the years, his career combined an international recital and teaching career with being director of music at The Church of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Washington DC, Artist-in-residence at Washington National Cathedral, and Professor of Organ at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. From 2019 to 2025, he was Organist and Director of Music at St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, following in the footsteps of illustrious predecessors Gerre Hancock, John Scott, and Daniel Hyde.

Jeremy Filsell is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.

Maestro Hector Olivera is a passionate, gifted, and unique musician whose personal interpretations of both classical and popular music have amazed and delighted audiences around the world.

“The Times Reporter” describes an evening with Hector Olivera as: “An event, a happening, a joyful celebration of the sheer power and pressure that a true virtuoso like Hector Olivera can unleash in a concert hall.”

Born in Buenos Aires, Mr. Olivera’s first teacher (who was his father) encouraged him to begin playing the pipe organ when he was three. Two years later, he was appointed Church of the Immaculate Conception organist. At age five, he played for the legendary Eva Perón. At six, he entered the Buenos Aires Conservatory to study harmony, counterpoint, and fugue. By age nine, he had composed a suite for oboe and string orchestra, performed by the Buenos Aires Symphony Orchestra.

At age twelve, Mr. Olivera entered the University of Buenos Aires, where he studied with Hector Zeoli and Juan Francisco Giacobbe. By eighteen, he had performed more than three hundred concerts throughout Latin America, appearing frequently on Argentinean radio and television. During this time, he also served as the senior improvisational accompanist for the Collegium Musicum in Buenos Aires, vastly increasing his prodigious improvisational talent.

In 1965, New York’s prestigious Juilliard School of Music offered him a scholarship. He immediately moved to the United States to study with Vernon de Tar and Bronson Reagan. Three years later, Mr. Olivera won the National Improvisation Contest sponsored by the American Guild of Organists, launching his outstanding professional concert career.

Throughout his concert career, Mr. Olivera has performed in prestigious venues including the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Carnegie Hall in New York, Royal Albert Hall in London, Spivey Hall in Atlanta, Constitution Hall in Washington D.C, the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Verizon Hall in Philadelphia, Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Sydney Town Hall, Melbourne Town Hall and Brisbane City Hall in Australia.

In addition to his solo concerts, Mr. Olivera has performed as a guest soloist with orchestras worldwide, including the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Fort Wayne Symphony, the Dover-New Philadelphia Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Amsterdam Baroque Ensemble, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Pasadena Symphony.

In 1992, Mr. Olivera was a guest artist at the American Guild of Organists convention at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, performing the world premiere of a commissioned work written by William Albright. Later, from this same stage, Olivera performed on Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” according to Keillor, he “literally stopped the show!”

In 2000, Mr. Olivera performed a solo memorial concert in New York City’s “St. Paul the Apostle” as a tribute to the legendary organist Virgil Fox. He played a subsequent Virgil Fox Memorial Concert at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, in 2004.

In 2002, Mr. Olivera was invited again to perform for the American Guild of Organists National Convention, where his transcription of Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite” spontaneously brought a large audience of peers to their feet. Again, in 2004, his appearance before the Guild’s National Convention in Los Angeles was considered a historic triumph by 2,200 cheering organists, who gave him four standing ovations in 45 minutes.

By invitation, Mr. Olivera performed a solo concert attended by an audience of 5,000 at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on August 12, 2007.  “Mr. Olivera… sublime improvisations indeed, “quoted Olivier Latry, organist at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.

In 2010, Mr. Olivera’s magnificent recital at the renowned Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles moved an enthusiastic audience to its feet.

In 2014, Mr. Olivera was invited to perform at the Grand Hong Kong Cultural Center Concert Hall and the magnificent Shenzhen Concert Hall in China.

In 2016, Maestro Olivera toured Australia, where he brought the house down at the glorious Sydney Town Hall, the resplendent Melbourne Town Hall, and the stunning Brisbane City Hall.

Once again, in 2023, Maestro Olivera was invited to perform at the prestigious Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, receiving standing ovations and rave reviews.

Maestro Hector Olivera received the prestigious “Delta Omicron Gold Crest,” awarded to musicians with an outstanding musical career and international renown.

Dr. John D. Schwandt is among the most versatile and multi-faceted organ professionals working today. Equally at home on a classical or theatrical organ, Schwandt is known for exciting audiences across America with engaging repertoire and electrifying improvisations. His performances can be heard on American Public Media’s Pipedreams, in theaters, concert halls, churches, accompanying silent films, on a CD by the rock band Shiny Toy Guns, and as a leader of hymn festivals. He has worked as an organ consultant, voicer, and tonal finisher, and is in demand as a teacher, clinician, and competition judge. Dr. Schwandt has been a featured performer for the American Guild of Organists (AGO), the Organ Historical Society (OHS), the American Theatre Organ Society (ATOS), and the American Institute of Organbuilders (AIO).

Schwandt began his formal organ study with George Damp through the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music and completed his undergraduate studies at St. Olaf College under John Ferguson. His graduate degrees, as well as the prestigious Performer’s Certificate, were earned at Indiana University, having studied organ with Larry Smith. By a unanimous jury decision, he won first prize in the 1998 AGO National Competition in Organ Improvisation.

From 2006 to 2020, Dr. Schwandt was professor of music and chair of the organ department at the University of Oklahoma (OU) School of Music. Prior to his OU appointment, he was assistant professor of organ and curator of organs at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. His creative and passionate approaches to teaching led him to establish the American Organ Institute (AOI) upon his arrival at OU. This groundbreaking interdisciplinary program not only included the study of established classical organ repertoire, but emphasized broad stylistic ability in improvisation, liturgical organ playing, silent film accompaniment, as well as jazz and popular music. The AOI was also the only academic program in America with a fully functioning pipe organ workshop capable of building, maintaining, and restoring instruments, allowing for students to earn degrees in pipe organ technology and for performers to learn more about their instruments. Dr. Schwandt’s students are prizewinners in numerous premier organ competitions and hold positions in churches, cathedrals, educational institutions, and organ building firms across the country.

After 25 years of teaching in university settings, Dr. Schwandt established the American Organ Academy (AOA) in 2021, a private and cooperative educational venture offering training in all aspects of organ building and playing. This highly individualized educational program makes organ training available to a wide array of students at any stage of career, without the limitations of more formal avenues of study. With the cooperation of three major pipe organ builders and a visionary leadership team, the AOA is poised to meet the emerging needs of a rapidly changing organ landscape, and in so doing, is determined to keep the future of the American pipe organ bright.

John walks on life’s journey with his spouse Kirstin and their beloved miniature Schnauzer, Einstein.

Edward Landin Senn began his intensive musical training at the St. Thomas Choir School in New York City under the direction of Gerre and Judith Hancock. He continued his studies at Interlochen Arts Academy, where he studied organ with Thomas Bara, and later earned a Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance from Westminster Choir College. At Westminster, he studied organ with Ken Cowan and harpsichord with Kathleen Scheide.

From 2013 to 2025, Edward served as Assistant Director of Music at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church in Bryn Mawr, PA. His previous church appointments include Christ Church United Methodist (New York City), St. Peter’s Episcopal Church (Morristown, NJ), and Grace Epiphany Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, PA).

Edward has performed in recital throughout the United States and internationally in the Czech Republic, France, Germany, and Wales. A passionate advocate for new music, he has commissioned works from composers including Carson Cooman, Pamela Decker, and Craig Phillips.

He currently works for the Organ Historical Society, based in Villanova, PA, and remains active as a freelance musician, performing on organ and piano, and composing on commission.

A native of Ohio, Clark Wilson began his musical training at age nine. While growing up he accompanied numerous stage musicals and was organist at several churches. He is listed in “Who’s Who in the Midwest” and “Men of Achievement”. He also holds Life Member status in the International Tri-M Music Honor Society and is listed in “Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals”. Following several years with the Schantz Organ Company as a reed voicer and tonal finisher, Clark’s professional playing career began with his appointment to the featured organist post at Pipe Organ Pizza in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has since been on the playing staffs at the Paramount Music Palace in Indianapolis, Indiana, Pipes and Pizza in Lansing, Illinois, and is currently associated with Organ Stop Pizza in Mesa, Arizona, where he is on the organ staff as well as having assisted with the planning and installation of the world’s largest Wurlitzer organ.

Clark’s recording credits include seven albums. He has given all-transcription recitals for the AGO, played for the 1990 Organ Historical Society convention, and performed at numerous National and Regional conventions of the ATOS, as well as giving a series of highly lauded workshops for young people’s Pipe Organ Encounters. Considered one of the finest practitioners of the art of silent picture scoring, he has also been a visiting lecturer on Theatre Organ and photoplay accompaniment for the Indiana University organ department. He has now developed curriculum and has been appointed to the organ faculty at the University of Oklahoma’s Organ Department, where he teaches applied theatre organ lessons, silent film scoring, and the history of the American theatre organ.

He has concertized in the United States, Canada, Australia, and England, and done extensive silent film accompaniment, including at the Chautauqua Institution in New York, the Packard Foundation’s Stanford Theatre, UCLA, and the Fox Theatre for the Atlanta premier of the restored “Metropolis”. He plays a silent picture annually on the organ series at LA’s Walt Disney Concert Hall, has scored for Kino International for commercial release, and has performed at both the Cinequest and San Francisco Silent Film Festivals, as well as for the Los Angeles Conservancy.

Since 1992 Clark has served as Resident Organist and organ conservator at the famed Ohio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio (for the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts) and was chosen by them to premier the renowned Chicago Theatre Organ on a bill that included him accompanying popular singer Michael Feinstein. He also headed the professional crew that began restoration on the Chicago’s landmark Wurlitzer for CAPA.

Along with a busy concert schedule, Wilson runs his own pipe organ business and is heavily in demand as a tonal consultant and finisher of both theatre and classical pipe organs; he has been given the singular honor of being brought to England multiple times for tonal finishing and consulting. He has received both the Technician of the Year and Organist of the Year awards from the American Theatre Organ Society, the only person to have done so, and his time is now nearly equally divided between concert and technical work. He has been professionally involved with more than 100 organ installations throughout North America and England and has provided consulting and voicing expertise for several different organ companies.