American organist Carolyn Craig, FRCO MMA, is the Assistant Director of Music at Wells Cathedral. Originally from Knoxville, Tennessee, she earned her organ performance degrees in the United States (BM Indiana University ’18, MM Yale University ’21, MMA Yale University ’22) and first worked in the United Kingdom as organ scholar at Truro Cathedral between her degrees, in 2018/2019. Following graduation from Yale University, she became organ scholar of Westminster Cathedral and then of Westminster Abbey before moving to Wells.

Prizes include the Limpus/Shinn/Durrant and Dr F J Read Prizes in the 2022/2023 FRCO examinations, the 2nd Prize and the Prize for the Interpretation of Tariverdiev’s Works in the 2021 Mikael Tariverdiev International Organ Competition, and Yale’s Mary Baker Prize in Organ Accompaniment for her work with the Yale Schola Cantorum under the direction of David Hill.

Carolyn is sought after as a recitalist, recently performing in the US, Sweden, France, Germany, and the UK. Her work has been featured on the American radio programme Pipedreams and on BBC Radio 3, the latter in a live broadcast of Evensong from Wells Cathedral. Carolyn has been featured at national conventions of the American Guild of Organists as a performer and speaker. Carolyn co-founded with Janet Yieh amplifyfemalecomposers.org  and is a contributor to the inclusive church music planning resource at greathostcomposers.org. To learn more, visit carolyncraigmusician.com.