Janette Fishell is Professor of Organ & Chair of the Organ Department at the Jacobs School of Music. Internationally recognized as a recitalist, teacher, and church musician, she received the 2014 Paul Creston Award, presented annually to “a distinguished artist who is a significant figure in church music”.

Jeffrey Smith is Professor of Practice: Organ and Sacred Music. He was music director at St. Paul’s Parish, K Street, in Washington D.C. and previously Canon Director of Music at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.  Smith earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Yale University. He also studied at the Royal College of Music, London. Smith is a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists and the Royal School of Church Music.

Originally from South Korea, organist and harpsichordist Heejin Kim has performed as soloist and chamber musician in Europe and the United States. She was first prize winner of the Boston Bach International Organ Competition in 2022. Other major prizes include a first prize in the Arp Schnitger-Orgelwettbewerb in Bremen/Hamburg in 2014, and a second in the Concorso Organistico Internazionale “Organi Storici del Basso Friuli” in Italy in 2018. Kim holds a Performer Diploma and a Master in Harpsichord Performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She also holds a doctorate from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s degree from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg, Germany, in Organ Performance. She recently completed her Performer Diploma in Organ Performance at the Jacobs School of Music and held the positions of Associate Instructor in harpsichord and organ performance at the Jacobs School from 2020-2024. She currently serves as Associate Music Director and Organist at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Indianapolis.

Stephen “Stef” C. Price recently joined the University of Washington (Seattle) music faculty as the inaugural Paul B. Fritts Faculty Fellow and Artist-in-Residence in Organ studies. Dr. Price teaches Organ performance, Organ literature, Church music, and Keyboard harmony courses. In addition, he leads ongoing initiatives toward the development and revitalization efforts of the UW Organ program, continuing the legacy of his predecessor, Dr. Carole Terry. He received the Master of Music and Doctor of Music degrees at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music under the mentorship of Dr. Janette Fishell. He has competed and garnered awards in International Organ Competitions, such as the Franz Schmidt Competition (Austria), the André Marchal Competition (France), and the Canadian International Competition (Montreal). Before his Seattle appointment, he was an Assistant Teaching Professor (Organ) at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. He is an active Church musician, freelancing throughout the Pacific Northwest, and as a recitalist, he has given performances across the country. Most recently, he was a featured performer for the 2024 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists in San Fransico, CA. His debut album, Paris Impact Organ Suites, is released on the Raven recording label, and he is represented by Seven Eight Artists, Inc.

Owen Tellinghuisen, BMus, Performer Diploma, Organ Improvisation and Performance, graduated from Indiana University in May 2024 with a Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance with Dr. Janette Fishell, and he is continuing his studies this year as a Performer’s Diploma student of Dr. Jeffrey Smith studying Organ Improvisation. Originally from Grand Rapids, MI, he is an avid church musician, recitalist, and improviser, and has performed in organ concerts across the Midwest, as well as a featured performance at the 2024 American Guild of Organists National Convention in San Francisco. Additionally, he has served as the Associate Instructor for Carillon at IU for the 2024-25 school year, performing weekly recitals on Sunday afternoons and teaching a full studio of eight students.