She is an organist, pianist, music director and clinician who studied piano while still young and took further studies in organ at the Moravian College and the Curtis Institute of Music.
Appearing as a soloist and ensemble member, her playing has been heard with Tim Zimmerman & The King’s Brass, Marie Claire Alain, Nielson & Young and Roger Williams and while she was resident in Philadelphia she performed on the largest musical instrument in the world, the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, as Assistant Organist.
Very involved with church and choir music she has held the positions of organist at the West Side Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Senior Organist at the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Organ and Choir Director of the Woodside Presbyterian Church in Yardly, Pennsylvania, was the organist for the Atlanta Boy Choir in their 2003 European Tour and her current title is Director of Music at the Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Appearing on several recordings her work is featured on Classic Hymns and Brass & Organ by Tim Zimmerman & The King’s Brass and His Truth Is Marching On by the Coral Ridge Chancel Choir.
As a clinician she has given workshops along the east coast of the United States.
Here is the Choir at the Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania performing “Gaudete”…
Sources:
- http://dafferorgans.com/Events.php
- http://www.enter.net/~cmc/pastors_and_staff.htm
- http://www.summitrecords.com/product.tmpl?SKU=387
- http://www.summitrecords.com/product2.tmpl?TITLE_NUMBER=403
- http://www.friends-of-music.org/formeroya.html