Anastasia Hoshaw is an active performer, church musician, and organ teacher originally from rural southern Illinois. She holds a bachelor's degree in Organ Performance from the University of Illinois, and is working towards her master’s degree in Sacred Music with an organ emphasis at the University of Notre Dame. Outside of her musical endeavours, Anastasia enjoys spending time with her husband, Bennett, reading good books, and working on a variety of knitting and embroidery projects.

Sarah Palmer is currently the AAM Gerre Hancock Intern at Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, TX. She recently graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Alan Morrison and served as the Organ Scholar at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Prior to attending Curtis, she graduated from St. Olaf College, where she studied with Catherine Rodland. Sarah has made many transcriptions for the organ, mostly of orchestral and concert band music.

Matthew Carpenter is an organist from Charlotte, NC in his Sophomore year pursuing a B.M. Church Music and Organ Performance double major at Baylor University.  At Baylor, he studies under Dr. Jens Korndörfer.  Matthew has held multiple positions as organist in churches across the Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Baptist denominations.  Currently, he serves as the organist at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church in Waco, TX.  In addition, Matthew has enjoyed the opportunity to be involved in choir, handbells, band, and collaborative accompaniment.

Olivia Thoelke is a new music director at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Cullman, Alabama. She recently graduated from Concordia University Irvine with a church music degree. At St. Paul's she plays organ for services on Sundays and during the week for the school chapel, directs adult choir and handbells, teaches Sunday School Singing, teaches music in the day school, and runs the Conservatory that is part of St. Paul's church ministry that seeks to train new musicians for the church. She is an organist and cellist and enjoys teaching piano. In her free time you can generally find her cooking and baking or spending time with friends.

Jessie Deng is a Chinese organist currently studying at the Curtis Institute of Music. She has performed in major venues in the United States and China. She also serves as an organ scholar at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Philadelphia and is active as a recitalist, church musician, and advocate for the organ.

David Kime is an American conductor, organist, pianist, and baritone pursuing doctoral studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He works as organist and choirmaster at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Lafayette, IN. David founded and conducts the Ensign Singers, a Utah-based chamber ensemble that recently performed at the 2026 Western ACDA conference. David holds both Bachelor of Music (piano/organ) and Master of Music (choral conducting) degrees from Brigham Young University, where he sang in the award-winning BYU Singers. He trained as a vocologist at the University of Utah.  

Sylvia Tammen holds bachelor's degrees in Russian and piano from the University of Georgia. She is currently the organist and music minister at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Melbourne, Florida, where she previously served as an organ scholar. In addition to her music ministry she is also a Russian-English language translator.