Käthe Wright Kaufman is the Associate Director of Music and Worship Arts at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church and Chapel Organist at the Candler School of Theology, both on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Starting in April, she will move to Columbia, SC to serve as the Associate Director of Music and Organist at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. Previously, she served as Organ Scholar at Peterborough Cathedral (2019-2020). Käthe completed her master’s degree as a student of David Higgs at the Eastman School of Music, where she also obtained her Bachelor of Music in 2016 after organ studies with William Porter and Edoardo Bellotti. Between the two degrees, Käthe spent a gap year in Truro, UK, where she served as Organ Scholar at Truro Cathedral (2016-17). Both a passionate church musician and an active recitalist, Käthe has performed for the radio program Pipedreams Live!, and she has performed in venues around America and the UK. She has received several awards, including the Gerald Barnes Award for Excellence in Pipe Organ (2013), the inaugural VanDelinder Prizes in Liturgical Organ Skills (2014 & 2015), and first place in the West Chester University International Organ Competition (2015). Käthe is an Associate of the American Guild of Organists and a published composer with Selah Publishing Company.
You can view Käthe’s long biography here, and download her résumé here.
Related Websites: Eastman School of Music, Truro Cathedral, Peterborough Cathedral, Glenn Memorial UMC, Candler School of Theology, and Selah Publishing Company.