Carolyn is an organist, pianist, choir director, music educator, recitalist and clinician. A native of Washington, D.C., she earned Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in piano performance at Peabody Conservatory of Music and is an "ABD" (all but dissertation) in Historical Musicology from the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Carolyn is active in the local American Guild of Organists chapters, the Organ Historical Society and Music Teachers National Association at the state and local levels. She resides in Gaithersburg where she lives with four cats and maintains a music studio. Carolyn will begin her sixtieth year of teaching piano this year.