Colin Carmody

Combining the artistic with the technical is at the heart of Colin Carmody’s career. A Washington, DC transplant to Baltimore, he is pursuing his Master’s in Organ Performance at The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University in the studio of Dr. Daniel Aune. After becoming an unofficial member of the department at the 2024 Organ Historical Society convention, he joined a 2024 organ tour at the US Naval Academy and a 2025 organ tour of Germany. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and Mathematics from The College of William & Mary (‘22, High Honors) where he studied organ with Thomas Marshall, piano with Maria Yefimova, composition with Sofia Sergei, and orchestral conducting with David Grandis. In 2025, he became a colleague (CAGO) of the American Guild of Organists.

While a student at Gonzaga College High School (‘18), he discovered the manuscript to a composition by his great-great grandfather William H. Oetting, a prominent Pittsburgh composer, organist, and music professor. At school, Colin taught himself to play the organ in order to perform this piece and went on to become the school’s organist his senior year. He has since engraved and performed numerous other works by Oetting and hopes someday to publish a complete collection of Oetting’s works.

For the past few years, he has worked as an audio engineer at Liquid 5th Productions. Additionally, he has released four self-recorded albums covering varying styles, most notably his 2023 album “Apokalieder”, a collection of original compositions inspired by American minimalism. His music was featured in the 2024 documentary “Escape From Extinction: Rewilding,” narrated by Meryl Streep.

Colin is the organist at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Bethesda, MD and frequent guest organist at Christ Congregation Church in Silver Spring, MD. At Peabody, he is a graduate assistant for the Ear Training department.

Luke DiGiacinto

Luke DiGiacinto is working towards his MM in Organ Performance at Peabody Conservatory. Luke was Director of Music and Organist at Advent Moravian Church in Bethlehem, where he directed the chancel choir, Advent Bell choir, and worked closely with a Brass ensemble. He previously served Morning Star Moravian Church and West Side Moravian Church as their church musician. He was also the accompanist for the Unitas Chorale. Luke is a 2017 graduate of Moravian University where he received a Bachelor of Music degree in sacred music with a focus in organ and voice. While a student, he performed actively in the student ensembles including the Moravian Choir, the Early Music ensembles, Vocalise, and chamber music groups. While a student he received numerous honors, graduating magna cum laude. He is currently a member of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem. As an organist he has participated in masterclasses, performed recitals, including for the Philadelphia AGO chapter, and has served as ceremony organist for Moravian University on numerous occasions. He has officiated from the organ at many weddings and funerals around the Lehigh Valley and is extremely active in their American Guild of Organists chapter, currently serving as education coordinator and board member.

Cameron Kuzepski

Cameron Kuzepski, organ scholar at Christ Church Christiana Hundred in his native Wilmington, Delaware, is an advocate of historical performance practice. He is an undergraduate student at the Peabody Institute. There he is earning degrees in organ and historical harpsichord performance. His professors include Daniel Aune and Adam Pearl. Previous teachers include David Schelat, Dawn Stevens. Cameron attended The Music School of Delaware and the Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division.

As a historical keyboard player at the Peabody Institute, Cameron is in high demand as a continuo player and accompanist for many ensembles, most notably the Baltimore Baroque Band. In addition he can also be seen accompanying lessons, coachings, recitals, departmentals, and other historical performance-based classes.

In 2018 Cameron studied orchestral conducting in Vidin, Bulgaria with the International Musicians Academy along-side the Vidin Sinfonietta, he developed a love for ensemble work and chamber music. In 2022, he participated in an internship with the Netherlands Bach Society in Utrecht, Holland. There he spent two weeks studying historical performance practices as well as ensemble and rehearsal techniques. He recently traveled to Paris with the Peabody Organ Department, where he studied and played the organs of Saint-Gervais, Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Sainte-Trinité, Saint-François-Xavier, Saint-Clotilde, Saint Eustache and the Royal Chapel of the Palace of Versailles. Masterclass opportunities have been with Nathan Laube, Jean-Baptiste Robin, David Hurd, Paul Jacobs and Jean Rondeau.

Outside of Cameron’s musical endeavors he will take advantage of any opportunities to travel both domestically and internationally.

Russel Paul

Russel Paul is passionate about bringing the organ’s rich tradition to new audiences, especially in underrepresented communities. He began his musical journey in the gospel tradition, playing piano from an early age, moving to the Hammond organ at ten, and later discovering the pipe organ. A self-taught musician from the age of three, he has gone on to perform at The Riverside Church, Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall and Merkin Hall, The Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, and the Washington National Cathedral.

An avid collaborator, Russel performs with the Pine Forge Academy Choir, with whom he has toured extensively across the East Coast since 2017, and with the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers since 2021, in addition to working with a variety of choirs, instrumentalists, and ensembles across multiple genres in both sacred and concert settings.

Russel is pursuing a Master of Music degree in Organ Performance at the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, joining Dr. Daniel Aune’s organ studio in Fall 2025. He began his private organ studies with Nerva Altino before attending Queens College – CUNY, where he earned his Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance, magna cum laude, studying with Dr. Masayuki Maki.

A native of New York City, Russel enjoys exploring new repertoire, mentoring young musicians, and finding creative ways to connect diverse audiences with the organ’s artistry and the wider world of collaborative music-making. Away from the organ bench, he is a car enthusiast and enjoys working on automobiles, as well as exploring the world of audio engineering.

Alice Real

Alice Real is a Master of Music candidate in organ performance in the studio of Daniel Aune at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University. A native of Northern Virginia, she serves as organist and director of handbells and youth at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Springfield, VA and was a general music and choral specialist with Fairfax County Public Schools for 13 years. Alice accompanies the Northern Virginia Chorale and also performed many seasons with the Virginia Bronze Community Handbell Ensemble. A graduate of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, Alice earned a Bachelor of Arts in music and history with a certificate in museum studies, while studying piano and harpsichord. She additionally holds a Master of Arts in elementary education from W&M and a graduate certificate in church music from Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, VA. As a scholarship recipient through Washington DC’s Potomac Organ Institute, Alice began studying organ with David Lang in 2021 and is a Colleague of the American Guild of Organists.

Justin Nichlaus Weilnau

Justin Nichlaus Weilnau, a native of Allentown, Pennsylvania, has had a diverse career and education. He holds a BA in Music from Lebanon Valley College where he studied with Shelly Moorman-Stahlman, in the lineage of Delbert Disselhorst. He then received a MM from Duquesne University, where he studied with Ann Labounsky Steele, the famed biographer and American disciple of Jean Langlais. With Labounsky, Weilnau learned the art of Gregorian Chant, both as conductor of the Schola Cantorum Gregorianum and through improvisation at the organ. During this time, Weilnau also studied choral conducting with Caron Daley. Currently, Weilnau is pursuing a DMA at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, studying with Daniel Aune. Weilnau also serves as the Minister of Music to Old St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Downtown Baltimore, the mother church of Baltimore. At Old St. Paul’s, Weilnau leads the professional Old St. Paul’s Choir and serves as the principal organist.

Abbie Wood

Abbie Wood is a master student candidate of organ performance at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, where she studies with Dr. Daniel Aune and is a teaching assistant for Ear Training. She recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from Syracuse University, obtaining a Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance studying with Dr. Anne Laver, as well as a minor in Jazz Studies. She is currently employed as Organ Scholar for Church of the Redeemer in Baltimore, MD, and was previously Organist at University United Methodist Church in Syracuse, NY.

In addition to performing recitals in Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, and South Carolina, Abbie has won multiple awards, most recently being named one of The Diapason’s “20 Under 30” Class of 2025. In 2023, she won 2nd prize in the George Mathias Memorial Scholarship Competition in Brooklyn, NY, and received 1st place in the Quimby Potomac Chapter Organ Competition. She received the 2024 Robert & Nancy Powell Scholarship of Greeneville, SC, and was also a winner of Syracuse University’s 2024 Outstanding Artists Competition, where she performed C. M. Widor’s Allegro from Symphony VI with the Syracuse University Orchestra. She was awarded VPA Scholar by Syracuse University, received the Setnor School of Music’s Arthur Poister Prize for a student majoring in organ, and the Academic Music Award for outstanding work in a paper and/or research.

Her research focuses on the Victorian British organ and its cultural significance in musical liturgical practices, and she made in-person recordings of these instruments for two weeks in July-August of 2024, while also attending the Royal College of Organists’  2024 Summer Course and studying with professionals in London.

Outside of the organ, Abbie’s hobbies include singing in choirs, composing, baking, cooking, reading, being outdoors, and learning about marine biology.”