Nicole Keller
Christ Church Episcopal
Hudson, OH
(330) 650-4359
nicole.keller@christchurchhudson.org

Nicole Keller is in demand as a solo and chamber music recitalist and clinician in the United States.  She enjoys exploring all aspects of organ repertoire, especially pairing new music for the instrument with the staples of the repertoire.   She performs regularly as a solo and collaborative artist on the organ, piano and harpsichord, exploring organ duo repertoire with fellow EastWest artist Timothy Olsen. 

She serves as Organist and Choirmaster at Christ Church Episcopal in Hudson, Ohio where she oversees a vibrant music ministry dedicated to highest standards of excellence in music for worship.  Under her leadership, the church has implemented a successful monthly concert series followed by traditional Anglican Evensong led by the Canterbury Singers of Christ Church.  The Trinity Scholar program provides an internship program for aspiring organists, vocalists and conductors.  The St. Cecilia Choir (grades 2-6) is enrolled in the Royal School of Church Music curriculum and provides leadership in worship services every week.  The Schola Cantorum has a roster of 15 cantors who specialize in plainchant psalm singing. This past February the choirs were in residence at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit to celebrate the morning Eucharist and Evensong. 

Ms. Keller is co-director Festival of Liturgical Arts of the Western Reserve (FLAWR), a five-day conference devoted to exploring the symbiotic relationship between music and preaching.  FLAWR will debut in June of 2010, co-hosted by Christ Church Episcopal, Western Reserve Academy and the First Congregational Church of Hudson.  Together with co-director Rev. Brian Suntken, Ms. Keller has assembled a distinguished roster of clinicians guest performers for the first conference, including Dr. Gerre Hancock, Todd Wilson, the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Professor Thomas G. Long of Emory University, and Rev. Mitties MacDonald DeChamplain of The General Seminary in New York.     

Ms. Keller received the Performer’s Certificate and the Master of Music Degree in Organ Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York under the tutelage of David Higgs.  While at Eastman she studied continuo with Arthur Haas and improvisation with Gerre Hancock.  She received the Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano Performance from the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music in Berea, Ohio, studying piano with George Cherry and Jean Stell and organ with Margaret Scharf.  She is on the faculty of Cleveland State University, Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music, and is the continuist for the Baldwin-Wallace College Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra.

“…an aggressive player with outstanding technique and fine musical sensibilities…”
-The Chicago Crusader