The RSCMA Carolina Summer Choral Residency is pleased to welcome Käthe Wright Kaufman as this year’s Course Organist!

Käthe Wright Kaufman is the Associate Director of Music & Organist at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Columbia, SC. Previously, she served as 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. 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. Käthe also spent two gap years in the UK, where she served as Organ Scholar at Truro Cathedral (2016-17) and Peterborough Cathedral (2019-20). 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). She looks forward to upcoming recital engagements at St. Luke’s, Evanston; St. Paul’s Cathedral, London; and Coventry, Wells, and St. Chad’s Cathedrals in the UK. Käthe is a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists, a member of the Association of Anglican Musicians, and a published composer with Selah Publishing Company.