The RSCMA Carolina Summer Choral Residency is pleased to welcome Margaret Harper as this year’s Organist!

Margaret Harper is the Director of Music at Trinity Episcopal Church in Princeton, NJ. At Trinity, she oversees a landmark Episcopal music program, including multiple choirs that have released critically acclaimed recordings over the years. Before coming to Trinity, Margaret served churches in Texas, New York, Illinois, and New Hampshire. She was founding manager of the RSCM America’s Dallas Boys Course and founding director of the Choir School at St. John’s in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Margaret also maintains an active schedule as a solo performer and a guest conductor. She has been hailed by The Diapason magazine for her “impeccable” playing and by the Boston Musical Intelligencer for “outstandingly lively, punchy” performances. Croatian newspaper Glas Slavonije writes, “The freezing cold of a January evening dominated the cathedral in Djakovo, but it could not diminish the richness and warmth of sound brought out of the cathedral organ by Margaret Harper.” Summer concerts in 2024 brought her to England and Germany, and the 2024-2025 season will include trips across the US and to Sweden.

Margaret has also served on faculty at Baylor University and the University of Southern Maine, teaching organ and harpsichord. Margaret holds a DMA and a Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. She has served in leadership roles for various chapters of the American Guild of Organists, the Association of Anglican Musicians, and the Royal School of Church Music - America. She has presented papers and given recitals at conferences of several national organizations, including the American Guild of Organists, Organ Historical Society, Association of Anglican Musicians, and American Bach Society.