Born in 1998 and based out of the Chicagoland area, Nick Renkosik is a nationally acclaimed young organist that has performed at such venues as Sanfilippo’s Place De La Musique in Barrington Hills, IL; the Oriental and Riverside Theatres in Milwaukee, WI; the Coronado...
Someone You Should Know: David Bolthouse
I received my B.Mus in Organ from Wheaton College. I also took a number of computer science courses. I met my wife, Colleen, a voice major, there. We think our teachers played matchmaker over coffee one day. Colleen and I then moved to Texas for graduate studies. She...
Someone You Should Know: Madeleine Woodworth
Originally from Oak Park, IL, Madeleine Woodworth currently serves as the Director of Music at Grace Episcopal Church in Oak Park. She earned her Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance at the Eastman School of Music studying with Nathan J. Laube. During her time...
Someone You Should Know: Lillian Ng
Just like my auntie Edith Ho, I was born in China, into a Seventh-day Adventist family. My parents moved to Hong Kong when I was 5 years old, they were teachers at the Adventist church school systems. I began taking piano lessons from my mother when I was 9 years old,...
Someone You Should Know: Annika Sundberg
Annika is an organist, violist, and pianist, born and raised in the Chicago area. She is currently the Director of Worship and Music at Lutheran Church of the Atonement, where she began as an assistant in 2019 (25 years after her father completed his internship at...
Someone You Should Know: Isaac Rhea
The Importance of Music Ever since I was young, I was obsessed with ‘making’, whether making food or making my siblings upset. Some people make money, something at which I am less fortunate, but I knew that was never my calling. Instead, I love to make music. When I...