Organization & Executive Board

Andrew Johnson (Rochester, New York) joined the Sigma chapter of Delta Omicron in 2017. As the chapter's music director from 2017 through 2020, he organized annual performances such as Christmas Caroling at local nursing homes and Jazz Night. His arrangements of the Keynote and Prayer were included in the DO Songbook in 2022 and, after becoming a lifetime member, Andrew served as Conference Accompanist in 2022 and Guest Recitalist in 2025. He is excited to serve as National Music Adviser for the upcoming triennium!

In addition to his work with Delta Omicron, Andrew is an active member of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) where he serves as chair of the National Committee for Career Development and Support and member of the Educational Programming Committee.

An award-winning organist, Andrew earned the AGO's Associate and Choirmaster certifications and the S. Lewis Elmer Award, second place in the Sursa American Organ Competition (2022), first place in the inaugural James M. Weaver Prize in Organ Scholarship (2023), and was a finalist in the AGO National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance (2024).

Andrew is currently pursuing a DMA degree in Organ Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music, where he studies with David Higgs. He previously earned an MM degree and a Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory where he studied with Daniel Aune. Throughout his graduate studies, he has served as teaching assistant in music theory and aural skills. He earned a BM degree, summa cum laude, from Illinois Wesleyan University, studying organ with Susan Klotzbach and voice and choral conducting with J. Scott Ferguson. Additional private organ study has been with John Walker, Marie-Louise Langlais, and Jean-Baptiste Robin.

Andrew is Director of Music and Organist at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Pittsford, New York, following tenures as Assistant Organist at Christ Church (Episcopal) in Rochester, New York, Organist and Choirmaster at Mount Calvary Catholic Church in Baltimore, Maryland, and Organist and Choir Director at Wesley United Methodist Church in Bloomington, Illinois.