Carol Anne Williams D.M.A., ARAM, FRCO, FTCL, ARCM (born 1962) is a British-born international concert organist and composer, now living in America. She served from October 2001 and resigned her post in October 2016 as Civic Organist for the city of San Diego, California, performing regularly at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion. She was concurrently serving as the Artistic Director of the Spreckels Organ Society; producing the largest organ festival in North America since 2001. Formerly the Artist in Residence at St. Paul's Cathedral San Diego;. Upon stepping down from her post as Civic Organist for the city of San Diego in October 2016, in recognition of her fifteen years of dedicated service, Carol was awarded the title of San Diego Civic Organist Emerita. As of November 2016 Carol now resides in Lynchburg Virginia and has been appointed Organist in Residence and Choir Director at the Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Charlottesville, the Parish Church to the University of Virginia. A new large hybrid Viscount organ has just been installed in their new beautiful Sanctuary, which seats 1200. This will become home of the Virginia International Organ Festival and many other musical and liturgical events.. She is the host of TourBus, a pipe organ documentary series, as well as her YouTube series On The Bench with Dr. Carol.
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1962 (age 63) Great Britain
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