Janet Yieh (Chair)
Janet Yieh is the Director of Music at Church of the Heavenly Rest on the Upper East Side in New York City, where she oversees a vibrant music program for all ages, and plays the 138-rank Austin Organ.
An innovative concert recitalist and sacred music specialist, Janet has been lauded for her “expressivity and technical prowess” (The American Organist), and named one of ‘20 under 30’ promising artists by The Diapason. She has performed throughout the United States and across the globe, with highlights including New York’s Alice Tully Hall, Washington’s National Cathedral and The Kennedy Center, San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral, Yale University’s Woolsey Hall, Taipei’s Aletheia University Chapel, Japan’s Momoyama St. Andrew’s University Chapel, the American Guild of Organists’ 2022 National Convention in Seattle and the Association of Anglican Musicians’ National Conference in Richmond, and broadcasts on the national radio show Pipedreams.
For seven years, she served as Associate Organist at Trinity Church, Wall Street in New York City where she played weekly services, founded the St. Paul’s Chapel Choir, accompanied the Grammy-nominated Trinity Choir and Trinity Youth Chorus, and worked closely with the music and liturgy departments.
She is a co-founder of ‘Amplify Female Composers’ and The Advent Calendar Project, and research contributor to A Great Host of Composers’ Women Composers Database.