Nicole Keller is in demand as a concert artist, adjudicator, and clinician. She has concertized in the United States and abroad in such venues as St. Patrick Cathedral (New York), Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Paris), and The Kazakh National University for the Arts (Astana, Kazakhstan). She specializes in eclectic programs suited to instrument and audience with a desire to expand the listener’s horizons, pairing familiar sounds and genres with less familiar ones. Keller’s performances with orchestras includes concertos, works for small chamber orchestra, and large works involving organ, harpsichord, and piano. She has extensive experience as a chamber musician and as a continuo player, including many performances of Bach’s Passions, Christmas Oratorio, and Mass in B Minor, in addition to a host of cantatas and baroque chamber music. As a teacher, Keller strives to foster and model a commitment to excellence in performance, scholarship, and self-growth. Her students have attended prestigious graduate schools throughout the country and enjoy successful musical careers. She was recently appointed to the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance and is visiting instructor of organ at the Interlochen Arts Academy. Keller’s extensive church music experience includes work in with volunteer and professional choirs and instrumental ensembles devoted to the highest level of music for worship. She has created organ and choral scholar programs at small and mid-size parishes, developed successful children’s choir programs, and has led choirs on tour in the States and abroad. Keller received the Performer’s Certificate and earned a Master of Music in Organ Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music under the tutelage of David Higgs. While at Eastman, she studied continuo with Arthur Haas and improvisation with Gerre Hancock. She earned a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music, where she studied piano with George Cherry and Jean Stell and organ with Margaret Scharf

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Guest Master Class – Nicole Keller, organ

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Nicole Keller is in demand as a concert artist, adjudicator, and clinician. She has concertized in the United States and abroad in such venues as St. Patrick Cathedral (New York), Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Paris), and The Kazakh National University for the Arts (Astana, Kazakhstan). She specializes in eclectic programs suited to instrument and audience with a desire to expand the listener’s horizons, pairing familiar sounds and genres with less familiar ones. Keller’s performances with orchestras includes concertos, works for small chamber orchestra, and large works involving organ, harpsichord, and piano. She has extensive experience as a chamber musician and as a continuo player, including many performances of Bach’s Passions, Christmas Oratorio, and Mass in B Minor, in addition to a host of cantatas and baroque chamber music. As a teacher, Keller strives to foster and model a commitment to excellence in performance, scholarship, and self-growth. Her students have attended prestigious graduate schools throughout the country and enjoy successful musical careers. She was recently appointed to the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance and is visiting instructor of organ at the Interlochen Arts Academy. Keller’s extensive church music experience includes work in with volunteer and professional choirs and instrumental ensembles devoted to the highest level of music for worship. She has created organ and choral scholar programs at small and mid-size parishes, developed successful children’s choir programs, and has led choirs on tour in the States and abroad. Keller received the Performer’s Certificate and earned a Master of Music in Organ Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music under the tutelage of David Higgs. While at Eastman, she studied continuo with Arthur Haas and improvisation with Gerre Hancock. She earned a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music, where she studied piano with George Cherry and Jean Stell and organ with Margaret Scharf.

Guest Recital – Nicole Keller, organ

Hailed as a “skilled and stylish player” (The American Organist magazine), Nicole Keller serves as Chair of the Department of Organ at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance at the University of Michigan. She has earned a reputation for colorful, virtuosic performances praised by audiences and presenters alike. Ms. Keller has performed in historic venues including St. Patrick Cathedral, New York; Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Paris; Dom St. Stephan, Passau; St. Patrick Cathedral, Armagh, Northern Ireland; and The Kazakh National University for the Arts, Astana, Kazakhstan.

Nicole Keller

Events

Upcoming events

Sep 20, 2026

Nicole Keller, organ · Groton Hill Music Center

Past events

Sep 14, 2024

Guest Master Class – Nicole Keller, organ · Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

Sep 13, 2024

Guest Recital – Nicole Keller, organ · Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

Future and recently performed repertoire

Organ in Toccata and Fugue in F major by Bach

Groton Hill Music Center

Organ in Five Dances for Organ by Hampton

Groton Hill Music Center

Organ in Comes Autumn Time by Sowerby

Groton Hill Music Center

Organ in Sonatina by Sowerby

Groton Hill Music Center

Organ in Organ Sonata No. 4 by Mendelssohn

Groton Hill Music Center

Organ in There Is a Happy Land by Shearing

Groton Hill Music Center

Organ in Jerusalem, My Happy Home by Shearing

Groton Hill Music Center

Organ in I Love Thee, My Lord by Shearing

Groton Hill Music Center

Organ in Toccata by Wilson

Groton Hill Music Center

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