CHERYL VAN ORNAM

Cheryl Van Ornam is the organist at First Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia.  She also teaches piano privately. In 2001, she completed an M.Mus. in Organ Performance/Church Music from Northwestern University, where she studied with Maggie Kemper and Doug Cleveland.  Further study has been at Summer Academies in Haarlem, Leipzig, Montreal and Smarano.  She has given recitals in California, Washington State, Nevada, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia.  Pipedreams Program No.1752 included “Balboa Bolero” by Joe Utterback performed with Dr. Elizabeth Melcher Davis at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Richmond.  She has been active with the American Guild of Organists in Chicago, Boston and Richmond, where she was the Dean during the Regional Convention in 2017.