Carol Williams (organist)

Carol Williams
Dr. Carol Williams
Background information
Born	Great Britain
Genres	Classical
Occupation(s)	Organist, composer
Instrument(s)	Pipe organ
Years active	1984–present
Labels	Melcot Music
Website	http://www.melcot.com/

Carol Anne Williams D.M.A., ARAM, FRCO, FTCL, ARCM (born 1962) is a British-born international concert organist and composer, now residing in America. She served from October 2001 and resigned her post in October 2016^{[1][2][3][non-primary source needed]} as Civic Organist for the city of San Diego, California, performing regularly at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion.^[4][5] She was concurrently serving as the artistic director of the Spreckels Organ Society;^[6] producing the largest organ festival in North America since 2001. She was formerly the Artist in Residence at St. Paul's Cathedral San Diego.^[7]

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 service, Carol was awarded the title of San Diego Civic Organist Emerita. Presently the Artist in Residence at Peachtree Christian Church in Atlanta, Georgia and the artistic director of Viscount North America.

As a featured musician on many media platforms, she highlights her profound love for the "King of Instruments." Carol hosts TourBus, a documentary series exploring the large and small, famous and unique pipe organs of the world,^[8] and also, hosts a YouTube talk show series called "On The Bench with Dr. Carol" where she interviews musical artists.