Abbie Wood is a current master student of organ performance at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, where she studies with Dr. Daniel Aune and is a teaching assistant for Ear Training. She recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from Syracuse University, obtaining a Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance studying with Dr. Anne Laver, as well as a minor in Jazz Studies. She is currently employed as Organ Scholar for Church of the Redeemer in Baltimore, MD, and was previously Organist at University United Methodist Church in Syracuse, NY.

In addition to performing recitals in Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, and South Carolina, Abbie has won multiple awards over her years studying the organ, most recently being named one of The Diapason’s “20 Under 30” Class of 2025. In 2023, she won 2nd prize in the George Mathias Memorial Scholarship Competition in Brooklyn, NY, and received 1st place in the Quimby Potomac Chapter Organ Competition. She received the 2024 Robert & Nancy Powell Scholarship of Greeneville, SC, and was also a winner of Syracuse University’s 2024 Outstanding Artists Competition, where she performed C. M. Widor’s Allegro from Symphony VI with the Syracuse University Orchestra. She was awarded VPA Scholar by Syracuse University, received the Setnor School of Music’s Arthur Poister Prize for a student majoring in organ, and the Academic Music Award for outstanding work in a paper and/or research.

Her research focuses on the Victorian British organ and its cultural significance in musical liturgical practices. She made in-person recordings of these instruments for two weeks in July-August of 2024, while also attending the Royal College of Organists’ 2024 Summer Course and studying with professionals in London. With the guidance of Dr. Anne Laver, she wrote a research paper about the experience and historical background. This was funded through Syracuse University’s SOURCE program. Also funded through this program, Abbie was able to assist Dr. Anne Laver in presenting data found on organ programs of the 1915 San Francisco Exposition at the July 2024 AGO National Convention.