Cathryn Wilkinson
Music Director
Short Description
Cathryn Wilkinson, music director at Church in the Forest, earned her bachelor’s degree in music from The College of William and Mary, and Master of Fine Arts and Ph.D. from The University of Iowa School of Music.
Description
Cathryn Wilkinson, music director at Church in the Forest, earned her bachelor’s degree in music from The College of William and Mary, and Master of Fine Arts and Ph.D. from The University of Iowa School of Music. She began her college teaching career at Concordia University-Chicago. She later became Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Department at Aurora University in suburban Chicago. She has been featured in performances at national conventions of the Organ Historical Society and the American Guild of Organists in Washington, DC, and was selected to perform in the Slovak Republic with the support of a Fulbright scholarship.
In addition to her musical and teaching career, Dr. Wilkinson has been a full-time community college administrator for 12 years.
In her spare time she likes to bicycle, and of course, practice new music . She lives in Monterey with her husband and daughter, all students of music.
