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Carolyn Miller has been serving as St. John's organist since 1995.
 Carolyn is a native of Hickory, NC. She began studying piano at the age of eight and was appointed to her first permanent church position at the age of eleven. She sang alto in the elementary school chorus, and was accompanist for the school chorus during high school. She studied piano with the late Lillian McKaren of Lenoir-Rhyne College and with the late Alla Pearl Little of Hickory. She holds a bachelors degree in music with a concentration in organ from Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, NC studying with Professor Larry Lowder. She did graduate study at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ. She has participated in master classes led by Olivia Latry, Donald Sutherland, Fredrick Swann, Joan Lippincott, Donald Busarow, and Marilyn Kiser.
Carolyn was Organist at First Presbyterian Church, Newton, NC, and Bethany Lutheran Church, Hickory, NC. In 1995 she was appointed to the position of Organist at St. Johns. At St. Johns, she is instrumental in music selection and planning for the choirs, accompanies all the choirs, and plays for worship services, funerals and weddings. She has had the opportunity to play many fine organs in North Carolina as well as the Mander organ at Princeton University Chapel. She currently serves on the board of directors of the Hickory Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
Since childhood, church music has been an integral part of my life. It is essential that appropriate voluntary music, accompaniment for choir anthems, congregational hymns and liturgy enhance the worshipers experience. It is a role that I embrace with sincerity and sensitivity.
Carolyn resides outside of Hickory. She has one daughter and son-in-law, and one grandson.
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