JoEllen West is the organ scholar at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral and currently studies with Todd Wilson at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in 2021. Originally from Dallas, TX, she studied organ with Bradley Welch and piano through the Southern Methodist University piano preparatory department for ten years and with Stephen Nielson for one year. She has held artistic leadership positions at the 2023 New ExplOratorio festival in Los Angeles, the 2024 Royal School of Church Music Midwest Residency and Interlochen Arts Camp, and has attended numerous festivals throughout the United States, France, and Spain.