The daughter of a Moravian minister, Mary Lou Kapp Peeples began organ study at age twelve and in the same year assumed her first post as a church organist. Thor Johnson asked her to accompany Moravian Music Festivals. She played for seven of these festivals with Johnson and Ewald Nolte, and returned in 1984 as organ clinician for the international festival. She has performed numerous recitals in the United States and France, and her performances have been heard on National Public Radio and Alabama Public Radio. As harpsichord soloist, she was featured three times with members of the Montgomery and Alabama Symphony Orchestras in performances of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. She has also performed with Carolina Baroque and Carolina Chamber Symphony.

Mrs. Kapp Peeples earned music performance degrees from Salem College and the Eastman School of Music. For over twenty years she and her husband Wade were professors of music at Judson College, where they received several awards for teaching excellence. They now live in Winston-Salem, where she serves as organist at Calvary Moravian Church and accompanist for the Moramus Chorale.

The daughter of a Moravian minister, Mary Lou Kapp Peeples is organist at Calvary Moravian Church and accompanist for the Moramus Chorale. At an early age, Thor Johnson became aware of her extraordinary talent and asked her to accompany Moravian Music Festivals. She played for seven of these festivals from local to international level with Johnson and Ewald Nolte, and returned in 1984 as organ clinician for the international festival. She has performed numerous recitals in the United States and France, including a recital at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue in New York.

Mrs. Peeples earned music performance degrees from Salem College and the Eastman School of Music. For over twenty years she and her husband Wade were professors of music at Judson College, where they received several awards for teaching excellence. “>Read more>