Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred Music
Abigail Crafton
Abigail Crafton is a first year undergraduate Organ Performance major in the studio of Nathan Laube at the Eastman School of Music. She has studied piano since the age of three and singing since the age of four. At the age of ten she began the organ. In the spring 2023, Abigail won both the local and Southeast Regional division of the American Guild of Organists Quimby Competition. As a result, she performed at the National AGO Convention in San Francisco, CA as a “Rising Star” in the summer of 2024. Abigail was recently a prize winner in the 2023 Baylor University High School Organ Competition and the American Guild of Organists 2024 Young Artist Competition in Columbia, SC. Abigail is a frequent recitalist and was previously the Organ Scholar at the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Savannah, GA from 2022-2024. Abigail’s former teachers include Doug Brown and Dr. Paul Thornock.