Wendy Johnston earned her Master of Music in Organ Performance from The Peabody Institute and a Bachelor of Music in Organ performance from Shenandoah Conservatory. Teachers include John Walker, Wayne L. Wold, Dale Krider, and J. Thomas Mitts. While at Peabody, Wendy performed for and received coaching from Martin Jean, Nathan Laube, Jean-Baptiste Robin and Alan Morrison. She has performed in recitals throughout the Baltimore/Washington DC area and in Winchester, Virginia.
As a professional church musician, Wendy currently serves as organist and assistant director of music at Catonsville Presbyterian Church. During her graduate studies at Peabody, she was named organ scholar and intern at the historic Zion Lutheran Church in Baltimore, playing for both German and English-speaking services. She has played for Lutheran, Episcopal, Catholic, and Presbyterian worship services and has served for many years as an LDS ward organist and choir director.
Wendy is actively involved in the American Guild of Organists and has recently been named to serve on the Committee for Career Development and Support for the AGO. She serves as a member of the Executive Board of the Baltimore Chapter of the AGO as well as the Executive Board of the Maryland State Music Teachers Association.
Passionate about teaching, Wendy loves to help students further their musical goals and has a private studio of piano and organ students at her home in Woodbine, Maryland.