Jennifer Hsiao is the organist at Old West Church in Boston, and one of the three principal organists at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, also in Boston. She has performed as a recitalist in the Boston area and was a guest organ soloist with Bay Colony Brass. She began her organ studies with Eric Plutz at Princeton University and continued them at the Yale School of Music with Chelsea Chen and in Boston with Christian Lane. 

Jennifer has won numerous competitions and has performed concerti as both a piano and violin soloist with numerous orchestras, including the Princeton University Orchestra, Hartford Symphony, Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra, Connecticut Youth Symphony, and Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. As a pianist, she has studied with Margreet Francis, Jennifer Tao, Abbey Simon, and Peter Frankl. As a violinist, her primary teachers were Teri Einfeldt, Brian Lewis, Dorothy DeLay, Anna Lim, Stephen Clapp, Philip Setzer, and Ani Kavafian. As a chamber musician, she has coached with the Emerson Quartet, Brentano Quartet, and Tokyo Quartet. She was the first violinist of the Princeton University String Quartet when she was an undergraduate at Princeton. Jennifer has served as concertmaster of various orchestras, including the Princeton University Orchestra, the NJO National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands, Dudley Orchestra, Brookline Symphony Orchestra, and Mercury Orchestra. 

Jennifer graduated from Princeton with an A.B. degree in Chemistry and certificates in Latin and Musical Performance. She holds a Masters in Music Performance from the Yale School of Music and a PhD in Biological and Biomedical Sciences from Harvard University. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard/MGH and a resident tutor in biology and music at Dunster House at Harvard, where she also served as interim resident dean for the 2016-2017 academic year. She recently joined Shelter Music Boston as a violinist and pianist. In her free time, she enjoys playing violin and piano with various chamber music groups in the Boston area. 

From 2010-2025, Andrew Sheranian was Organist and Master of Choristers at the Parish of All Saints, Ashmont in Boston. In 2026 he accepted an appointment as music minister at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Wellesley. He is also organist on staff at The College Church of Seventh-Day Adventists in Lancaster and at the Parish of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Chestnut Hill. 

Mr. Sheranian completed his Master of Music degree at Yale University, and his undergraduate training took place at New England Conservatory of Music.

A lifelong disciple of Johann Sebastian Bach, Mr. Sheranian is the founding director of The Bach Project at Ashmont Hill Chamber Music, a baroque ensemble of instrumentalists and singers aiming to perform the full spectrum of Bach’s output. In addition, Mr. Sheranian maintains a busy schedule as guest conductor, choir trainer, organ teacher, accompanist, and organ and piano recitalist, in addition to gigs as a jazz/blues/cabaret pianist in collaboration with his partner, vocalist and songwriter João Santos. 

Jennifer Velázquez is the former Organist and Associate Director of Music and Worship at Independent Presbyterian Church (IPC) in Memphis, TN. During her 25-year tenure with IPC’s robust music program, she performed numerous masterworks and collaborated with musicians such as Alice Parker, Dan Forrest, and the Westminster Brass. She played organ and celeste with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Mei-Ann Chen and Robert Moody. Jennifer was an active member of the Memphis AGO, and she has performed internationally in England, Scotland, and Ukraine.

She may be heard on A Christmas Legacy and This Light So Fair, two albums published by Ligonier Ministries. In 2008, Jennifer released a solo album, Lauda Anima, with collaborative trumpeter David Spencer.

Since moving to Boston in 2021, Jennifer has been active locally as a substitute organist, choral accompanist, and recitalist, having recently performed for the BAGO First Night Recital at First Church of Christ, Scientist. Jennifer holds a Master of Music in organ performance from the Eastman School of Music as well as a Bachelor of Music from Houghton College, Greatbatch School of Music. Additionally, she spent time in London studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Her teachers and mentors have included Susan Klotzbach, Graham Elliott, Russell Saunders, Michael Farris, and Peter Sykes.