Introduction

Praised by Cleveland Classical for her “subtlety, depth, and affect” in performance, Kelsey Berg is a multifaceted organist and teacher. She currently serves as the Assistant Organist-Choirmaster at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Akron, Ohio. Kelsey is also an Assistant Instructor of Organ and Music Theory at the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM). She maintains a private organ and piano studio for students of all levels. 

Kelsey graduated in 2025 with a Doctor of Musical Arts in Organ Performance from CIM, where she studied with Professor Todd Wilson. During her time at CIM, she was the 2023 recipient of the Heinrich Scholarship in Organ. Kelsey holds both a Master of Music in Organ Performance and a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Mercer University. She also attended Salem College, earning a Certificate in Injury Preventive Keyboard Technique and a Master of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy with an Emphasis in Injury-Preventive Keyboard Technique. At Salem, Kelsey was awarded the Bright and Annie Lee Fitzgerald Sink Award for Excellence in Piano. She studied organ with Dr. Jack Mitchener and Dr. John Cummins, and piano with Dr. Ian Altman and Dr. Barbara Lister-Sink. 

Kelsey is a member of the Association of Anglican Musicians and the Society of Women Organists. She has also held several leadership positions within the American Guild of Organists and is the current Dean of the Northeast Ohio Chapter.