Dr. Beverly Wesner-Hoehn

Music Director

Dr. Beverly Wesner-Hoehn began her musical studies on piano at the age of six. Born in Sacramento, Beverly was always active in performance groups such as the Sacramento Youth Symphony, honor bands and church & choral ensembles during her early school days. She received the Bachelor of Music degree in performance from Pacific Union College, California in 1979. It was during her college years that she also began studying organ with Dr. Del Case. Bev was the primary accompanist for voice lessons, masterclasses and both the main collegiate choir and the audition choir, I cantori and toured Europe with them. It was also during her college years that she became the recipient of a Rotary Fellowship for harp study at the Conservatoire Royale Musique in Brussels, Belgium where she received the Jean Risler Award for Outstanding Musicianship and the Prix for Performance.

Upon returning to the United States, Beverly accepted the position of choir director/organist at the Methodist church in San Fernando (ask her about the Bass section!) while continuing her studies at the University of Southern California. In 1981 she received the Masters of Music degree as well as the USC Musicians Award and the Delta Gamma Pi Young Teachers Award. After completion of her Masters degree Beverly spent one year in Zambia – her husband Ted doing medical relief work and Bev directing a Zambian choir of 80 members, singing weekly in the national language of Nyanja, and playing the church services on an ancient pump organ. After this African year, they relocated to Florida where Ted joined a residency in Orlando. Bev accepted the choral/organist director position at Winter Garden Methodist church, where she worked for years directing the choir and fulfilling all the musical duties of the church year calendar.

Beverly received the Doctor of Music degree in Harp Performance with High Distinction, from Indiana University in 1989. While at Indiana University sh studied organ, liturgy, hymnody, and sacred choral anthem courses with noted Episcopalian organist, Dr. Marilyn Keiser.

Follow her active harp career at drbevharp.com but her passion runs deep for choral church music and pipe organs! Dr. Bev loves to attend Choral Evensong at Westminster Abbey whenever she is in England.