EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (upd. 06/26/2026)
Randy Steere (Dean) holds MM and MDiv degrees from the Yale University Institute of Sacred Music. He has served on Executive Committees of both Hartford and Merrimack Valley AGO chapters and is currently the treasurer of the Merrimack Valley chapter. Randy has held both full and part-time Director of Music positions in various Protestant churches over the years. He has presented numerous sessions for AGO chapters, been a consultant to churches, taught at the community and undergraduate levels, and concertized widely. After successfully running his own software and consulting company for 20 years, Randy recently retired to concentrate on supporting the cause of organ and church music.
Peter Krasinski (Sub-Dean) is broadly recognized as a motivating consultant for the pipe organ community and as a conductor, organist, and music educator. He has won numerous prizes including First Prize in Improvisation in the AGO National Competition. A distinguished pedagogue and seasoned performer, he is a regular presenter of master classes and presentations for the AGO, Organ Historical Society, and American Theater Organ Society. Mr. Krasinski has served as an effective Dean of the Boston and Southeast Massachusetts chapters and is a proud longtime member of the Worcester chapter. He is a member of Screen Actors Guild, Principal Organist at Mechanics Hall, House Organist at the Providence Performing Arts Center, Organist at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Mission Church, Boston, and the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Providence as well as accompanist at Beth El Temple Center, Belmont.
Scott Parkman (Secretary) is a new member of the Worcester chapter, having begun organ studies with Wesley Hall in January 2025. He worked for over two decades as an orchestral and opera conductor, holding positions with the Oakland Symphony and Youth Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the St. Louis Symphony and Youth Orchestra. He has conducted ensembles throughout the US, Europe, and Australasia, and founded American Century Music, a performing organization dedicated to 20th-century American composers. Scott holds a BM in Music Performance from the University of Michigan, an MM in Conducting from the San Francisco Conservatory, and an MS in Communications Management from Simmons College. He enjoys four-hand piano, cooking, travel, birdwatching, and is currently working his way through the top 100 crime novels of all time.
Katherine Ou (Treasurer) holds degrees in Applied Organ and Organ Performance from Baylor University and the University of Alabama, with an A.S. in Accounting from Laney College in Oakland, CA. She has served as the organist at Lutheran Church of the Savior in Bedford, MA since 2021, and in 2025 began her term as church treasurer. As head of the New Organ committee at LCS, Katherine oversaw a successful fundraising effort to purchase a new organ for the church. An active member in both the Boston and Worcester AGO chapters, Katherine currently lives in Acton, MA with her husband and their daughter.
Deborah Page (Registrar) has been a member of the Worcester AGO for 23 years. She has studied organ with Dr. Marjorie Ness and William Ness. Presently, she is the organist at the Barre Congregational Church, a position Deb has held for 20 years. Deb retired from teaching special education in 2021. In her spare time, she accompanies the Hubbardston Swinging Singing Seniors and is an adjunct professor for Fitchburg State University. Deb resides in Gardner with her husband Charlie. Together they share four children, six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Dan Moriarty (Member-At-Large, exp. 2027) is Organist and Director of Choral Music at Groton School, where he came in 2014 from positions at St. Stephen’s Church in Richmond, VA, and Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr, PA. In both settings Dan founded and directed choirs for young people. Previously, he was the Associate Organist at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City where he was founding Director of the Boy and Girl Choristers. In addition to his choral work, Dan recently completed a Master’s degree in Organ with Peter Sykes at Boston University and was an organ student of John Weaver at the Curtis Institute of Music. Dan graduated from Villanova University with a B.A. in English. He and his wife live with their two daughters on the campus at Groton. In 2022, he became the chapter’s liaison to The American Organist magazine.
Johnna Renée Ross (Member-At-Large, exp. 2028) began her organ studies in the Worcester area as a teenager, winning first prize in the AGO Region I Young Organists competition and was a featured artist in two AGO national conventions (NYC and Dallas) before enrolling in the IU Jacobs School of Music where she studied harpsichord and obtained a B.Mus. in performance. Johnna is a passionate teacher, performer and devoted church musician. She is currently a piano and organ instructor at the Nashua Community Music School and recently joined the faculty of the Young Organist Collaborative, based in Portsmouth, NH. Johnna has twice performed in the First Music Concert series at First Church in Nashua where she enjoys introducing students to the 60-rank Anderson Memorial pipe organ. In 2020 Johnna served as interim organist for First Baptist Church, Worcester. She performs regularly at One Church in Bedford, NH and serves as a substitute organist throughout southern NH.
John Roper (Member-At-Large, exp. 2029) is Organist and Music Director at St. Joseph’s Church (Boston) and St. Margaret’s Church (Dorchester). He studied music, computer science, and theology at Assumption University, serving as Organ Scholar. John’s relationship with the AGO began as a recipient of a Boston AGO Young Organists Initiative scholarship. Since then, he has remained an active participant in multi-chapter life. He serves on the Program Committee for the Worcester Chapter and co-presented at the 2025 AIO Annual Convention, the Worcester AGO mini-convention, and the the AGO National Convention in St. Louis. He holds memberships in the American Institute of Organbuilders, the Organ Historical Society, and the American Choral Directors Association. Active as an organ technician and consultant, he also owns and operates Plenum Technologies and has worked with the OHS since 2019 to develop the Pipe Organ Database.
CHAPTER LIAISONS & APPOINTEES
Catherine Merrill (Communications) …
Rob Pijewski (Webmaster) is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology at Fitchburg State University and adjunct at Quinsigamond Community College. Previously, he was an assistant professor at the now closed Anna Maria College where he held diverse committee roles in curriculum development, retention, and the biological honor society. He earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Science from the University of Connecticut, where his research focused on the molecular basis of neurological aging. Since arriving in Worcester in 2022, Rob has become incredibly involved in the Worcester community. Rob serves as clerk of the vestry at All Saints Church and also serves as an usher, reader, and lay eucharistic minister. He also serves as a member of the events committee at the church. Rob quickly joined as a member of the Worcester Chapter of the AGO and took lessons with William Ness. Rob is currently the treasurer of the Organ Festival of Worcester and Vice-President of Chorus Operations and bass section leader for Salisbury Singers.
Will Sherwood (Liaison to Mechanics Hall & Holy Cross Organ Library) has been an active member of Worcester AGO for over forty years, serving as Dean from 2010-2018. He is a frequent recitalist and active composer, arranger, and accompanist. He recently retired as Minister of Music at the First Unitarian Church in Worcester, a position he held since 1984. Will also holds the Associate and Choirmaster certifications from the Guild. Upon his retirement from chapter leadership, the Scholarship Program was named in his honor.