Jennifer Lester, founder and Music Director of The Seraphim Singers, is among the outstanding organist-choirmasters of her generation.

Known for creative programming and advocacy of new music, Ms. Lester has promoted several local composers with commissions of their works. Among these are Elliott Gyger, Graham Ramsay, and James Woodman, each of whom has contributed a major work to The Seraphim Singers’ repertoire. Active as both recitalist and organ accompanist, she has performed in the leading New England organ concert series, including the Methuen Memorial Hall series. Recent appearances as accompanist include the Providence Singers, the Holden Consort, Boston University’s Marsh Chapel Choir, and the Back Bay Chorale, in such works as the Fauré Requiem, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, and the Duruflé Messe «cum Jubilo». Her work as accompanist with the Boston Bach Ensemble can be heard on the Arsis disc Julian Wachner: Sacred Music.

A Fulbright scholar, Ms. Lester studied organ in Vienna at the Academy of Music with Michael Radulescu. She was awarded the Bachelor of Music degree in organ with Honors from the New England Conservatory, and the Master of Music in conducting from Yale University. Ms. Lester is a past Dean of the Boston Chapter American Guild of Organists (BAGO).