Praised for her "precise keyboard technique" and her interpretations of J.S. Bach, classical musician Jacqueline Farrell is an organist, harpsichordist, pianist, and choral director based in the USA. She is most well known for her playing in early music, particularly on historical keyboard instruments, and for interdisciplinary collaborations that involve contemporary and new music. 

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The Wall Street Journal described her harpsichord playing at a performance at The Barn at Flintwoods in Wilmington, Delaware, and how with her touch, "the resonance became richer", alluding to the sound and tone quality she is able to produce on this instrument, one of the hallmarks of her playing.

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Jacqueline's 2025 performances include collaborations with early music groups, new music projects, including her own compositions, and solo organ recitals. In March she will play a solo organ performance on the Richards, Fowkes instrument at Duke University as part of the North Carolina Historically Informed Performance Festival; the concert is titled: "Influencers of Bach". 

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Jacqueline recently completed a Master of Music (MM) degree in Organ Performance at the Yale School of Music, where she studied with James O'Donnell, Dr. Craig Cramer, Dr. Carole Terry, and Jeffrey Brillhart. Additionally, she also holds a Master of Music (MM) degree in Harpsichord Performance from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, where she studied with Arthur Haas. 

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In between her graduate studies at Yale and Stony Brook, Jacqueline taught organ, harpsichord, and continuo at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was Dean of the Durham-Chapel Hill Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. She has played with the North Carolina Symphony, Duke Chapel, the Mallarmé Chamber Players, and has collaborated on artistic and interdisciplinary projects with dance, cinema, theater, and visual artists and at universities such as Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.​

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An advocate of tracker organ building, Jacqueline has overseen two different organ installations: one by the builders Taylor & Boody and the other by Richards, Fowkes & Co. 

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In addition to her musical engagements, Jacqueline enjoys competing in Triathlons and studying languages.