Hailing from Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, Jacqueline Farrell is an organist, harpsichordist, pianist, and choral director. She is most well known for her playing in early music, particularly on historical instruments, and for her 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, DE, 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. In November 2024, Culture Voice of North Carolina (CVNC) reviewed the Fauré Requiem performance she directed with choir and orchestra as "Sublime" and with "Loud praise" from the audience.  ​​

Jacqueline recently completed an 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 an MM degree in harpsichord performance from SUNY 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 UNC-Chapel Hill and was Dean of the Durham-Chapel Hill AGO Chapter. She continues to be an active musician in North Carolina, playing with the North Carolina Symphony, Duke Chapel, and collaborating on artistic and interdisciplinary projects with dance, cinema, theater, chamber music groups and at universities such as UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke. 

 

Jacqueline's more recent solo performances include organ recitals at St. John's Lutheran Church in Stamford, Conn., St. Paul's on the Green in Norwalk, Conn., and Old West Church in Boston. In 2023, she made her organ improvisation debut as accompanist for the 1920 silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari at St. Paul's on the Green.

 

As 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.