Jan Kraybill

Jan Kraybill is a Grammy-nominated performer, dynamic speaker, and enthusiastic advocate for the power of music to change lives. In addition to maintaining a very active international concert schedule, in Kansas City she is Organ Conservator at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts and Organist-in-Residence at Community of Christ headquarters.

At age 16 in Colby, Kansas, Jan was invited to play her first European piano recital in Andover, England. She has performed in many venues in North America and Europe, as well as Australia, Russia, South Korea, and Tahiti. Organizations such as the American Guild of Organists (AGO), the Hymn Society in the U.S. and Canada (THS), and various broadcasts have featured her as a speaker and performer. Several solo and collaborative recordings are available, including her Grammy-nominated album The Orchestral Organ, nominated as Best Classical Instrumental Solo and in two other Grammy categories in 2020.

Dr. Kraybill has degrees in music education and piano and organ performance. She attained the AGO’s Fellow certificate, organists’ highest certification level, in 2010. In 2024, THS named her a Fellow of the Hymn Society. Her extra-musical interests include lacemaking, painting, and riding her Harley-Davidson motorcycle.