St. John’s is pleased to welcome Anna Pan as our guest organist in the month of August 2026! Anna will be with us for the 9:30am Sunday services on August 9, 23, and 30. In addition to accompanying the congregational hymns, her instrumental selections (prelude, offering, and postlude) will include Adoration by Florence Price, American Tapestry by Joseph Martin, and Toccata on Great Day by Adolphus Hailstork (August 9); Three Taiwanese Folksongs by Chelsea Chen (August 23); and Three Impressions on Kingsfold by Rachel Laurin (August 30).
Anna most recently served as organist at Westminster Presbyterian Church in West Hartford (2022-24) and is a staff pianist at the Hartt School of Music (2023-present) where she works primarily with cello and double bass students.
Anna completed her piano studies at the Hartt Community Division studying with Margreet Francis from 2005-18. During that time, she won numerous pre-college state competitions including the Musical Club of Hartford Competition and the Renee B. Fisher Competition. She has appeared as a soloist with the Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra and the Connecticut Youth Symphony.
In 2010, Anna began her foray into the pipe organ, studying with John Rose and Joseph Ripka and placing in the Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival and L. Cameron Johnson Memorial Organ Competition shortly thereafter. After a hiatus in formal organ study, Anna resumed studying in 2020 with Aaron Tan and began performing with her sister, concert organist Mary Pan, as an organ duo.
After a brief stint in northern California where she studied carillon under the tutelage of Jeff Davis at the University of California, Berkeley, she returned home to the Hartford area.
Anna serves on the board of the Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival (ASOF).