A native of Los Angeles, Arlene DeYoung Ward is currently Coordinator of Group Piano and the Piano Proficiency Program at the University of New Mexico, Department of Music. Ms. Ward is also a frequently-heard organist and is a veteran of more than one hundred solo organ and harpsichord recitals, including the complete organ works of J.S. Bach. In addition, Ms. Ward has published articles in both the American Organist magazine and the Diapason magazine on the subject of “Orgelbewegung,” or 20th Century Organ Renewal movement in Germany.

Most recently, she has completed two CDs, featuring music of J.S. Bach and organ music of Spain and Spanish America. Her current recording in progress is Music for Flute and Organ, with flautist Laura Dwyer. Arlene has been a featured soloist with both the Symphony Orchestra of Albuqurque and the Los Alamos Sinfonietta; has been heard nationally on The Pacifica Foundation Network as soloist in the American Guild of Organists’ 20th century organ music series; and has toured in Oulskapar, The Netherlands, Darmstadt-Eberstadt, and Hamburg, Germany. She has been listed in Outstanding Women in America.