Ken Cowan, Palmer’s Artist-in-Residence and Organist, is Associate Professor and head of the organ program at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. He has also served on the organ faculty of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, New Jersey.
Ken has recorded on the Pro Organo, JAV, and Etheral recording labels, and many of his recordings and live performances have been featured on NPR. He received a Master of Music degree and Artist Diploma from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music in New Haven, Connecticut, and his Bachelor of Music degree from the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a church musician, he has held posts as Artist-in-Residence and Organist at Saint Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in New York City and as Assistant Organist at St. Clement’s Episcopal Church in Philadelphia.
Jessica is a native of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She earned an Accounting degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2007. She worked in public accounting and corporate tax before moving to Houston at the end of 2007. Jessica worked for the Café Express restaurant chain for 6 years as the Accounting Manager. In 2013, Jessica took over as Controller at US LED, a LED lighting manufacturing company. Jessica joined the Palmer staff as Finance Manager in June of 2016. Jessica currently resides in Cypress with her daughter, Brooklyn. Jessica and her family are avid football fans, attending games often in support of the Texans and her beloved New Orleans Saints.