Alison Riseley-Clark

Alison Riseley-Clark, a native of New Zealand, travelled to Canada in 1981 to complete a Masters Degree in Organ Performance at McGill University (Montreal). She won the New Zealand Organ Competition when she was 18, and while studying in Montreal she travelled to Chartres (France), Bruges (Belgium), Manchester (England), and Ann Arbor, (Michigan) to play in more Competitions. Alison has also performed for Radio New Zealand, and Radio Canada (Montreal). Currently, Alison is the music director of St Marks Anglican Church, Brantford, but she has held church positions in Montreal (assistant at Christ Church Cathedral), Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Hilton Head (S.C.).

Alison has played many concerts in many cities...Boston, Hilton Head, P.E.I, Halifax, Wellington, Auckland, Montreal, Toronto, to name just a few. She loves to play varied and interesting music, and loves to encourage and promote young organists braving the music scene these days.