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Janet Linker

Janet Rupp Linker received her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Organ Performance from Capital University and The University of Michigan, respectively. Her organ instruction was under Marjorie Jackson Rasche at Capital, and Marilyn Mason at The Univ. of Michigan. Her first organ position at the age of 15 was at the Wauseon, Ohio, Evangelical Mennonite Church. She held church positions in Lubbock and Waco, Texas, Sacramento, California and Columbus, Ohio. She is now organist at Trinity United Methodist Church in Upper Arlington, Ohio.

Mrs. Linker's first teaching position was at Texas Tech Univ. in Lubbock, Tx. She taught at the Capital Univ. Conservatory of Music for over 30 years. For many years she played for various events at the Ohio Theatre, on the well-known "Mighty Morton" theatre organ.

She has published twenty six books of organ music, several anthems, and, in collaboration with Jane McFadden, over 60 works for organ (or piano) and/or brass and handbells, and a piano/organ duet book.

Mrs. Linker resides in Columbus, Ohio. Her husband, Jim, died in 2015. They are the parents of two sons, Jeff and Tim. Their daughter Jenni died at the age of 22 in 1985. They now have 6 wonderful grandchildren.

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