The 2026 Old West Organ Society Summer Series continues with a performance by Victoria Shorokhova. This season, we are grateful to First Lutheran Church for hosting the series — featuring its splendid Richards, Fowkes & Co. instrument, Op. 10 — while Old West Church awaits necessary building repairs. Admission is free; donations are gratefully accepted in support of the Society.
Victoria Shorokhova
Originally from Russia, Dr. Victoria Shorokhova is an organist and pianist currently based in the United States. She graduated from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory with degrees in piano (2016, Prof. Vladimir Shakin) and organ (2017, Prof. Daniel Zaretsky), and later earned a Master’s in Historical Performance on Keyboard Instruments—organ, harpsichord, and carillon—from Saint Petersburg State University (2019). In 2022, she completed a Master of Music in Organ Performance at Georgia State University (Dr. Jens Korndörfer), where she was a music intern at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta. In 2025, she completed DMA in Organ Performance at the University of Houston, where she studied with Daryl Robinson, and served as Organ Scholar at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church during the program. Starting August 2025, Victoria holds the position of Assistant Director of Music and Organist at First United Methodist Church, Montgomery, Alabama.
Shorokhova is a laureate of national and international competitions, including the 2024 National Young Artists Competition (2nd prize), the III International Braudo Organ Competition (Diploma and Special Prize), and the 2014 International Competition of Sacred Music in Rumia, Poland (2nd prize). She has performed across Russia and the U.S., with the recent appearances at venues such as the Tabernacle Choir (Salt Lake City), St. Patrick’s Cathedral, St. Thomas Church (New York), and Grace Cathedral (San Francisco). In 2023, she was named one of The Diapason’s “20 under 30.”