Bonnie Harris-Reynolds

Organ and Harpsichord

Bonnie Harris-Reynolds is an organist and harpsichordist who specializes in early music. A member of the University of Texas Early Music Ensemble, she directed the Ensemble in 1978-79. She has the Master of Music degree in Organ Performance from UT Austin, where she studied organ with Frank Speller, and Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Music with professors Rebecca Baltzer, Robert Snow, and John Grubbs. From 1979-1990 she served as organist at St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic Church, organist and co-ordinator of Cantors at St. Mary’s Cathedral, and substitute organist at the Episcopal Seminary, all in Austin. In 1990 she and her husband, tenor Larry Reynolds, moved to College Station, where she has served as Organist and Music Director at St. Thomas Episcopal Church. The music ministry at St. Thomas has grown to include 5 choirs, a new tracker organ, and numerous musical events for the congregation and the community. She is one of the founders and the director of the St. Cecilia Consort, the local Early Music Ensemble. She has performed with the Brazos Valley Symphony and Chorale, is active in the local Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and serves on the Music Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. In addition to her duties at St. Thomas, she is Assistant Instructor in the Department of Performance Studies at Texas A & M University, where she teaches Music 201: Music and the Human Experience.