James Rightmyer has been Organist/Choirmaster at St. Francis in the Fields since 1983, following in the tradition of long-tenured musicians at St. Francis.  (Grant Graves held the position from 1945 to 1966; Melvin Dickinson from 1966 to 1979.)  In his capacity as Choirmaster, he is also the director of the Choral Arts Society, a community chorus dedicated to performing choral/orchestral works from the Romantic and Contemporary periods. 

Mr. Rightmyer received his undergraduate training at Valdosta State University and holds the Master of Church Music and Doctor of Musical Arts Degrees from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.  A Fellow of the American Guild of Organists, he is also a member of the Anglican Association of Musicians, the Royal School of Church Music in America, and the American Choral Directors Association.  He is married to Elizabeth Helm Campbell, and they have two children, Campbell and Robin.

Robert Lee, Assistant Organist 

Laura Lea Duckworth, Director of the Girls’ Choir and Resident Composer, has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from the University of Oregon and has done extensive graduate work though that insitution in England.  Since moving to Louisville, she has been a soloist with the Louisville Bach Society, University of Louisville Early Music Ensemble, Choral Arts Society, and Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington.  She is a founding member of the early music vocal ensemble “evenSong” which performs sacred a cappella music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.