ken cowan (born 1974) is a canadian organist. a native of thorold, ontario, he has toured extensively in the united states, canada, europe, and asia, and has made numerous recordings, most on the jav label. cowan is a graduate of both the curtis institute of music (bachelor of music) and the yale institute of sacred music (master of music and artist diploma). he has held positions at saint bartholomew's church, saint james episcopal church, the church of saint mary the virgin in new york city, saint clement's church, philadelphia, and westminster choir college in princeton, new jersey, where he served as assistant professor of organ and coordinator of organ and sacred music, where he was awarded the 2008 rider university distinguished teaching award.