Ty Woodward

Ty Woodward is currently Staff Organist at Disney’s El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, playing the 4 manual, 37 rank Wurlitzer originally installed in the Fox Theatre in San Francisco. His infatuation with the Theatre Organ began in elementary school with his first visit to Organ Stop Pizza where he was “wowed” by the sound of the Mighty Wurlitzer and fine music making of the staff organists. Ty became a regular substitute organist at Organ Stop during his college years and later was a staff organist at the Organ Power Restaurants in San Diego followed by a stint at the Captains Galley, Redwood City, California.

He has played both classical and theatre organ concerts throughout the U.S. Performances have ranged from Shea’s Theatre, Buffalo; the Byrd Theatre, Richmond; the Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids; the Alabama Theatre, Birmingham and the outdoor pipe organ in Balboa Park, San Diego to Westminster Abbey, London; Trinity Church, New York; The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.; St. James Cathedral, Toronto and the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles. He has performed several major works with orchestra including Symphonie Concertante of Joseph Jongen, Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 and Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings by Francis Poulenc.

His recording credits include a solo classical album, a theatre organ album on the Wurlitzer organ at the Auditorium Theatre in Rochester, N.Y. along with accompaniments for many choral recordings. His studio work has encompassed performing on soundtracks including the Bugs Bunny Episode From Hare to Eternity, The Grinch movie (2019) and the Miley Cyrus album Something Beautiful (2025.)

Presently he is organist at Santa Monica United Methodist Church, Temple Beth Shalom of Whittier and Disney’s El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. He is a Past Dean of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Guild of Organists, a former member of the Commission on Church Music for the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and is currently Vice-president of the Ruth and Clarence Mader Scholarship Fund. His academic degrees are from the University of Southern California; a Bachelor’s in Organ Performance and a Master’s in Choral Conducting. As Principal at Diapason Pipe Organ Consultants LLC, he works with numerous institutions on the design, installation and maintenance of their pipe organs.