Carol Britt is a native of Salem, Illinois, and has lived in Thibodaux, La., since 1991. She began studying organ in 1957. Her degrees include a DMA in organ performance from the University of Alabama, an MM in organ performance from the University of Evansville, a BM in education from Southern Illinois University. Her teachers have included Warren Hutton, Douglas Reed, and June Scannell.

She has performed solo recitals and has served as choral and recital accompanist and lecturer throughout the South and the Midwest.

Carol Britt is head of the department of music and professor of music at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, where she teaches freshman and sophomore theory. She is parish musician at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, Metairie.