Ray Cornils was the Municipal Organist for the City of Portland from 1990-2017. Born in Sterling, Illinois, Mr. Cornils was trained at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. He has studied organ with Robert Reeves, Fenner Douglas, William Porter, Yuko Hayashi and has done post-graduate studies with Dame Gillian Weir. He has studiedharpsichord with William Porter, Lenora McCroskey, Rhona Freeman and Lisa Goode Crawford.