U-M organ students Kaelan Hansson (PhD, aerospace engineering) and James Renfer (BM, organ performance & sacred music) have been named winners in the American Guild of Organists’ national AGO Student Commissioning Project. The AGO has provided a cash award for Hansson to compose a new work for organ which Renfer will premiere.
Elijah Hall Wins the 2026 Brehm Prize in Choral Composition
Elijah Hall (BM ’26, composition, percussion), a recent SMTD graduate and current graduate student lecturer at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been named the winner of the 2026 Brehm Prize in Choral Composition for his piece a formal feeling. This honor...