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.
U-M Organ Students Win AGO Award
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