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.
Playing the Keys of History: The U-M Organ Studio Tours Organs of Leipzig, Germany
In June 2026, the Department of Organ embarked on a 10-day tour of historic organs in the German states of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, funded in part by a grant from the Office of Global Engagement. The group included seven students, organ professors Nicole Keller (who...