SOP Podcast 89 - Wolff von Roos On Extremely Slow Tempos And Performances For Organ Duet

Published: April 9, 2017, 12:16 p.m.

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #89!\n\nhttp://www.organduo.lt/podcast\n\nToday's guest is Wolff von Roos, a young and talented organist student from Ball State University, Indiana.\n\nHe took an interest in the organ when he was about three years old. When he was 6 he started piano.\n\nThroughout those years he taught himself about the organ and methods. By the time he was 15 he started taking organ instruction.\n\nHe's 20 years old right now and is currently studying music/organ performance with Raul Prieto Ramirez at Ball State University. He is also taking outside formal instruction from Travis Person who teaches at the University of Indianapolis.\n\nWolff currently serves as Assistant Organist (Organ Scholar) at Broadway United Methodist in Indianapolis, IN. He also works as a solo freelance concert organist and play in an organ duo team called 2Chamades with Jacob Minns.\n\nHe loves to study works from Josef Rheinberger to Vaughan Williams, from Olivier Messiaen and Louis Vierne to underrated composers like Gr\xe9goire Rolland, etc.\n\nWolff also enjoys learning about improvisation in all kinds of styles, his favorite improviser is Pierre Cochereau. He likes to discover orchestra & piano works that have been turned into organ pieces. and enjoys transcribing works himself.\n\nHe is a huge fan of the Romantic era in the organ world. English, French, German you name it.\n\nIn this conversation among other things, we talk about starting learning the piece, extremely slow tempos and performances for organ duet.\n\n\u200b\u200bEnjoy and share your comments below.\n\u200b\nAnd don't forget to help spread the word about the SOP Podcast by sharing it with your organist friends.\n\nThanks for caring.\n\nRelevant links:\n\u200bhttps://www.facebook.com/VonRoos18\n\u200bhttps://www.facebook.com/2Chamades\nhttps://www.facebook.com/OrgansnMusic\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ9c-VbiA36n51SXIhnPz1Q\u200b