The Art of the Young Organist (I)

Pipedreams, the nationally syndicated weekly program of classical organ music, will present organist Katie Gunn in a performance of Sonata in Sea: Cape Cod. Each week, Pipedreams host Michael Barone shares selected organ works and performances, and…

Monastery Organist Carson Cooman gives premiere performance

A celebration to honor Br. James Koester, SSJE, at the conclusion of his tenure as Superior of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, will include a new work for organ by James Woodman. "Brother James' Triptych" is a three movement suite based on…

These amazing creations, designed for minimal registration, speak as eloquently to the art of organ music as any elaborate music anywhere. They epitomize my goals of service literature which transcends its original material and which transforms its auditors.

The pieces are modest in technical difficulty, transparent in formal organization, full of life and drama, and just plain fun to play.

Woodman's text setting seemed to be of a different age, like many of the Renaissance composers, where marriage of text and music are intricately bound together by a cohesive understanding of implied and explicit meaning.