About Organon

 

Organon, consisting of  Klaus Lang, Alyssa Aska, Martin Ritter, and Pablo Abelardo Mariña Montalvo, was founded in 2021 with the primary mission of providing information, tools, and resources for composers of organ music. The group recognized a lack of general and easily usable information about the organ for composers, which limits the development of a robust body of works for the instrument. The group therefore also seeks to further develop the organ’s rolein a broader contemporary music context. Originally these educational resources consisted of texts, images, short video tutorials, and recordings. The group has also participated in research projects to develop expansions to the organ itself, including the Frescobaldi 2 enharmonic keyboard enhancement. They also founded a specialized conference in Graz, Enharmonic interfaces and controllers for keyboard instruments, at which they presented their work as well as that of others. Organon has presented their research at the University of Dramatic and Performing Arts Graz and Harvard University as a group, and all of the members are very active and involved composers and/or researchers.