On the Loening-Hancock Organ:

Prelude pro Organo pleno, BWV 552/1


Variations on a secular song: Mein junges Leben hat ein end


On the Arents Memorial Organ:

Symphony VIII, Op. 42, No.4
III. Andante cantabile

Symphony V, Op. 47
III. Tempo di scherzo
V. Final

Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)

Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck
(1562-1621)



Charles-Marie Widor
(1844-1937)

Louis Vierne
(1870-1937)

CATHERINE RODLAND, Artist in Residence in Organ and Music Theory at St. Olaf College, graduated cum laude with departmental distinction in organ performance from St. Olaf in 1987. She received both the MM and DMA from Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY where she was a student of Russell Saunders. At Eastman, Catherine received the prestigious Performer's Certificate and the Ann Anway Award for excellence in organ performance. She is a prizewinner in several competitions including the 1994 and 1998 American Guild of Organists Young Artists Competition, The 1994 Calgary International Organ Competition, and the 1989 International Organ Competition at the University of Michigan for which she received first prize. As a result of these competitions she has concertized extensively throughout the United States and Canada. During the summer of 2002 Catherine toured in Germany performing in Berlin and Brandenburg. At St. Olaf Catherine teaches a full studio of organ students as well as music theory and ear training classes. She performs regularly at St. Olaf, most recently dedicating the new Holtkamp organ in Boe Memorial Chapel, and performing as a featured soloist with the St. Olaf Orchestra and the St. Olaf Band. These performances were all recorded for the nationally syndicated radio program "Pipedreams" on NPR and released as CDs through St. Olaf Records. A specialist in Baroque and 20th century music, Catherine has presented masterclasses on Baroque performance practice and has been a regular part of the Belvidere Chamber Music Festival in Memphis, TN which features yearly premieres and performances of music of living performers.