Andreas Wermeling

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Andreas Wermeling (* 1959 in Greven , Westphalia) is a German organist , jazz pianist and composer .

After completing his C-exam in Münster in 1976 and his Abitur in 1977, he studied church music , musicology , theology and music education in Münster and Dortmund .

From 1976 to 1987 he was a church musician in St. Mariä Himmelfahrt in Greven, and since 1989 he has been organist in the St. Antonius Basilica in Rheine . In 1992 he founded the “Edition organum” label, with which he brought mostly unknown organ compositions onto the record market.

As a composer, Wermeling dedicates himself to integrating jazz and church music. He has written numerous works and arrangements for organ , choir and chamber music .

Since 1998 he has also been a district dean church musician for the Steinfurt district and teaches at the episcopal church music institute in Münster.

He is a member of the Wermeling-Wilson-Biewald jazz trio.

Works (selection)

  • Wooden samba for oboe and organ, 1984
  • Introduction, canon and variations for 2 trumpets, 2 trombones and organ, 1990
  • Jean Langlais Meets Miles Davis for Organ, 1993
  • Suite a'la Lennon / Mc Cartney for organ, 1994
  • Blues Round a Detuned G for organ, 1996
  • A new Requiem for choir, t-solo, oboe, piano, organ, bass guitar and drums, 1997
  • Magnificat for choir, S-Solo and organ, 2000
  • "Il Santo", The life of St. Anthony v. Padua , children's musical, 2004
  • Paulus , Singspiel for choir, wind instruments and organ, 2009

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Organ concert in St. Clemens
  2. ↑ WWB jazz trio plays in the Petri Church
  3. ^ A b The International Archives For The Jazz Organ - Germany
  4. ↑ CORONA VOCALIS
  5. ↑ Life of Saint Anthony as a Musical , February 23, 2015
  6. ↑ Life is more than just numbers and words , November 28, 2010, also on CD cf. Paulus Children's and Youth Choir St. Dionysius
personal data
SURNAME Wermeling, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Greven