About

Photo by Doug Coombe

Latimer Rogland is a student of Nicole Keller at the University of Michigan in the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. An experienced organist, pianist, and collaborative and church musician. particular focuses include new and experimental works, counterpoint, organ building and technology, music by under-represented composers, the modern digital landscape of music, and the intersection of organ and electronics. An active performer, primarily with organ and electronics, Latimer has been a finalist in numerous competitions including the 2025 Sursa American Organ Competition at Ball State University (Muncie, IN), National Undergraduate Organ Competition (Ottumwa, IA) and the Immanuel Lutheran Organ Scholar Competition (Evanston, IL), with performances in venues across the United States, including Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, MI, and Woolsey Hall in New Haven, CT, in addition to collaborations with U-M's Contemporary Directions Ensemble, University Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Collegiate and Youth Symphony Bands. As a designer, Latimer directs the content, visual material and aesthetics for U-M’s Organ Department. A member of the inaugural cohort of Organ Scholars at First Presbyterian Church (Columbia, SC), Latimer Rogland studied organ with Thomas Russell as well as piano and percussion with Anna Hamilton and Matthew Jones, respectively, with additional organ instruction from Martin Schmeding, James O’Donnell, Tom Bara, Lynne Davis, Felix Hell, Jeanette Fischell, Johnathan Gregoire, and Catherine Rodland.