Johannes M. Schröder

Johannes M. Schröder (born 3 October 1991) is a German organist, composer and Catholic church musician. After several years responsible for the church music at the Westerwälder Dom, he moved to St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden. He is also a lecturer and a music editor.

Life Born in Hachenburg in the Westerwald, Schröder received instructions in piano and composition from age 12, and began learning the organ a year later. He studied liturgical and concert organ playing with the Würzburg Cathedral organist Stefan Schmidt from 2009 to 2012. He also received organ instructions from Peter Domjak in Essen and Frédéric Blanc in Paris.

Schröder studied Catholic church music and concert organ at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln

In May 2014, Schröder became church musician (hauptamtlicher Kirchenmusiker) at St. Bonifatius in Wirges, also known as Westerwälder Dom. He has played concerts in cathedral churches of Cologne, Limburg, Riga and Speyer, and at the Kölner Philharmonie. He has been a lecturer of harmony and work analysis (Harmonielehre und Werkanalyse) at the Wiesbadener Musikakademie from April 2014. a nun from Dernbach in the Westerwald (now in the Diocese of Limburg) who was canonised as a saint in 2018. His compositions were published by Carus-Verlag, and Dehm Verlag.

Chorale preludes for Gotteslob

Discography