Wolfgang Reisinger

Dr. Wolfgang Reisinger has been appointed Visiting Professor of Organ and Church Music for the 2025-2026 academic year.  Dr. Reisinger hails from Vienna, Austria, and his interim appointment follows the retirement of Dr. Michael Bauer, who served the University of Kansas as Professor of Organ and Church Music for 38 years.

Dr. Reisinger started his teaching career in Upper Austria and became professor at the Conservatory of sacred music in Vienna in 1990. There he taught Organ, Improvisation, Harmony, Organ Building and Design, Liturgical Organ Playing, and History of Sacred Music. He also served as guest professor at the University of Music in Vienna, and taught Hymnology and Figured Bass at the University of Music in Graz, Austria.

Dr. Reisinger studied church music and organ performance at the Vienna University of Music before assuming the post once held by Anton Bruckner at the Abbey of St. Florian west of Vienna.  He subsequently served as cathedral organist in Strängnäs, Sweden, and between from 2001 to 2003 served as Director of Music at the Saint Lawrence Catholic Campus Center in Lawrence, Kansas, as he completed his first doctorate in organ performance at KU.  He received a second doctorate in musicology in 2008 from the University of Music in Vienna.  He has concertized widely throughout Europe, performing a broad repertoire for organ, and always including improvisation in his performances.  He has composed numerous works for liturgy and has served as chief editor for music publications with Doblinger, Vienna. 

In addition to his work as a university professor, concert organist, conductor, and practicing church musician, Dr. Reisinger has extensive experience as an organ consultant, overseeing all of the building, renovation, and restoration of pipe organs and tower bells in Vienna.  Wolfgang Reisinger maintains a vast network of European and American friends and colleagues who constantly broaden his musical horizons.