About

Equally comfortable in the roles of organ technician, concert organist, and church musician, Sol Rizzato (They/He) serves as the Service Manager and a voicer at the Ortloff Organ Company in Needham, Massachusetts, a role they began in June of 2026. Prior to their move to Massachusetts, Sol resided in Ohio, where they served as a voicer and lead service technician at the Muller Pipe Organ Company. In addition to their responsibilities as an organbuilder, Sol also served as the Director of Worship and the Arts at Washington Avenue Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Elyria, Ohio. They graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music with a Master of Music (Organ Performance) in May 2023, where they studied with Todd Wilson. Sol also holds dual Bachelor's degrees (Bachelor of Music– 2020, Organ Performance and Bachelor of Musical Arts– 2019, Viola Performance) from the University of Oklahoma. Due to their background as a violist, they have a particular love for orchestral transcriptions, symphonic organ design and voicing techniques, as well as the theatre organ. Sol has recorded multiple film scores for movie producers in California, New Jersey, Michigan, and Ohio, and can frequently be found accompanying shows at the Lorain Palace Theatre (Lorain, Ohio) on the 3/10 Wurlitzer organ. In March of 2021, Sol was named as a recipient of the Diapason’s “20 under 30,” a national award “recognizing young talents in the fields of organ and harpsichord performance, organ and harpsichord building, carillon, and church music.” In March of 2022, Sol was named as the graduate student winner of the Immanuel Lutheran Church (Evanston, Illinois) Organ Scholar Competition.

With over a decade of service as an organ technician, Sol has serviced over 700 instruments across 20 states and 9 countries. Sol has a particular passion for education and outreach and continues to lead workshops on pipe organ maintenance at the state and national levels. They particularly enjoy training new technicians in tuning and service techniques and teaching beginning organ students. Sol holds full, Regular membership in the American Institute of Organbuilders and the Colleague certification with the American Guild of Organists.

Sol continues to remain active as a professional violist and enjoys spending time with friends, cooking, weightlifting, and studying theology. He also has a particular passion for education and outreach and hopes to be in a teaching role in some capacity.