One of the organs to be featured in the 2019 Organ Historical Society Convention in Dallas, the 1977 Robert L. Sipe organ in the sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church at Harwood and Wood in ...

For starters, pianos and organs are not the same thing. Just because Sister Mary Brown tickles the ivories doesn’t mean she’ll be immediately capable of playing the organ if she is called to do so by ...

It’s no secret that church organists have become scarce these days, as fewer young people are interested in studying organ, and older organists are retiring. An article by Jonathan M. Pitts in the ...

GARFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI-- As a 5-year-old, Benjamin LaPrairie would sit in the front row of the balcony at St. Anne's Church in Linwood for Sunday Mass, fixated on a pair of feet pushing an organ's ...

SPRINGFIELD—After 36 years as "the heart and soul of making a joyful noise unto to the Lord at Christ Church Cathedral," Peter B. Beardsley will play his last hymn as organist/choir director on Sunday ...

Nearly every day for more than a year, Mike Wolf has spent time on his knees at St. Leo Church. He hasn't been praying -- though perhaps he should have been, given what he's been up against. The ...

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EVERY seasoned organist likes to talk about ‘managing’ a pipe organ, and I used to wonder why. Nobody speaks of ‘managing’ a piano or a piccolo. But neither of these instruments has the capacity or ...