September 2014 marks the 5th anniversary of when I started organ lessons. 5 years of taking lessons is a huge milestone. My initial goal when starting out was to become a church organist within 5 years. I have …
In August, I attended 3 concerts – 2 pipe organ and a city band concert. Both pipe organ concerts were part of St. Francis recital series presented by the Ann Arbor AGO chapter. Each Monday …
One of the first skills I learned when starting organ lessons was finger substitution. If you are not an organist, you may not know what finger substitution is. When I took piano lessons in my …
In early 2009, I decided that I wanted to take organ lessons. You can read about how I reached that decision here. After a couple of months of thinking about it, I decided to take action …
Last Tuesday I met Michael for another lesson. Since my previous lesson, Michael has become the organist at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church. This church does not have a pipe organ. They are using an Allen electronic …
There have been a few pieces that I have learned to play from memory. I did not set out to learn to play them from memory, it just happened. I had to play the piece …
Playing the pipe organ music has been called a lost art. Organists have been replaced in many churches by modern praise bands. However, the mighty Pipe Organ is still alive and there are thousands of …
I have been practicing the organ for over four years at home. During this time I have developed some habits and made up rules. My made up rules do have to be logical to anyone …