March 2015 Lesson – confidence and showing improvement
Last Saturday, I had my latest organ lesson with Michael. I didn’t have a lesson in February as the day we were scheduled to meet there was too much snow. At this lesson, I learned …
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January 2015 Lesson: Forgetting about the singers and the easy way out
Last Saturday, I had another organ lesson. I was hopeful going into that at least some of the pieces would get a passing mark. That did not happen. Overall, I am still have issues with …
November 2014 Organ Lesson – What would the cat say?
Last Saturday, I met Michael at his church in Toledo for another organ lesson. The first piece I played was the prelude from the Prelude and Fugue in F Major (BWV 556). This was my …
Reflections on 5 years of organ lessons (Sept 2009 – Sept 2014)
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 …
June 2014 Organ Lesson with an experiment
Last Saturday, I met with Michael for another organ lesson. It had been 10 weeks since my last lesson! We did an experiment with “Crown Him with Many Crowns” which I share about at the end …
April 2014 Organ Lesson and my first YouTube video
Last Saturday, my organ lesson did not start out very well. It felt disastrous to me! I choose to start with the hymn, “At the Name of Jesus”. I felt nervous performing for Michael. I …
Making it more complicated than it needs to be – December 2013 Lesson
I met with Michael at the end of December for my last lesson of 2013. The lesson went well overall. I demonstrated improvement since my previous lesson which was an accomplishment itself. December was a …
Completing a goal
A year ago I set a goal to practice ten hours in a week. This week, for the first time ever, I am on track to reach this goal. I have failed at the same goal for …