Linda Andrews, Organ Instructor at Western Illinois University, received her BA degree in Music Education from WIU where she studied organ with Dr. Anita Werling, and horn with Roger Collins.…
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by Claire Bushong Juget-Sinclair, Op. 46 Sinai Lutheran Church Fremont, Nebraska Yesterday the altar flowers at Sinai were provided by a member of the congregation as a way of expressing…
By Ann B. Caldwell, DMA One of the highlights of my career as an academician and church musician was guiding a congregation in the restoration of its historic pipe organ.…
By Christine M. Clewell My first encounter with the organ music of Johann Sebastian Bach was at the age of six during my first piano recital. It was the month…
Lynne Davis Firmin-Didot Robert L. Town Distinguished Professor of Organ and Associate Professor Wichita State University Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres My family roots on my mother’s…
By Louise Mundinger Last summer I began to listen to a woman who died 258 years ago and left no words of her own. She copied music to be used…
TAKING ORGAN CONCERTS OUT OF THE “POTTED-PALM” MODE Dr. Jeannine Jordan Several years ago, Eileen Guenther, past National President of the American Guild of Organists, challenged organists, AGO chapters and…
By Damin Spritzer One of the things that most fascinated me when I was an organ student at conservatory was my classes in organ literature. They introduced me to hundreds…
By Katelyn Emerson Traveling to Europe is a rite of passage for organists. To climb the stairway of Notre Dame Cathedral is to walk in the footsteps of Louis Vierne and…