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The Royal College of Organists (RCO) is a charity [1] and membership organisation based in the United Kingdom, with members worldwide. Its role is to promote and advance organ playing and choral music, and it offers music education, training and development, and professional support for organists and choral directors.
Richard (Irven) Purvis (August 25, 1913 – December 25, 1994) was an American organist, composer, conductor and teacher. He was best known for his expressive recordings of the organ classics and his own lighter compositions for the instrument.
He was the featured organist at the 1977 International Contemporary Organ Music Festival at the Hartt School of Music. [1] He was one of the leading organ teachers of his time in the United States. Among his more than 100 former students were organists such as Stefan Engels, George C. Baker, Ignace Michiels, Carole Terry and Wolfgang Rübsam.
André Knevel (born 13 January 1950) is a Canadian concert organist, [citation needed] arranger, accompanist and organ teacher. He performs the works of major organ composers and also improvises on well-known themes and hymn melodies.
During his time at Salisbury, Cook made his debut solo organ recordings with Priory Records, a recording company with whom he has released 14 solo CDs to date. Most of these have been made on the world-famous Father Willis Organ in Salisbury, whose digital sampling for the Hauptwerk organ software Cook oversaw.
An organ is constructed using a set of recorded sample files in conjunction with an XML configuration file that defines organ parameters, such as ranks, stops, manuals, coupling and organ images for display in Hauptwerk's user interface. The audio output is based on recorded samples which are then modified by several different technologies. [9]
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The next year he attained a staff organist position at WLW, where he gained a following on the Moon River program. [1] [3] Erwin also worked other shows at the station including Singin' Sam the Barbasol Man. [3] He returned to theatre work in 1934 when the Paramount Theatre in Cincinnati audience-tested a return of organ music during interludes ...