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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.
His theatre organ teacher was Al Melgard, famous as the Staff Organist on the Barton organ at the Chicago Stadium. [3] When Melgard retired in 1975 he gave Strony his Oak Park, IL teaching studio. Strony later studied piano with Giulio Favrio of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
A biographical video retrospective, "A Life's Harmony", was created in 2007 to recognize Mason's exceptional teaching and mentorship. [8] She was the longest-serving faculty member at the University of Michigan, retiring after 67 years, [9] and was recognized in 2013 with a symposium in her honor titled "Teacher of Music, Teacher of Life".
Johnson published well over 300 compositions, most of them for church use, and was author of an Instruction Book for Beginning Organists (1964) and an Organ Teacher's Guide (1971). [1] Johnson's Trumpet Tune in D (1962) is the opening and closing theme for the weekly radio show With Heart and Voice, with host Peter DuBois. [2]
David John Briggs (born 1 November 1962) is an English organist and composer. [1]He started his career as a cathedral organist as Assistant Organist at Hereford Cathedral before becoming the organist of Truro and Gloucester Cathedrals.
John Robinson (born 1983) is an English organist and choral conductor. Currently, he is the Director of Music at Blackburn Cathedral. [1] [2] Robinson is active as an Organ Recitalist, having performed in venues across the US and Europe, and recorded on the organ for Priory Records, Herald Records, Hyperion Records, Regent Records (UK) and Ambisonic.
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The Orgelkids instrument is a mechanical, tracker organ with two octaves (24 keys) and two registers which can be used independently or in combination. Air (wind in organ parlance) is supplied by a hand-pumped bellows. [3] All the materials used are identical to those used in a large pipe organ (such as oak wood and sheep leather). Children ...