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Matthew Kaminski (born 1976 or 1977 (age 47–48)) is an American musician who is the stadium organist for the Atlanta Braves baseball team. [1] He is known internationally for his use of Twitter to interact with fans to select walk-on music for members of the opposing teams.
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The organ music was used for what was called "psychological accompaniment" for events at the stadium, especially hockey matches. Other stadiums that featured hockey games began getting their own organs including Madison Square Garden in 1936, and the Boston Garden in 1939.
Similar to Atlanta Braves organist Matthew Kaminski's use of organ walkup songs, Imber plays a short flourish tailored for each player upon a goal or assist announcement. In 2020, the Loyola Marymount Lions baseball team announced Imber as organist for its Sunday Kids Days promotion. [4]
Stadium organs aren't an endangered species, and there isn't exactly a surplus of them in major league ballparks. But if you're looking for signs of their sustained influence on America's pastime ...
In 1964, she was hired by the New York Mets to play the organ at Shea Stadium. [6] She is remembered at Shea for playing the Mets theme song, "Meet The Mets" (music and lyrics by Ruth Roberts and Bill Katz), which debuted in the 1963 season before every home game, followed by the Jarvis composed "Let's Go Mets", [7] as the team took the field.
Gladys Goodding (June 18, 1893 – November 18, 1963) was an American musician who served as the stadium organist at Ebbetts Field for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1942 to 1957, when the team left Brooklyn and moved to Los Angeles. She began her sports career playing organ in Madison Square Garden.