Member Chalkboard & Other News
Organic Diversions | March 2021
Submitted by Royce Eckhardt
A Peek Into Your Home Practice Space…
Here is a photograph of the organ in our house. It is a Petite Ensemble built by Geo. Kilgen & Son that we acquired in 2015 from a friend in Chicago. It is the builder's Opus 3467 and consists of 3-ranks that are all enclosed making it an ideal...
Member Chalkboard | February 2021
Mary SimmonsSpecial Birthday Wishes to Mary who is having a birthday on February 22. May this be a wonderful day of celebration with those who love and admire you. Sharon PetersonI have found that pre-recording organ music for worship services, whether online and/or...
Organ Scholarship Initiative Update
Organ Scholarship Initiative | February, 2021 Do you know someone who would like to take organ lessons? Do you want to give three free lessons to an eager learner? Are you thinking of making a donation to the Scholarship Fund to ensure Chapter memberships can be...
Organic Diversions
A Biblical Nursery In naming the various rooms of the church’s new educational building, appropriate Bible verses were selected for this purpose. On the door of the nursery was this verse: “We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.” (I Corinthians 15:51)...
Member’s Chalkboard | January 2021
In last month’s newsletter, I asked if anyone had done something new recently (Ed.) I am amazed at the technology that is now common for me to use. Just today I was able to successfully send performance files using an iCloud link. This makes it possible for me to...
Guest Contributor: Patricia Radosavljevic
Some interesting reading from a printed article and score in the January 1918 Etude magazine. The Etude January 1918 - Nov 15 2020 - 2-49 PMDownload Gavotte In A Gluck-Brahms - Nov 15 2020 - 2-46 PMDownload Department Of Organists - Nov 15 2020 - 3-03 PMDownload...
Organic Diversions | January 2021
Hey, music friends: Music has more power than you may have realized! Be sure to watch until the end! Some cheer on a gloomy day during a pandemic!! Submitted by Royce Eckhardt
Member Chalkboard | December 2020
What happened to Thanksgiving worship? Has our society become so secular that nobody wants to go to church on Thanksgiving morning? Today, on this particularly lonely Thanksgiving in the midst of COVID, I cannot help thinking back to the wonderful Thursday...
Guest Essay: “The Substitute Organist’s Smart Checklist to Avoid “Oops, Oh, Hmm and But!” by Robert Woodworth
So you want to be a substitute organist? As I have found over several years as a substitute organist, this can be a creative challenge as all organs, organ consoles, all pedal boards, all churches and all services/Masses may be quite different! From the very first...