I've been to an organ concert recently where students played a joint recital. What struck me the most was how many of them did need an assistant. An assistant to turn pages, an assistant to draw stops, an assistant to engage couplers. This organ is all mechanical rather modest size studio instrument. It would be wise to train the students to practice doing all the work by themselves whenever possible, of course. That would come very handy on numerous occasions: when improvising, when trying out unfamiliar organs, when playing for church services. All of those experiences demand a solo work from an organist. Ausra's Harmony Exercise: Diatonic Sequence in G Minor: i-i7-iv Frank Mento: Seated at the console of the Cavaillé-Coll organ at Saint-Jean de Montmartre Church in Paris, France, where I was Titular Organist from 1979 to 2015 (listen to his story).
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Drs. Vidas Pinkevicius and Ausra Motuzaite-Pinkeviciene Organists of Vilnius University , creators of Secrets of Organ Playing. Don't have an organ at home? Download paper manuals and pedals, print them out, cut the white spaces, tape the sheets together and you'll be ready to practice anywhere where is a desk and floor. Make sure you have a higher chair. |