Pipe organs are typically associated with churches and cathedrals. Their very size and complexity can render them intimidating. But one young organist, Cameron Carpenter, is reshaping the perception ...
Pity the poor pipe organ. The behemoth instruments are often thought of as fusty relics of classical music — heard only in churches, vintage horror movies and increasingly fewer baseball stadiums. But ...
One of the most unique concerts I played in 2022 took place at the Lake Leelenau RV Park in northern Michigan. The owner of this park, a kindly widower in his 80s, is a lover of pipe organs and organ ...
Lifelong Bellefonte resident Virginia McClure has been “on the job” for 65 years at St. John Lutheran, playing the organ that ...
After 20,000 hours of design, installation and fine-tuning, Michigan State University's new pipe organ is ready for weddings, memorials and student recitals. The custom-designed Red Cedar Organ is the ...
For a year now, Adrian Binkley has gone into more than 30 churches around Philadelphia, hunting for sound. Binkley, a student of the organ at the Curtis Institute of Music, was tapped to be part of ...
As part of the Therese M. Grojean Classical Series at the Vilar Performing Arts Center, virtuoso organist Cameron Carpenter presents a preview of the program he will debut three days later for the NY ...
Classical 89’s Organ Fest, featuring six internationally-acclaimed organists, was held at the Salt Lake Tabernacle Friday, Sept. 23. After a pause because of COVID-19 restrictions, hundreds of people ...
Director Stacey Tenenbaum’s “Pipe Dreams,” is an eccentric film about a quirky subject: Organists, the ones who play Bach on apartment-sized instruments, with multiple keyboards, multiple sets of ...
The sound of an organ is triumphant when the "Wedding March" shakes a sanctuary, and whimsical from the bygone days of "pizza and pipes," and yet the chords of "A Whiter Shade of Pale" are somber and ...
Buddy Boyd grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and became fascinated with theater organs and their music. Before turning 20, Boyd already was involved with organ groups, and his love for the old-time ...