For starters, pianos and organs are not the same thing. Just because Sister Mary Brown tickles the ivories doesn’t mean she’ll be immediately capable of playing the organ if she is called to do so by ...

Many American churches are doing everything they can to attract new generations of parishioners. And often, that means less traditional organ music and Christian hymns. But the organist at the West ...

My boss asked me the other day if I knew anything about the hymn “Faith of Our Fathers.” Since I have been an organist in the Catholic Church for about 25 years now, I must have played the hymn dozens ...

It’s no secret that church organists have become scarce these days, as fewer young people are interested in studying organ, and older organists are retiring. An article by Jonathan M. Pitts in the ...

The Wyoming Chapter of the American Guild of Organists presents two performances this week by acclaimed organist and composer Robert Hobby. Hobby’s “A Festival of Hymns” concert is 7:30 p.m. Thursday, ...

For many worshippers, only a pipe organ makes church feel like church. That is apparently the sentiment of the leadership and a significant percentage of the congregation of Valley Baptist Church, so ...