Workshop – Fearless and Fun: A New Approach to Teaching Keyboard Skills

Hyatt Regency: Hanover E 256 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA, United States

Presented by: Anne Marsden Thomas, MBE, BMus, FRCO, FRSCM, ARAM and Frederick Stocken, PhD Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover E Most students concentrate on learning pieces, postponing the study of […]

Workshop – The Organ Music of Carl Rütti

Hyatt Regency: Hanover E 256 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA, United States

Presented by: Charles Boyd Tompkins, DMA Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover E Carl Rütti (b. 1949) is one of the outstanding Swiss composers of our time. His extensive catalogue of compositions includes a number of striking and colorful works for solo organ. Rütti has also composed anthems and longer choral works with organ accompaniment, all […]

Workshop – A Discussion for New Organ Teachers: Where to Start and How to Proceed?

Hyatt Regency: Hanover E 256 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA, United States

Presented by: Stephen Price, MM Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover E This presentation serves to explore organ pedagogy with the intent of encouraging more organists to become teachers. Questions concerning lesson plans, choosing music, and accommodating the student’s needs are likely to arise in the minds of prospective teachers. The presentation will begin with how […]

Regional Meeting – North Central

Hyatt Regency: Hanover E 256 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA, United States

Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover E The North Central Region includes the states of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, as well as the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Nunavut.

Workshop – Leo Sowerby, Part II

Hyatt Regency: Hanover E 256 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA, United States

Presented by: Faythe Freese, DM Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover E The year 2020 marks the quasquicentennial of Leo Sowerby, the American organist, composer, and church musician often referred to as the "Dean of American Church Music" in the early to mid-20th Century. This workshop will focus on the three compositional periods of organ plus […]

Workshop – Leo Sowerby, Part I

Hyatt Regency: Hanover E 256 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA, United States

Presented by: Faythe Freese, DM Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover E The year 2020 marks the quasquicentennial of Leo Sowerby, the American organist, composer, and church musician often referred to as the "Dean of American Church Music" in the early to mid-20th Century. This workshop will focus on the three compositional periods of organ plus […]

Workshop – An Introduction of the Organ School “With Hands and Feet”

Hyatt Regency: Hanover E 256 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA, United States

Presented by: Ulrike Theresia Wegele Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover E This trilingual organ method (English, German, French) is for beginners age 8+ and for autodidacts. It comes in three volumes and proves that one can learn the organ right from the beginning without knowing notes or having played a keyboard instrument. This totally new […]