Yesterday we were reminded that the Three Choirs Festival has an essential worship component, and I wanted to describe in more detail the worship services we have attended so far. The opening service was called “Festal Mattins,” which of course is a different spelling from that used in the United States. During the grand procession… Read More Worship at Three Choirs
So yesterday I was feeling just a tad smug when I read this posting on the Facebook Organists Association page: So, while having breakfast with my pastor today, he takes out his iPhone and begins playing recordings of me that he has made while standing at the back of church (at masses that he was… Read More The organ whisperer
I’ve written posts about the vanishing organist before — the fact that there are fewer and fewer organists around the world. Some of this may be due to changing worship styles where the organ is no longer in a place of prominence. Some of this may be due to the fact that it takes many… Read More The vanishing organist