Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #57! http://www.organduo.lt ​Today’s guest is Peter Sykes who is one of the most distinguished and versatile keyboard artists performing today. (Photo by Susan Wilson) His playing has variously been called “compelling and moving,” “magnificent and revelatory,” and “bold, imaginative, and amazingly accurate.” In demand as a teacher and mentor of aspiring...

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #64! http://www.organduo.lt/podcast ​Today's guest is Robert McCormick who is the Organist and Choirmaster at Saint Mark's Church, Philadelphia. Prior to this apointment he was the Director of Music at St. Paul's Parish, Washington DC. Just recently Robert signed the contract with Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC. A summa cum laude graduate in or...

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #65! http://www.organduo.lt/podcast ​ Today's guest is ​Nico Declerck, an organist from Belgium and founder of orgelradio project - 24/7 internet radio broadcasts of organ music. Since January 4, 2016 orgelradio has reached more than 74.000 listeners in 137 countries. Nico studied the organ in Belgium (Antwerp) with Stanislas Deriemaeker and Joris Verdin...

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #63! http://www.organduo.lt/podcast Today's guest is James D. Hicks from the USA who is most known for his Nordic Journey project the aim of which is to promote rarely heard and undiscovered organ music from the Nordic countries. ​Just a little over a week ago I met James in Vilnius where he for the first time in Lithuania performed music from Sweden, No...

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #62! Today's guest is Robin Gullbrandsson from Sweden who knows a whole lot about preserving heritage old churches and organs. He was born in 1980 and grew up on the countryside in western Sweden. Currently Robin is a heritage officer at Västergötland Museum in Skara from this winter, prior to that 2006-2016 he worked at Jönköping County Museum. His main...

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #61! http://www.organduo.lt/podcast Today's guest is Arjan Breukhoven from the Netherlands who is the titular organist of the old church (builded in 1732) in Berkel and Rodenrijs. He plays each year about 450 concerts and services. He has worked on numerous recordings for radio and TV and about 200 CD’s and DVD’s. Besides all this, he is also the directo...

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #60! https://www.organduo.lt Today's guest is ​Sławomir Zubrzycki – outstanding Polish pianist, soloist and chamber musician specializing in performing contemporary music, composer, and constructor of musical instruments. He's a graduate of the Academy of Music in Cracow (1988, piano – prof. T. Żmudziński’s class, modern music – prof. A. Kaczyński’s clas...

​Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #59! http://www.organduo.lt/podcast Today's guest is Dr. Scott Elsholz who currently serves as Music Director/Organist at the Catholic Church in Bartlett, TN, where he leads a vibrant music ministry of five vocal and instrumental ensembles. Previously, he served as Canon Organist/Choirmaster at St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Memphis, where he led a c...

​Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #58! Today's guest is David Knight, an organist from England. He was educated at the University of London and the Royal Academy of Music in London. He has held posts as Director of Music at an English secondary school and a college of higher education. During this time he also had posts as accompanist and conductor of a selection of choirs. ​He has been...

Today’s guest is Lynne Davis, an American concert organist, pedagogue, and recording artist. She is world-renown for her expertise in French music, culture, and style. Having been educated by the finest American and French organ masters, her career was launched by taking First Prize at the 1975 St. Albans International Organ Competition in England – the eighth organist to receive that honor since...

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #55! Helping Reach Your Dreams: http://www.organduo.lt Today's guest is Frederik Magle, a contemporary composer, concert organist and pianist from Denmark. His music has been performed by The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zürcher Kammerorchester, The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Riga Philharmonic Orchestra, Sout...

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #54! Secrets of Organ Playing - Helping Reach Your Dreams with Vidas Pinkevicius, DMA: http://www.organduo.lt Today's guest is Jeremy David Tarrant, an internationally acclaimed concert organist and church musician from Detroit, Michigan. In performances that are consistently hailed as elegant, communicative, and powerfully artistic, Mr. Tarrant is incre...

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #53! (hosted by Vidas PInkevicius, DMA) Secrets of Organ Playing - Helping Reach Your Dreams: http://www.organduo.lt Today's guest is Glenn Tompkins from Mesa, Arizona who is a fellow blogger, artist, improviser on accordion and a great lover of organ music. He has always been fascinated by sound, textures, color and atmosphere. Early in his life he lear...

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #52! Today's guest is Dr. Marie Rubis Bauer who is Archdiocesan Director of Music – Cathedral Organist at Saint Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha, Nebraska which houses the landmark Martin Pasi, Op. 14 dual temperament pipe organ. Since 2010 she has also served as organ instructor on the Creighton University faculty. In this conversation, Dr. Rubis Bauer shares...

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #51! (hosted by Vidas Pinkevicius, DMA): http://www.organduo.lt William Whitehead has gained a wide reputation for his engaging and inspiring interpretation of the organ repertoire. His concert career was given a boost when he won first prize at the Odense International organ competition in Denmark, 2004. Since then he has traveled widely giving concerts...

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #50! (hosted by Vidas Pinkevicius, DMA) http://www.organduo.lt/podcast Today's guest is Dr. Crista Miller, who is the Director of Music and Organist at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, Texas. She is a Committee Chair for procuring Martin Pasi's Opus 19 organ and leads a growing music and concert program at the Sacred Heart. A member of Ea...

Today's guest is Dr. Don Cook who is an Associate Professor of Organ at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah where he has been teaching since 1991. In that capacity he has blended multimedia with traditional one-on-one instruction in teaching beginning organ instruction to well over 5000 pianists. Prior to that time he held full-time organist positions at First UMC, Lubbock, Texas, and at Christ...

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #48! (hosted by Vidas Pinkevicius, DMA): http://www.organduo.lt Today's guest is Dr. Martin Jean who is Professor of Organ and Director of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. Professor Jean has performed widely throughout the United States and Europe and is known for his wide repertorial interests. He was awarded first place at the international Grand Pr...

SOP Podcast #47 - What Does It Take To Play An Organ Duet (by Vidas PInkevicius, DMA and Ausra-Motuzaite-Pinkeviciene, DMA) Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #47! Today is a very special podcast. Ausra and I are in the beautiful resort town of Nida on the peninsula of the Baltic coast. The entire region (Curonian Spit) is protected by UNESCO. Last night we performed an organ duet recital...

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #46 (hosted by Vidas Pinkevicius, DMA) http://www.organduo.lt/podcast Today's guest is Tom Trenney, an American organist who is known for his engaging improvisations on hymns, submitted themes, silent films, scripture, poetry, and artwork, Tom became the first organist to be awarded First Prize and Audience Prize in the American Guild of Organists’ (AGO)...

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #45! Today's guest Dr. Michael Dierks, a Swedish organist from the German church in Stockholm. This church is famous because in the 17th century there worked one of the most significant students of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, the master Dutch organist, composer, and teacher, Andreas Duben. Michael has the privilege to play an organ which Duben himself als...

SOP Podcast 44 - On Church Organ Music In Lithuania (hosted by Vidas PInkevicius with Ausra Motuzaite-Pinkeviciene and Paulius Grigonis) Secrets of Organ Playing - Helping Reach your Dreams: http://www.organduo.lt Today's guests are my wife, Ausra Motuzaite-Pinkeviciene and my friend and colleague, Paulius Grigonis who is an organist at St. Joseph church in Vilnius. Back in 2007 all 3 of us have f...

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #43! http://www.organduo.lt/podcast (hosted by Vidas Pinkevicius, DMA) Today's guest is Prof. Guy Bovet from Switzerland who is appreciated in the musical world as a many-sided, original and cultivated artist, active in many fields. He is constantly on the road travelling to all parts of the world where organs are played, and keeps a busy concert schedul...

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #42! Today's guest is Dr. Carl Dodrill, Ph. D., who is past dean of the Seattle AGO Chapter and also president of the Pipe Organ Foundation. His work has focused on encouraging young people’s interest in organ and also on making the pipe organ appealing to and available to people in the general population. Dr. Dodrill is also Professor Emeritus of Neurol...

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #41! Secrets of Organ Playing: http://www.organduo.lt Today's guest is Sara Schott, an organist from Lincoln, Nebraska. Sara was our boss at Grace Lutheran church when I and Ausra were doctoral students at University of Nebraska-Lincoln and worked as part-time organists at Grace. Currently she is an organist and music director there. She directs 4 choirs...