Calling organ students - young and not so young

Calling organ students - young and not so young

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After a very successful recent "Sydney Organ Competition" the Organ Music Society of Sydney (Sydney Chapter of the AGO) launched a special online newsletter for young organists which can be downloaded from its website. Four issues per year.

The first issue is contains an article by reknowned early music specialist Jaques van Ortmessen on early fingering, a Q and A section by an organbuilder (this one on why we should leave the swell pedal open when switching off the organ) and an article on exploring Australian organ music, particularly for school music examinations.The first issue is 10 pages!

The Society's homepage is found at http://www.sydneyorgan.com/ and a link to the new "Youth News" can be found down towards the bottom of the page.

New Zealanders will agree this is a fine initiative by Mark Quarmby and his team. It will be of interest to students of the organ well beyond the "youth" category and beyond the shores of Australia.