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Girls can play the organ, too

Organiste

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I have the feeling that most of my esteemed colleagues in this forum are male. I am not, and my husband commented one day when he saw what I was searching for on my iPad, "The Male Organ forum?"

What can I say. I just about fell over laughing.

Anne (aka Organiste)
 

dll927

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What the forum is does not necessarily mean what organists are. I've known or known of female organists since shortly after the hills were created. And some of them made darned good names for themselves -- witness the late Marie-Claire Alain and many others. Don't lose sleep over who contributes to the forum!
 

wljmrbill

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Yea Anne..There are many very fine female organist in the world now and in the past. As Dll927 mention we lost Marie- Clare in the last week..Join right in Anne..
 

Krummhorn

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I have the feeling that most of my esteemed colleagues in this forum are male. I am not, and my husband commented one day when he saw what I was searching for on my iPad, "The Male Organ forum?"
Anne (aka Organiste)

All genders are quite welcome on this forum. As previous members have stated, there are many fine female organists, Pamela Decker, Carol Williams, Jennifer Bate, Joan Lippincott, Diane Bish, to name a few. In my region, it's a 50/50 split between male and female professional organists.

Anyway, welcome to the forum :wave:.
 

marval

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This is a great place for organists and non organists, both male and female.


Margaret
 

Corno Dolce

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And probably the most skilled improviser and virtuoso lady organist, who was also a student of Marcel Dupre, who left us too early is Jeanne Demessieux.
 

dll927

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What ever happened to "Methodist Girl"?? I haven't seen her tag on here in quite a while. Are you there MG???

As for Ms. Demessieux, if memory serves me, she was rather famous for always playing with high-heel shoes. That's quite an order!!
 
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Corno Dolce

Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
What ever happened to "Methodist Girl"?? I haven't seen her tag on here in quite a while. Are you there MG???

As for Ms. Demessieux, if memory serves me, she was rather famous for always playing with high-heel shoes. That's quite an order!!

And Ms. Demessieux's heels...Quite a tall order:grin:
 
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