marval
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I wonder how many organists have played something a little unusual in church. This article is amusing, for those who have or would like to.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3451683.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3451683.stm
. . . . . There is a high school in Fullerton, CA that has an organ in its auditorium. (High schools must have at one time been rather profligate with money!!) The dedication of the organ was done in 1930 by Schreiner, probably when he was univ. organist at UCLA. Small world we live in!! . . . . .
Perhaps, but I can't think of many schools in sydney that have organs decent enough for performances, besides Sydney Grammar and St Aloysius, and the two cathedral schools of course. Most of the school organs are very basic.Schools in Australia almost never have organs, in fact they just don't IF they're goverment owned and run. Privately run schools pretty much all have pipe organs.
Not down here they don't - private schools with a playable grand piano are rare, let alone a decent pipe organ. Having said that, I'm extremely fortunate to have finally secured a position at a school that has both a tremendous chapel AND a tremendous organ, well equipped for recitals and solos (which is good since it doesn't get to accompany school hymn singing anymore!). Guess where I spend my free lessons? (when I'm through marking assignments and writing exam papers that is ... not much free time at all really ).Schools in Australia almost never have organs, in fact they just don't IF they're goverment owned and run. Privately run schools pretty much all have pipe organs.