Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast

Music Talk

Conversations about all things organ playing. Dr. Vidas Pinkevicius and Dr. Ausra Motuzaite-Pinkeviciene talk about organ practice, technique, registration, performance, improvisation, harmony, music theory and other aspects which make up Total...

Episodes

SOPP780: Mental Practice for Organists - Accessible and Effective Way

SOPP779: Breaking the Mental Block - How to Start Improvising Today

SOPP778: Essential Tips and Repertoire for Wedding and Funeral Organists

SOPP777: What organ repertoire would be comparable to the Durufle Requiem?

SOPP776: I am a 77 year old first year student who wishes to play the organ as fast as possible

SOPP775: My organ teacher told me not to look at my hands while I play

SOPP774: I got an email on notifying me that the processional and recessional hymns had been changed

SOPP773: What Is Your Technical Composing Process?

SOPP772: Does Practicing on a Smaller Pedalboard Ruin Technique for Standard Pedaling

SOPP771: How can I know when to use the total legato touch, or the non-legato, in playing hymns?

SOPP770: My dream for my organ playing is to be able to use the full compass pedal

SOPP769: Lately I have found myself repeating the same formulas in improvisation from week to week

SOPP768: My organ recital proposal was politely declined by the church committee

SOPP767: What strategies can help us expand our organ repertoire?

SOPP766: How can musicians effectively deal with nervousness and stage fright?

SOPP765: Could you suggest a recommended sequence—from the easiest to the most challenging—for students working through this set of BWV 553-560?

SOPP764: About Sophie-Veronique Cauchefer-Choplin’s Mass Playing at Saint Sulpice in Paris

SOPP763: About our Organ Recitals at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

SOPP761: I have no confidence in selecting registration, past the very basics

SOPP760: How easy it seems for you to improvise multiple processionals, and yet all different!