[rodgersorgan] Re: Id reasing lips really a requirement for being a churchorganist?


Our minister of music was on vacation yesterday. The scheduled pianist was 
sick yesterday and the other pianist was out of town. I came in at the last 
minute to fill in on the piano. I had to play for the congregationals which 
was easy, and accompany a soloist.

Matt G.
CaddyOrganist@xxxxxxxxxxx


>From: "noel jones, aago" <zimbelstern@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [rodgersorgan] Id reasing lips really a requirement for being a 
>church organist?
>Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 20:09:33 -0400
>
>
>This morning we had a talk through of the service prior to the service,
>sort of a football huddle, director of music, me at the organ and the
>pianist, with a choir member kibitzing.  Then during the opening prayer
>I started getting vocal signals from the director of music.  Based  upon
>upon what I read from his lips, which I am not good at...and the hand
>motion, I began the hymn without spoken introduction and it worked.
>
>Also played a transition from one hymn in 3 flats to one in 4 flats,
>lasted 10 measures, and ended up giving no sense of the key  of the hymn
>to be sung...but by holding the final chord until the director of music
>began to twitch a bit I was able to let him know it was time to sing!
>
>Any other delightful stories of the morning...
>
>--
>noel jones, aago
>athens, tennessee, usa
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