I am very concerned about the lack of young organists in my sparsely populated area of New Mexico. I frankly don't have a clue as to who could replace me in my church when I get too old to crawl to the bench. What is the answer?? Who knows. I am forced to play keyboards in a contemporary service as I don't have a midi compatible Rodgers as of yet. Nobody understands how much I dislike playing those keyboards as it feels like a waste of my training. I hope my church will move soon and replace our organ with a new one. They just don't understand what the difference is, & I don't know how to convey that to them. Any suggestions from anyone else who has had the same problem? Ronnie Johnston ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Torlai" <rltorlai@xxxxxxx> To: <rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 9:48 AM Subject: [rodgersorgan] Re: A tale of two organs > > Noel: > > I believe the answer of young people not attending organ concerts has > something to do with the family not doing it so they don't do it either. We > know that we have that "special appreciation" or that calling and the love > of the instrument, but not that many youngsters know what that is. Parents > that do attend functions do so around Christmas and then after going to the > concert, remember it briefly before going on to the television set and the > kids go up to their rooms to play nintendo. It takes a special dedicated > parent to put music in front of their children and drum it into their heads > so that they grow up with a "clue" about the wonderful world of music, let > alone the wonderful world of organ. > > When I was in college (many years ago) the emphasis was in piano. So many > really good pianists were attempting to make it as concert pianists, only to > fail getting into a good college because they simply weren't good > enough...so then they started taking organ jobs to help get some money > coming in. I believe the keyboard is still pushed today, but once again, its > the piano...but these kids should be forced to attend organ concerts (if > there are any given) just so they can see what a real instrument is and > maybe, they would fall in love, the way i did many years ago. > > Rich > > > >From: "Noel Heinze" <noel.heinze@xxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: "RodgersUsers" <rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: [rodgersorgan] A tale of two organs > >Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 08:46:33 -0400 > > > > > >Private UMC college nearby recently installed a 69-rank tracker action > >instrument in their performing arts hall...cost $1.1 million, that's about > >$16,000 per rank (!!), builder is not one of the better-known firms, was > >hand-picked by the powers-that-be, no other firms were invited to bid on > >the job (!!), I attended inaugural concert a few nights ago...hall seats > >700 and was packed, but VERY few under the age of 60-70...why? Fellow > >AGO'ers who were there concur that it looks nice but leaves a lot to be > >desired otherwise, tracker or not. > >Also attended recital at a local Presbyt. church, small-ish building, seats > >about 300, they had a 20-odd rank pipe organ, recently added 30-odd ranks > >of Walker electronics and new console, all agree it sounds wonderful. Why > >not Rodgers or Allen? Very dry acoustic...doesn't Walker offer "reverb" to > >fix this? > > > >Noel Heinze, Asheville, NC > >St. Giles Chapel, Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community > >Rodgers 835B and PR300S > > > > > >! > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Find new MIDI music and Guides to Rodgers Organs at www.frogmusic.com > > > >To post send messages to: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >To unsubscribe or change mail delivery (digest, vacation) > >go to www.frogmusic.com/rodgersmem.html > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive larger attachments with Hotmail Extra Storage. > http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es > > ! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Find new MIDI music and Guides to Rodgers Organs at www.frogmusic.com > > To post send messages to: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe or change mail delivery (digest, vacation) > go to www.frogmusic.com/rodgersmem.html > > ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Find new MIDI music and Guides to Rodgers Organs at www.frogmusic.com To post send messages to: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change mail delivery (digest, vacation) go to www.frogmusic.com/rodgersmem.html