Pity the poor pipe organ. The behemoth instruments are often thought of as fusty relics of classical music — heard only in churches, vintage horror movies and increasingly fewer baseball stadiums. But British keyboardist James McVinnie wants you to hear ...

As part of the Therese M. Grojean Classical Series at the Vilar Performing Arts Center, virtuoso organist Cameron Carpenter presents a preview of the program he will debut three days later for the NY Phil. The program features two “showpieces for ...

Mozart evidently once commented to the German piano maker Johann Andreas Stein, “To my eyes and ears, the organ will ever be the King of Instruments.”  Honoré Balzac, the psychologically-tangled French novelist was equally enthusiastic and wrote,

The world watched in horror as the magnificent Notre Dame Cathedral burned yesterday. Musicians began asking, but what about the organ? The organ is the largest in France, with five keyboards, 115 stops and more than 8,000 pipes, of which 900 are ...

Classical 89’s Organ Fest, featuring six internationally-acclaimed organists, was held at the Salt Lake Tabernacle Friday, Sept. 23. After a pause because of COVID-19 restrictions, hundreds of people attended the concert. “It’s been three years since ...

One of the most unique concerts I played in 2022 took place at the Lake Leelenau RV Park in northern Michigan. The owner of this park, a kindly widower in his 80s, is a lover of pipe organs and organ music, as well as being very handy with electronics and ...

First Baptist Church of Marietta began its concert series on last week featuring the Reuter Pipe Organ in the sanctuary. The series continues on subsequent first Sundays of July and August with each concert starting at 3 p.m. A wide variety of music will ...

She takes the 21 steps up the narrow staircase to the balcony of Canoga Park Lutheran Church to perform one final song on the pipe organ she’s played almost every Sunday since the church opened in 1960. Christine Benich is 97 years old, but you’d never ...