This links to a PDF with a comprehensive collection of activities to help acquisition of organ playing fluency
If you are going to learn the organ, it is imperative you get yourself a proper pair of organ shoes. Click here.
The Society of Organists (Vic) Inc. was founded in 1938 by a small group of Melbourne organists who felt the need for a fellowship of organists sharing the same communion of interests. Herbert Davis was elected the first President by his founding colleagues. The Society is a descendant of one of the oldest organists associations in the world and its origins can be traced back to the formation of a society of organists in Melbourne in 1887. The Society aims to encourage and uphold high musical standards amongst members, teachers and students of the organ, as well as fostering an interest in the organ and its music in the wider community.
Need an organist for a wedding, funeral or church service? The SOV maintains a list of organists available to play for any number of occasions. Contact our Registrar, Warwick Lewis, on mobile: 0499 171 701 or click on the image to email him.
Our friends at the Australia and New Zealand College of Organists are passionate about keeping the learning of the pipe organ alive. Click on the image to find out more.
OHTA has a complete list of every pipe organ in Australia. Click on the image to find out more.
The Melbourne International Festival or Organ and Harpsichord ran from 1973 - 2003. The site contains most of the original programs and a wealth of information about the festival. Click on the image to go to the site.
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“To my eyes and ears the organ will ever be the King of Instruments.”
“Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.”
From time to time, the society arranges visits to three or four organs in a particular area on a Saturday, during which a communal lunch is arranged at a local restaurant. It is an opportunity for members to visit local organs, hear a bit about the history of the organ, listen to a demonstration, then play the organ themselves. Always a very interesting day.
From time to time the Society supports visiting artists to give a concert and often a masterclass on one of our wonderful organs.
From time to time the Society runs a competition for budding composers to write Australian music for the pipe organ.
From time to time the Society will give a bequest to a budding student to help with lesson costs and development.
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The Organ, in music, is a keyboard instrument, operated by the player’s hands and feet, in which pressurized air produces notes through a series of pipes organized in scalelike rows. The term organ encompasses reed organs and electronic organs but, unless otherwise specified, is usually understood to refer to pipe organs. Although it is one of the most complex of all musical instruments, the organ has the longest and most involved history and the largest and oldest extant repertoire of any instrument in Western music.
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