A Pipe Organist Invites You to Bliss Out to Her Dreamy Colors

Ellen Arkbro makes music that shifts and churns with scant regard for harmonic convention. She’s one of the most interesting ...
Parkersburg News and Sentinel

Church organist shortage poses challenge

Steve Brown practices for Sunday’s church service at Christ United Methodist Church in Marietta. (Photos by Michele Newbanks) MARIETTA — Although there has been a shortage of church organists ...
The New Yorker

The Organists Improvising Soundtracks to Silent Films

During the silent era, thousands of movie-theatre organs raised their quirky, quavery voices, with the Mighty Wurlitzer being ...
Post-Bulletin

Organist leads in longevity

I've been doing an occasional series on veteran church organists. Today's organ master likely leads the field in longevity at the mighty "King of Instruments." His name is Frederic Nitschke, and he's ...
NPR

A Sound Mirror: Notre Dame Cathedral's Restoration Can Be Heard in Its Resonance

Notre Dame's longest serving organist Olivier Latry tells of the cathedral's transformed acoustics. After a horrific fire in 2019, craftspeople resurrected the cathedral in just five years. The ...