BYU ORGAN WORKSHOP 2025 Monday, August 4
This schedule is subject to change
2:00-5:00 p.m. Individual Consultations (scheduled, $15) Payne 1231B (Casavant organ), Pickering 1231C (Schoenstein organ), Peterson, Recital Hall (Rodgers organ) Private Lessons (scheduled, $60) 3:00-5:00 p.m. Supervised Practice Hall 2217 (Organ Lab) (no charge; four per hour scheduled & supervised, walk-in for unsupervised practice) 3:00-7:00 p.m. Registration Check-in Registration desk – 2nd Floor Lobby 4:00-5:00 Displays open 2221 5:00-7:00 Seminar: German Baroque Registration Kerr Concert Hall 5:00-11:00 p.m. Open Practice (organ practice rooms, and Organ Lab, unscheduled, no charge) Anytime – Online videos: Organ Terminology Boot Camp Forsyth Making the Most of the BYU Organ Workshop Stories of Your Peers Harris
Tuesday, August 5 New to the Organ
Experienced Organists
Special Topics
8:00
Registration Check-in 2nd Floor Lobby Displays open 8:00-8:50 2221 Breakfast, with Questions and Answers Harmon North Ensemble
9:00
Opening Session Harmon, Larsen Concert Hall Keynote Address Heidi Alley
10:00
Pedal Technique (Part 1 – required for priority seating in a “Feet On” session) Gastelum Choral Hall
11:00
Registration Basics (Part 1) Larsen
12:00
Lunch Break
12:30
Lunchtime Listening Session: The Music of Dale Wood Welch North Ensemble
Choral Hall
Organ Technique and Repertoire (Part 1) (2 hours): Intermediate (Level 3) Boehmer Recital Hall Upper Intermed. (Level 4) Payne North Ensemble Early Advanced (Level 5) Margetts South Ensemble Advanced (Level 6) Harris Concert Hall
Supervised Practice
Supervised Practice (Lessons Beyond Level 6 Only) (Part 1) (2 hours) Johnston 2217 (Organ
Lab)
Displays open (11:55-1:20; closed for the week Thursday 1:20) 2221
“New to the Organ” track alternative: Pedal Technique “Feet On” (Part 2 – must sign up during Tue. 10:00 pedal class. Schedule only one “Feet On” session during the week. Offered Tue.-Fri. 12:30.) Gastelum, Johnston, Larsen 2217 (Organ Lab) 1:30
3:00
4:00
Organ Technique and Repertoire (Part 1) (1.5 hours): Preparatory Level and Beginning (Level 1) Harmon Choral Hall (Attendance at this session required for Tue., Wed., or Thu. afternoon “Preparatory Level Practice”) Early (Level 2) Forsyth Recital Hall
Advanced Hymn Playing (Part 1) (1.5 hours) Hall
Registration Basics (Part 2) Larsen Choral Hall
1. Beginning Piano Technique for Organists Hall Choral Hall 2. Preparatory Level Practice (12 seats only for those who sign up during 1:30 class. Also Wed 2:30 or Thu. 3:30 or 4:30. One space per person.) Peterson, Pickering 2217
1. Figurenlehre - A Baroque Musical Language (1.5 hours) Johnston Concert Hall 2. Organ for Primary for Teaching Beginners (1.5 hours) Swain
Supervised Practice (1.5 hours) Hess 2217 (Organ Lab)
Adapting Non-Organistic Hymns to the Organ (Part 1) Kerr North Ensemble
OrganTutor’s ReadyMade Lesson Plans South
Supervised Practice Welch
Push Your Pedal Technique With Pedal Etudes Boehmer
About the Liturgical Year Forsyth South
North Ensemble
South Ensemble
North Ensemble
2217 (Organ Lab)
Ensemble
Ensemble
(Organ Lab)
5:00
7:00
Preparatory Level Practice (repeat, 12 seats only for those who sign up during 1:30 class) Peterson, Pickering 2217 (Organ Lab)
Displays open (5:00-6:15) 2221
Instructor Recital on the New Letourneau Organ followed by reception Concert Hall