BYU ORGAN WORKSHOP 2026 Monday, August 3
This schedule is subject to change
updated May 22, 2026
2:00-5:00 p.m. Individual Consultations (scheduled, $15) Hess 1231B (Casavant organ), Hall 1231C (Schoenstein organ), Peterson 1231E (P&S tracker) Private Lessons (scheduled, $60) 3:00-7:00 p.m. Registration Check-in Registration desk – 2nd Floor (East) lobby 3:00-5:00 p.m. Supervised Practice Campbell 2217 (Organ Lab) (no charge; four per hour scheduled & supervised, walk-in for unsupervised practice) 4:00-5:00 Displays open 2221 (The Box) 5:00-7:00 Seminar: Happy 250th Birthday! The Colors of American Organ Music Harris Choral 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 Cook Stories of Your Peers Harris Virtual Organ Crawls
Tuesday, August 4 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 12:30
New to the Organ
Experienced Organists
Special Topics
Registration Check-in 2nd Floor Lobby Displays open 8:00-8:50 2221 (The Box) Breakfast, with Questions and Answers Cook North Ensemble Opening Session Cook, Karrington Concert Hall Keynote Address Craig Jessop Pedal Technique (Part 1 – required Organ Technique and Repertoire (Part 1) (2 hours): for priority seating in a “Feet On” Intermediate (Level 3) Boehmer Recital Hall session) Swain Choral Hall Upper Intermed. (Level 4) Payne North Ensemble Early Advanced (Level 5) Harris South Ensemble Registration Basics (Part 1) Advanced (Level 6) Welch Concert Hall Larsen Choral Hall
Supervised Practice
Supervised Practice (Lessons Beyond Level 6 Only) (Part 1) (2 hours) Kerr 2217 (Organ Lab)
Lunch Break Displays open (11:55-1:20; closed for the week Thursday 1:20) 2221 Lunchtime Listening Session: Prelude and Postlude for Beginners Hall North Ensemble
“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. Available also Wed.-Fri. at various times.) Payne , Forsyth, A. Pickering 2217 (Organ Lab) 1:30
3:00 4:00
Organ Technique and Repertoire (Part 1) (1.5 hours): Preparatory Level and Beginning (Level 1) Campbell Choral Hall (Attendance at this session required for Tue., Wed., or Thu. afternoon “Preparatory Level Practice”) Early (Level 2) Forsyth South Ensemble Registration Basics (Part 2) Larsen Choral Hall 1. The Organist as a Teacher of the Gospel Goodliffe Choral Hall 2. Preparatory Level Practice (12 seats only for those who sign up during 1:30 class. Also Wed. 3:30 or 4:30 or Thu. 2:30. One space per person.) Moody, Forsyth 2217 (Organ
5:00
7:00
Advanced Hymn Playing (Part 1) (1.5 hours) Boehmer North Ensemble
Teaching with the Organ in Primary Series Swain North Ensemble Modest Hymn Embellishments Swain North Ensemble
Developing the Next Generation of Organists Harris (1.5 hours) Recital
Supervised Practice (1.5 hours) Margetts 2217 (Organ Lab)
Organ Music by Female Composers Karrington
Supervised Practice Margetts 2217 (Organ Lab)
Hall
South Ensemble
Organ Methods in Print Larsen South Ensemble
Lab)
Preparatory Level Practice (repeat, 12 seats only for those who sign up during 1:30 class) Moody, Campbell 2217 (Organ Lab)
Displays open (5:00-6:15) 2221 Instructor Recital followed by reception Concert Hall