BYU ORGAN WORKSHOP 2026 Monday, August 3
This schedule is subject to change
2:00-6:00 p.m. Individual Consultations (scheduled, $15) Hall 1231C (Schoenstein organ), Hess 1231B (Casavant organ), Peterson 1231A (Rodgers) 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 1233 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 1233 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 2221 (The Box) 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) 1233 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
Advanced Hymn Playing (Part 1) (1.5 hours) Boehmer North Ensemble
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 at 5:00, Wed. at 2:30 or Thu. at 3:30. One space per person.) Moody, Forsyth 2217 (Organ
5:00
7:00
Developing the Next Generation of Organists Harris (1.5 hours) 2221
Supervised Practice (1.5 hours) Margetts 2217 (Organ Lab)
Teaching with the Organ for Primary Series Swain North Ensemble
Women Organists and Organ Music by Female Composers Karrington
Supervised Practice Margetts 2217 (Organ Lab)
Modest Hymn Embellishments Swain North Ensemble
Organ Methods in Print Larsen South Ensemble
(The Box)
South Ensemble
Lab)
Preparatory Level Practice (repeat, 12 seats only for those who sign up during 1:30 class. Also Wed. at 2:30 or Thu.at 3:30. One space per person.) Moody, Campbell 2217 (Organ Lab)
Displays open (5:00-6:15) 1233
Instructor Recital followed by reception Concert Hall