SPRINGFIELD—After 36 years as "the heart and soul of making a joyful noise unto to the Lord at Christ Church Cathedral," Peter B. Beardsley will play his last hymn as organist/choir director on Sunday ...

Randall Sensmeier has spent decades playing the organ, composing music and leading congregations in song. But he has also been bringing to light new church composers and their work. The 74-year-old ...

New England Congregational Church in Aurora and the Fox Valley American Guild of Organists are hosting a hymn festival featuring eight guest organists. They will perform in a concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, ...

For starters, pianos and organs are not the same thing. Just because Sister Mary Brown tickles the ivories doesn’t mean she’ll be immediately capable of playing the organ if she is called to do so by ...

Ian Tomlinson aims to play all 571 hymns in the church hymn book in 18 hours A church organist, recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, is performing an 18-hour marathon recital to raise money for ...

Seven decades ago, while awaiting word from the Juilliard School about his audition as a vocalist, Austin C. Lovelace wandered across the street to the Union Theological Seminary and found the door to ...

BRATTLEBORO — Estey Organ Museum will host an old-fashioned Hymn Sing to celebrate the museum’s 20th anniversary, at the 108 Birge St. location, beginning at 4 p.m. on Sunday. Organist Gavin Klein ...

It’s no secret that church organists have become scarce these days, as fewer young people are interested in studying organ, and older organists are retiring. An article by Jonathan M. Pitts in the ...

London – Karaoke bars have become trendy around the world, with countless wannabe singers mangling songs like Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” while following along with lyrics displayed on a big screen. So ...