You
may have been attracted to playing the organ by hearing a recording or someone playing. You may have tried to learn yourself
and found it difficult to know where to start.
Taking
regular lessons with a good teacher will ensure that you progress steadilly with a correct technique that will enable
you to develop as a player of one of the most exciting instruments in the world!
Finding
a good teacher may be difficult and so here on the left you will find a list of recommended teachers who will be happy to
advise you on your next step to positive learning.
Young Organists are able to take lessons with
teachers on our list at a subsidised rate.The Tindall Trust will fund regular weekly or two-weekly lessons so that pupils
pay £10 per 30-minute session. The trust will also pay for any costs for hiring the organ for the lessons. To be eligible
for this funding, pupils must be of school age, ie. between 7 and 18.
'Volunteer Organists' are also financially supported
by The Tindall Trust. These are pianists who have been asked to play at their parish church and need a course of lessons on
basic playing techniques, advice about repertoire and how to manage the organ console.
Finding an Organ for Practice. After finding a teacher,you will need to find an instrument to practise on. Your teacher may be able to advise you
on this and there are always churches willing to help. The organ needs to be in a mechanically sound condition and ideally
have a modern pedal-board and two manuals. A pipe organ with mechanical action would be the best option as this will help
you to develop your sense of touch.
Other Courses. You may
like to augment your regular lessons with RSCM residential courses for organists on offer at Sarum College. Go to the organists link above for more details and also find out about other training events in the diary page. It's all there for you, so why not make a start!
List
of Organ Teachers
This
list will be gradually added to and should you know of a good teacher in your area, please let me know and I will contact
them to ask if they would like to be included on this list.
If
you would like to be put in touch with a teacher in your area or would like more details about the Tindall Trust funding for
organ lessons, please contact me and I will then give you their contact details.
SALISBURY AREA
Robert
Fielding
Richard
Godfrey
Alison
Hogg
SHERBORNE/MILBORNE PORT AREA
The
English Organ School (Advanced Players)
John
Radford (Wimborne St. Giles)
WEYMOUTH/DORSET AREA
David
Bruce Payne
Paul
Ellis
DEVIZES AREA
David
King
To
respect the privacy of the organ teachers listed here, please make initial contact via Robert Fielding: phone 01722 741154
or 0787 944 3060, or email fieldings4@btopenworld.com
ORGANS
AVAILABLE FOR PRACTICE OR TEACHING
St.
Mary, Potterne
2
manual & pedal Binns tracker manuals, EP pedals.
musicdhk@btopenworld.com
St.
Michael & All Angels, Melksham
3
manual TP Conacher, tonally unchanged since 1880.
musicdhk@btopenworld.com
St.
John's, Tisbury
3
manual 'Father Willis'.
DRJPower@aol.com
Sarum
College
19
The Close, Salisbury
2
manual mechanical action Kenneth Jones.
2
manual mechanical action Vincent Woodstock.
£3
per hour
01722
424800 to book into the diary.
Practice
Organs
It
is often difficult to find a church to practise that is convenient and that has an organ in good working order.
On this page, you will find a list of churches who have instruments in good repair and who have also indicated their willingness
for organists to use their facilities for practice and teaching.
Please
use the given name to make first contact, quoting this webpage as your source of information.
