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Of Vidas Pinkevičius's (@organduo) compositions, this prelude on the classic Protestant Good Friday hymn, "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded," is my favorite. The piece is short, but beautifully crafted.

My entry for this week's contest is the seventh piece from Johannes Brahms's Eleven Chorale Preludes (for Organ) (Op. 122). Brahms's Eleven Chorale Preludes are cornerstones of the organ repertoire. "O

As was my entry for last week's contest, my entry for this week's Secrets of Organ Playing Contest is a work of my own composition: Thirty-Four. I have written much about Thirty-Four on this blog, so I

Photo by DiChatz on Unsplash My entry for this week's Secrets of Organ Playing contest is an organ improvisation entitled At the Oracle of Delphi. The title refers to the mysterious Oracle of Apollo at

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Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933) As my friends from Secrets of Organ playing know, I love both the harmonium as well as the music of Sigfrid Karg-Elert. In fact, I've been "binge-listening" to

After months of fatigue and depression I finally felt a little better today, so as a way to celebrate I recorded this rock music-inspired organ improvisation tonight after I finished practicing at the

I discovered this little gem earlier this week and decided to record it and create a YouTube video of it. The video follows the score. I hope you enjoy the video!

I've been incredibly honored to have had several of my organ compositions recently recorded by my friends Dr. Vidas Pinkevičius and Mr. James Flores. Vidas recorded For Vidas, a fughetta in the Phrygian

Here is a recently posted (and extremely beautiful and moving) improvisation by Dr. Vidas Pinkevicius that I hope you will check out.

People from Ohio often joke about how quickly (and seemingly illogically) the weather here changes. After several days of record-breaking temperatures last week (nearly 70°F!), the weather today was rather

Earlier this evening I recorded this improvisation in honor of the 2019 Advent season. The improvisation is based very loosely on the Advent hymn "Veni, Veni, Emmanuel" as well as on the melody

I was about five years old, maybe even younger, when I first played a musical instrument: an old electronic (or, more accurately, electrostatic) harmonium at my grandparents' house. At one time, harmoniums

It's been a couple months since my last blog post. I've been incredibly busy during the intervening time, and my busyness has precluded writing/posting very much. Here are some of the things I've been

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Despite an extremely busy schedule, I managed to find enough time recently to record four pieces from Andrea Antico's "Frottole Intabulate da Sonare Organi," a collection of keyboard pieces

Contrapunctus VII has long been my favorite piece from Bach's "The Art of Fugue." I remember listening to "The Art of Fugue" (and Contrapunctus VII in particular) when I was in college

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This is a recording of a setting of the "Kyrie Eleison" (for SATB Chorus) I composed in late November/early December 2016. The work was inspired by Greek Orthodox chant, Latin plainchant, and