Music in church life

by Kim Shippey

The centennial celebrations of the American Guild of Organists will culminate in a convention to be held in New York from July 7 to 11. More than three thousand organists will participate in a wide range of lectures, teaching workshops, organ recitals, concerts, and church services.

Outside the convention center, organists will spend many hours chatting informally about such topics as the role of the organ in worship services, the future of the pipe organ in an age of less expensive electronic organs, and their unfailing delight in the instrument that they find the most thrilling of all.

In anticipation of next month's convention, we talked with two experienced organists about their approach to their job—one from the West Coast of the United States, Frederick Swann, and one from the East Coast, Edwin Starner.

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