This event is for children ages 8 and above who are currently taking music lessons and would like to learn about the organ. This is a fun event where everyone gets to learn about and play the instrument (bring your piano music!) Participants will get an opportunity to build a small pipe organ that we then can play! Pizza lunch included.
On February 12, 2022, The Greater Bridgeport Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will be hosting “Pedals, Pipes and Pizza” at the Stratford United Methodist Church, 2600 Main St, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
RSVP to Eventbrite before Monday, February 7, 2022.
This event is for children ages 8 and above who are currently taking music lessons and would like to learn about the organ. This is a fun event where everyone gets to learn about and play the TWO organs (bring your piano music!) Participants will get an opportunity to build a small pipe organ that we then can play! Students also get an opportunity to play the church’s sanctuary organ too. Pizza lunch included – parents/guardians encouraged to stay and observe.
The Orgelkids organ is a mechanical, two rank pipe organ in a box. In the box are all the parts to build a real organ. Children can build this organ (with the help of our event organists). Different tasks are done in groups simultaneously: constructing the frame, sorting pipes, sorting keys. Then all the parts come together in the frame: the windchest, the bellows, keys and pipes. Then … play!
Workshop Leaders: Our Host Chris Muller, Director of Music for Stratford United Methodist Church, Frank Zilinyi, Director of Music at South Church, New Britain, and Paul Thoma, of Milford, CT
Registration questions: RoseAnne Homola | roseanneh123@gmail.com or 203-291-9746
Don’t miss this fun program for all ages.