This is the second in a series of four video sets covering the professional, business & career skills required to any organist looking to start, build or change their career.

This Career Options (Teaching) sequence comprises presentations on: teaching the organ; teaching in conservatoires; and teaching in the independent sector.

This video, written and presented by Andrew Cantrill, is an introduction to the pipe organ for those less familiar with the instrument.  Andrew demonstrates the sounds of the organ, how the instrument is constructed, and how it is played.  You can learn more by downloading the reading list.

The ability to sight-read is enormously useful, but many teachers find it difficult to include in their lessons. This download from the RCO Academy aims to help teach this subject by suggesting resources, preparation techniques, and how to overcome students’ resistance to sight reading.

Daniel Moult’s third video on the playing styles for different organ schools covers the North German Praeludium and Fuga.

Gerdi Troskie gives an overview of manageable repertoire for the beginner, including music for manuals only as well as manuals and pedals.

In this second video on hymn playing, Daniel Moult considers advanced techniques such as ways to decorate a hymn, reharmonisations and hymn extensions.

In this video Jonathan Bunney introduces the essentials of developing a pedal technique on the organ, discussing foot position and action, pivoting, and learning to find the notes.

In this second video on playing styles, Daniel Moult discusses style and performance practice for the French Baroque school.

In this video Daniel Moult explains the basics of hymn playing, from learning the notes, touch, registration, articulation, through to building up to performance.