by Stuart | 1 Feb 2022 | Funeral
Well, the dreaded lurgey seems to be diminishing so the organ jobs are coming in again. Today I’m at St. Joseph’s in Highgate Hill. Unfortunately the priest didn’t know how to open the organ so I ended up playing on an electronic keyboard. Did the...
by Stuart | 18 May 2019 | Wedding
A second visit to this church for another wedding. A really nice organ to play. The Bride came in to Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition. This was a first for me, but it worked reasonably well. A little know fact – most brides take about 40 seconds (plus or...
by Stuart | 27 Apr 2019 | Wedding
This was an interesting one! The wedding took place in the Old Library in Dulwich College, a really nice setting, and a lovely little organ. Bit exposed for my liking – I like to be hidden away, but today I had to behave myself as I was right out in the open!...
by Stuart | 13 Apr 2019 | Wedding
An interesting situation for the organist today. Perched on the balcony at the rear of the church with a sheet of half inch wood to stop me falling backwards over the edge and making an entirely different noise as I hit the floor. Tiny bit vertiginous!
by Stuart | 25 Nov 2018 | General
This morning I played at a ‘high’ Church of England who were unexpectedly down one organist. I am a heathen Presbyterian at heart, so a lot of this was new to me, and slightly scary. But I had a decent script to follow and it seemed go pretty well. Gloria,...
