Organ

A. Ursyn Orchestra / Organ Donald

	There is a reason why the philharmonic halls have organs as part of the room. They look like an embedded decoration. They are not very often played during concerts; they are just there. There were times Donald was needed, there were times when he was not, but it was okay, as he played a lot for his church. This gave him a sense of fulfillment and enough time to play the instrument. Practice was extremely demanding and often difficult, as the sound was loud, spread through the space, and it annoyed some people. Contrary to some lay-people opinions, he taught organs in the church and in the philharmonic hall as two different instruments and messages. “Artists are picky,” said one of his colleagues. Are we? he asked himself, or is it just the message being determined by the purpose and the environment? The stained glass windows, for example, made him play differently, just by reflecting the light and changing the atmosphere. He thought of the filled with wood concert halls as cold, even though the temperature was much lower in the stone filled churches.

Organ

There once was a lady who liked to perch
Upon a bench every day in her church,
She had the lovely name of Morgan
And she knew how to play the church's organ.
So there was no need to do a "musical director" search.

by Doug Falter