Teaching Pre-College Organ Students: Methods of the Twenty-First Century

Abstract

Pre-college organ students have a short time in which to learn basic organ technique, let alone master repertoire of different styles from a wide range of historical periods and acquire fundamental knowledge of music theory. Additionally, many of these students enter organ study without having developed even basic piano technique. In this context, the teacher's important role is to plan the learning process and to work systematically, providing professional support and covering all these areas for which compact and organized reference materials would be helpful, so that all of these skills and bodies of knowledge are developed in a systematic way. Currently, there is no single resource that brings together reference materials for a teacher faced with such a task. This document seeks to address that situation.