Assumption College hosts Pipe Organ Encounter

Title: Assumption College hosts Pipe Organ Encounter

Published: Fri, 25 Jul 2008

Description: (Danica Pecirep, NECN: Worcester, MA) - Some youngsters spent the week in summer camp. They didn't swim in a lake or toast marshmallows around a campfire. They were at Assumption College, making some beautiful music. Playing the pipe organ...

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" Some youngsters spent the weekend summer camp they swim in the lake -- toast marshmallows around a campfire. There are holed up that Assumption College making some beautiful music. Playing the pipe organ is their passion. That's why these teens spent the week sharpening their skills."

" And is -- kind of arrangement that is. A range of colors. Dynamics is so much to be taken from it."

" Friday fifteen year old Griffin McMahon practiced well renowned organist Paul Jacobs offered some critique. Jacobs the chair of the Oregon department at the Juilliard School in New York City. Is one of several organist who came to assumption college for the weeklong camp called the pipe organ encounter."

" This is an exciting program sponsored by the American guild of organist to introduce young people. To the king of instruments it was Mozart who called the pipe -- the king of instruments."

" It's -- four years since Worcester has had a camp like this one."

" And -- playing the -- may seem like -- than usual interest to some the students say it's an experience like no other. I play because I have piano back on in the ordinance just kind of a powerful. It's it's like the piano times twenty you can you full orchestra when you put organ. This year 42 students from around the United States took part in the pipe organ encounter here on Assumption College. And according to their instructors -- I'm still learning. Many of them so comments. Some extraordinary young talent here to be sure and it is delightful group on the whole the group is made up of teams from the age thirteen to eighteen. And their experience -- Some are still relative beginners but I'll -- the week has taught them a lot. It's meet people who are interested in more interest Sudan and just kind of match with -- and it's but it could. Danica -- at western news tonight."

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