Summer Pipe Organ Intensive

Our Summer Pipe Organ Encounter (POE) and Pipe Organ Intensive (POI) is a 5-day dual-track event that offers either an opportunity for young pianists to explore pipe organs (POE) or an opportunity for young organists to further their knowledge of the instrument and repertoire (POI).

Participants will be admitted to either the POE or POI upon submitting a recording and meeting the following eligibility guidelines:

Participants are between the ages of 13-18.
For the POE, participants should exhibit an intermediate level of piano proficiency.
For the POI, participants must have had at least one year of organ study or have attended at least one AGO Pipe Organ Encounter and should have piano proficiency ranging from intermediate to advanced.

Summer Pipe Organ Encounter or Intensive provides:

an opportunity for participants to further their abilities through individual and group instruction in the basic rudiments of pipe organ technique, service playing, improvisation, and fundamentals.
an overview of organ literature, history, pipe organ construction and design, improvisation and other related topics.
an opportunity for participation in ecumenical worship, so as to experience the role of the sacred musician.
most of all, a unique opportunity for participants to meet and interact with peers who have similar interests.

Sample Daily Schedule*

	Pipe Organ Encounter	Pipe Organ Intensive
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.	Private lessons and Individual Practice	Private lessons and Individual Practice
12 - 1 p.m.	Lunch	Lunch
1 - 2 p.m.	Improvisation Lessons	Individual Practice Time
2 - 3 p.m.	Various workshops: building a small pipe organ, visiting Reynolda House organ, practice techniques, etc.	Individual Practice Time
3 - 5 p.m.	Exploration of historic periods of organ literature	Exploration of historic periods of organ literature
Evenings	Following dinner, evenings will vary, but will include concerts featuring various pipe organs in Winston-Salem and Greensboro.	Following dinner, evenings will vary, but will include concerts featuring various pipe organs in Winston-Salem and Greensboro.

*Schedule subject to change

Contact Program Director, Timothy Olsen, with questions.
Timothy Olsen
olsent@uncsa.edu