On Saturday, February 18th, The Greater Bridgeport Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will be hosting “Pedals, Pipes and Pizza” at the Stratford United Methodist Church, 2600 Main St, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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To attend, please RSVP to Chris Muller before Monday, February 13, 2022.

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This event is for children ages 8 and above who are currently taking music lessons and would like to learn about the organ. This is a fun event where everyone gets to learn about and play the instrument (bring your piano music!) Participants will get an opportunity to build a small pipe organ that we then can play! Pizza lunch included – parents/guardians encouraged to stay and observe.

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The Orgelkids organ is a mechanical, two rank pipe organ in a box. In the box you find all the parts to build a real organ. Children can build this organ (with a little help of an organbuilder or organist). Different tasks can be done in groups simultaneously: constructing the frame, sorting pipes, sorting keys. Then all the parts come together in the frame: the windchest, the bellows, keys and pipes.

Then … play!

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More information at: https://youtu.be/tYSboJdZKXc and http://www.orgelkids.org

 

Workshop Leaders: Our Host Chris Muller, Director of Music for Stratford United Methodist Church, Frank Zilinyi, Director of Music at South Church, New Britain, and Paul Thoma, of Milford, CT