tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post5155930205173528015..comments2024-03-12T07:54:08.013+00:00Comments on Offerimus Tibi Domine: Organist neededFr Simon Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375804232895565241noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-49045683101711898942011-02-01T17:16:18.257+00:002011-02-01T17:16:18.257+00:00Fr Simon,
As a former funeral director this was ...Fr Simon, <br /><br />As a former funeral director this was something which I often faced, particularly when ministers would call me the day before the funeral claiming the organist had 'dropped out' etc. So I began to contact local crematoria to see if their organist was willing to play for us. My old parish in Lancaster diocese did the same and we managed to get an agreement that the crematorium organist (who was not catholic - but spent a lot of time getting to know the mass in both forms so he could play) would play twice a month on the first and third sundays. <br /><br />For the other two sundays we contacted the local university music department and the Anglican churches to see if they had any contacts, eventually (after a month or two) a university student offered to play on the other two sundays on the proviso that they could have access to the organ twice a week at night time (after 7pm) until they graduated with the rights to record the practices they had. <br /><br />If none of those two ideas are any good, ask the organist at the crem if he/she knows anyone who can play. <br /><br />God BlessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-46295206914674530632011-01-28T10:25:27.488+00:002011-01-28T10:25:27.488+00:00Perhaps some telephone calls to the Royal College ...Perhaps some telephone calls to the Royal College of Church Music, the Royal Northern College of Music, and the academies in London might yield a student from your area who would be keen to play at your church.<br />You might only get someone who would be able to play during vacations but it would be a start.georgemnoreply@blogger.com