Vicksburg students toured three historic downtown churches for the city’s first “organ crawl,” learning about pipe organ history, mechanics, and music with live demonstrations by guest musicians.

EVERY seasoned organist likes to talk about ‘managing’ a pipe organ, and I used to wonder why. Nobody speaks of ‘managing’ a piano or a piccolo. But neither of these instruments has the capacity or ...

The appeal of rattling church rafters turned John Ahern toward the pipe organ. Granted, Ahern, 17, doesn’t want church walls to collapse when he plays chords during a hymn, but he likes the power. “I ...

What happens when science, technology, engineering and math meet the king of instruments — the pipe organ? Chamber Orchestra of the Springs and the American Guild of Organists’ local chapter are about ...