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Title: Searching Organ Students- Traveling Organ- Part 3 View count: 878 Rating: 4.86 (7 ratings) Description: The question: "How do we connect to a new generation?" produced the brain child of John Vanderlee and John Baratta, which was to take the Theatre organ directly into public schools. Rising to the challenge, NYTOS purchased an Allen ADC 4600 Organ. With its dual capability of classical as well as theatre voicing, it is eminently suited for teaching. By adding 8 extra speakers to accommodate any size venue, and a 6 x 12 ft enclosed trailer, NYTOS now owns a "Traveling Organ." The organ travels to schools to present the "SOS" (Searching Organ Students) program, where all-day workshops are presented to the Music department student body. The program has garnered overwhelming praise from music teachers. Students display a genuine interest and a number have taken up, or are considering, the organ as their instrument. In no small part, the success is due the talents of retired public school music teacher and organist John Baratta. From technical as well as performance details to the differences between theatre and classical organ, John totally de-mystifies the organ with a style that mesmerizes students and draws them completely into the presentation. Meanwhile, John Vanderlee attends to the transport, set up, and technical details to ready the organ for every presentation. Each session starts the evening before by loading the trailer for a next-morning departure of 4 AM, or earlier, to have the organ unloaded and ready by first school bell. Load, return and unload can move deep into the evening, with 18 hour days not uncommon for these two gentlemen. Other organizations, like local AGO chapters, the Garden State ATOS chapter, as well as private donors, have stepped forward to fund presentations of this successful program. NYTOS also continues to fund refinements, with a list of items to yet be completed. Theatre organ enthusiasts hold the highest level of respect for these two people for their fine work in promoting the theatre organ to the younger generation. Keep up the great work! Note: This video is part 3 of 3. This video was also posted with the permission of John Vanderlee of the New York Theatre Organ Society (NYTOS). Tags: ago, allen, atos, baratta, instrument, john, music, nytos, organ, students, theatre, traveling, vanderlee, wurlitzer, Author: ATOSTheatreOrgan |
