The Joys of being a student.

Yesterday was my day off so I headed down to Bedford, TX for an organ lesson.  This was my first organ lesson with Barbara Burton, Director of Music/Organist - Emeritus at St. Vincent's Cathedral.  If you remember, Mrs. Burton played the dedicatory organ recital up here at St. Peters.  The organ is a three manual, 40 rank instrument built by Roy Redman of Fort Worth.

Here is a picture of the organ.

It is really great to be studying with someone again.   I think it is rather humorous that my previous teacher was also the organist at an Episcopal Cathedral.  It was a lesson plus a consultation.  I have asked her to help with grad school auditions, an upcoming recital in February, to fill in holes in my repertoire list, and most importantly to give me reasons to practice.  I feel that when I graduated from Webster I was just getting the hang of smart and effective practicing.  So in order to better myself I am going to keep studying with her until grad school.

-Andy