Super Saturday

Super Saturday at BYU
Saturday, April 23, 8:00 am -3:00 pm
Harris Fine Arts Center BYU

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2016 Super Saturday class schedule

Keynote Speaker: Brian Mathias

Dr. Mathias has taught in the School of Music at BYU since 2014. Before joining the faculty at BYU, he was an adjunct faculty member at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, and Associate organist at Country Club Christian Church in Kansas City, Missouri. He earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Kansas and his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Brigham Young University. Among Dr. Mathias’s recent organ solo performances are recitals at the Salt Lake Tabernacle, LDS Conference Center and Washington National Cathedral.

Organ Training for Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Levels

–20 Secrets of Successful Church Organists
–Effective Practice Techniques
–Basic Organ Registration
–Basic Music Theory for Organists
–Hymn Embellishments
–That is Written for the Piano. What do I do?
–Coping With Difficult Pedal Parts – 1985 LDS Hymnal
–Teaching Gospel Messages Through Registration and Phrasing
–Conquer Stage-Fright: Perform with Confidence
–Resources for LDS Organists
–Christmas Organ Repertoire
–How to Tame Your “Monkey Mind”
–Pedal Technique
–Manual Technique
–The Organ Must Sing – The Art of Playing the Text
–Transforming Hymns from the Hymnal for the Choir
–Recital – Dr. James Welch

Check-in 8:00 a.m. — Madsen Recital Hall South Foyer
Prelude at 8:00 — Opening Hymn at 8:25 — Opening Session and Keynote at 8:30

Classes begin at 9:15 a.m. – Workshop ends at 3:00 p.m.

See www.uvago.org after April 1st for a complete class schedule and additional information