Episode 8 - Richard McVeigh reflects on his YouTube success - William McVicker on the difficulties of organ advising - Anne Marsden Thomas looks back on her teaching career and challenges for women organists

The Organ Podcast

In this episode, Hauptwerk genius and YouTube star, Richard McVeigh talks about the rise of his channel 'Beauty in Sound' as a platform to live-stream hymns to a global audience, as well as recording some of the UK's finest pipe organs and organists.
https://www.youtube.com/@beautyinsound/videos
William McVicker gives a glimpse into his role as one of the country's leading pipe organ consultants. Whilst working on an historic organ in Southeast London he explains how organ advisors need to carefully balance the historical integrity of an organ with the musical demands of the organist and church.
https://www.aioa.org.uk/advisers/mcVicker.php
Anne Marsden Thomas MBE reveals how her poor introduction to the organ inspired her to become one of the UK's most successful and influential teachers of the instrument. With a career spanning more than 40 years, she continues to inspire students, young and old, as well as being a pioneering figure to promote the roles of women in the organ world.
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