Welcome to my organ website — a personal archive I built to help me track my progress and remember the historic pipe organs I've played. If you've landed on this page, you're probably a friend or family member. Thanks for taking an interest in my nerdy hobby.
In this photo, my teacher, Dr. Neil Harmon, is helping me get set up to play the 1721 Silbermann organ in the Georgenkirche in Rötha. It turned out to be one of my favorite organs.
About my organ journey...
I was well into middle age when I started taking organ lessons in 2023, after retiring from a 25-year career in communications and marketing. I like to tell people that I went back to my roots as a humanities major.
In 2026, I had the opportunity to participate in a BYU pipe organ study tour in Germany. What an amazing experience! In nine days, we played 20 historic pipe organs. My husband, Mark, was my videographer as well as a wonderful travel companion.
I created this website to host the video content from that trip. In the future, as I add more content to the site, I hope I'll be able to see that my skills as an organist are improving.
Germany Organ Tour Highlights
This video includes clips from some of my favorite organs in central and eastern Germany. You'll hear excerpts from four pieces played on eight organs — most of them from the 1700s.
Adolf Friedrich Hesse
Allegro
This video features a German Romantic piece from the mid-1900s, performed on organs in Hamburg, Merseburg, and Leipzig.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
This video includes two arrangements of "Jesu, Joy" performed on four organs — including the church where Bach wrote the iconic piece.
Hans Georg Nägeli
Der Herr Ist Mein Getreuer Hirt
This video features a 1714 Silbermann organ in the Freiberg Cathedral and a replica of a 1736 Silbermann organ in the Dresden Frauenkirche.
G.F. Kauffmann
Now Thank We All Our God
This video includes clips from three organs, including the oldest one we played on the trip — a 1662 Donat organ in northern Germany.
