The response in total was inadvertently disproportionate to the threat. I think he was just young and trying out ideas.
The pile on was grim to watch, and the poor soul wrote to beg me to take down his post. You know what I think you might be referring to? Once a long time ago, a young and passionate lad posted a note on this forum that said something negative about Bach. Right, there is nothing in the FAQ, simply because it doesn't really touch on the most frequently asked questions, but I can certainly see a case for adding something. JavaScript is disabled in your browser, so the "routine reminders" do not appear.Also, it's not clear if he is Catholic, or how active he is in scholarly circles on the subject.) I'd need to re-read it carefully to get a better impression of where Mardirosian's prejudices or sympathies may lie. Ruff's new book by Haig Mardirosian, Professor of Music and Dean of Academic Affairs at the American University in Washington, D.C. (I would mention that in a recent issue of The American Organist, there was an extensive review of Fr. I for one would welcome seeing some progress toward bringing to the AGO a heightened awareness of Catholic sensibilities surrounding the music of our tradition that goes beyond the stereotypes and prejudices that have been permitted to exist for far too long. Knowing that there are some within CMAA and others of our mindset who have strong reservations and opinions about the appropriateness (or usefulness) of the organ in the EF, and perhaps even the OF, this may not be a viable undertaking. The NPM already has an "organist section" within their organization, and they've already developed a joint certification program in cooperation with the AGO. However, if we (meaning groups like CMAA) want to form a useful alliance with the AGO, one that will make our approach to orthodoxy and orthopraxis in music and the Faith understood and taken seriously, we need to strike soon. I've noticed that Catholic churches who are serious, or wish to give the impression that they're serious, about searching for and finding a qualified organist/choir director to build up a solid music program will avoid listing in the Pastoral Music Magazine, opting rather to spend their resources listing with the national and local AGO. It's only fair, and typically if I were to waive it I would also count it as a wedding on the books so that the church isn't getting unfairly charged for me doing nothing also. Where if I collect the bench fee, that's $100 or whatever that the parish doesn't have to give me. If I didn't get money for a funeral, it didn't count and the church wound up paying me for something I didn't do. #1, that's money that I would get otherwise, and #2 my church had a contract with me that guaranteed a certain income for weddings and funerals and made up the difference.
#LOUNGE LIZARD MUSIC FULL#
I don't usually feel like fighting about something I don't have to witness or be involved in, so I instituted a bench fee of the full charge for myself for two reasons. But at my past church, people have asked for other musicians to get the music they want. I wouldn't have a problem if any of you here came to my church to play or sing for a wedding or funeral.
I'm playing for a friend's wedding in December, and so far as I know the church is not charging him a bench fee. I use it as a deterrent for things I don't want to happen in my absence. (Don't get me started on the many "bridezillas" and "momzillas" I've had to deal with!)
#LOUNGE LIZARD MUSIC PROFESSIONAL#
To incorporate a way of protecting a part of our livelihood and prevent "end-runs" around parish music policy by bringing in a really bad musician through the back door is a necessary protocol that no professional organist and no church music program should be without. If you look at the amount of money a bride and her family pump into a wedding, the fees organists charge for their work is petty cash. But, I think running down the AGO like this is beneath the dignity and reputation that CMAA has worked so hard to develop.Īs for the bench fee and right of first refusal, it's about time.
Sure, we take pretty good swipes at NPM and the "big three" publishers for some of the really egregious stuff they say and do.
I've been reminded by others on this board that things posted here could be "googled" later and that we should guard against saying things that could bring down the reputation of the board and the organization. Funny, there wasn't anything spoken, sung or played that I could tell had the intended purpose of requiring me to "align myself with 'non-catholic' theology and practice." I attended as much of the '08 National AGO Convention in the Twin Cities as possible, mostly recitals and concerts.
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