Organ study is alive and well at PLU. Besides their weekly organ
lessons, organ students have a weekly organ seminar, plenty of
performance opportunities both as soloist as well as accompanist, and
usually can easily find a church position in the area if they so
desire. Most lessons are taught on the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ,
a wonderful instrument well known to the organ world, nationally and
internationally acclaimed. It is a tracker instrument in a beautiful
hall with a superb acoustics. The key action is very sensitive and
responsive, making the instrument the best teacher one can wish for.
Another organ of one of the seven organs owned by PLU and available to
the students, is a recently restored Kilgen organ from 1890, located in
Trinity Lutheran Church, just across the street from the PLU campus.
All organ students study with Dr. Paul Tegels, University Organist. Dr. Tegels has a broad background in organ and choral studies. He holds degrees from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, New England Conservatory in Boston, and the Stedelijk Conservatorium in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
Other learning possibilities include the J-Term trip to the Netherlands and Germany, as well as free attendance to the organ concert series that are held every academic year.
With so many opportunities for learning and performing, PLU provides an excellent environment for the best in Undergraduate Organ studies.
For more information, contact Dr. Paul Tegels