FREE ON-LINE VIDEO INSTRUCTION for Organists. . .

“LESSONS FOR THE NEW ORGANIST”
with your video instructor Dr. Frederick Hohman

Are you, or do you know, a pianist who currently leads music in worship with the piano, and who wants to make a successful transition to playing the organ?

Frederick Hohman, Pro Organo’s founder, was commissioned in 2016 by the American Guild of Organists to author and present a series of 30 instructional videos.  The aim of this series, which covers four hours of organ instruction on a variety of topics, is to help pianists who have achieved a moderate level of proficiency to make a successful transition to playing the organ.
Please see the list of 30 video lessons below.  Clicking on the image or the topic will take you directly to the corresponding video lesson at YouTube.  Although the videos are arranged in a sequence from #1 through #30, there are occasions where one may wish to view just one or two video lessons on a specific topic, or there may be cases where lessons might be viewed in sequences different from those in the numbered series scheme.
We hope that these videos are beneficial to you or to someone you know who desires to achieve success as an organist.  These videos have been produced by the American Guild of Organist’s CCPE (Committee on Continuing Professional Education), with the supervision of Dr. Sharon Hettinger, who served as producer of the series, and Dr. Don Cook, the AGO’s National Councillor for Education. If you find these videos to be of value, and if you do not already hold an AGO (American Guild of Organists) membership, please consider joining America’s premiere organization whereby organists, active in a wide variety of religious and academic institutions, are united by their similar vocation and mission of supplying fine organ music.
Frederick Hohman presently does not hold a faculty position at any university, but he is available throughout each year as a visiting masterclass leader and clinician. You may contact Frederick through the CONTACT US form on this website.
 

LESSON 1: A Pianist’s First Steps in Transitioning to the Organ	LESSON 2: The Architecture and Layout of the American Pipe Organ
LESSON 3: Coupling Organ Divisions	LESSON 4: Swell Pedals & Dynamic Expression
LESSON 5: An Introduction to Pedaling & Organ Music Scores	LESSON 6: Families of Organ Tone Listening to & Naming Stops
LESSON 7: Mixture & Mutation Stops	LESSON 8: Registrations for Contemplative & Jubilant Hymns
LESSON 9: General & Divisional Pistons	LESSON 10: The Crescendo Pedal
LESSON 11: Organ Shoes & Bench Height	LESSON 12: The Basics of Pedal Technique
LESSON 13: Adding Pedals when Playing Hymns	LESSON 14: Varying Organ Registrations in Hymns
LESSON 15: Using Time & Touch to Shape Melody	LESSON 16: Reharmonizing Your Hymns
LESSON 17: Key Modulations: When, Why and How	LESSON 18: Using Registrations to Illustrate Hymn Texts
LESSON 19: Pedaling Options in Hymns: Pedal-Points	LESSON 20: Pedaling Options in Hymns: Limited Pedaling
LESSON 21: Introduction to Hymn Meter & Metrical Index	LESSON 22: Why Would I Use the Metrical Index?
LESSON 23: Adapting Guitar & Folk Music to the Organ	LESSON 24: Bridging Gaps During Holy Communion
LESSON 25: Achieving variety in Hymns on Smaller Instruments	LESSON 26: An Introduction to MIDI Functions
LESSON 27: How To Be An Excellent Substitute Organist	LESSON 28: Getting around on the Hammond Organ
LESSON 29: Pedaling Decisions in Organ Literature	LESSON 30: What’s My Next Step?