Many American churches are doing everything they can to attract new generations of parishioners. And often, that means less traditional organ music and Christian hymns. But the organist at the West ...

SPRINGFIELD—After 36 years as "the heart and soul of making a joyful noise unto to the Lord at Christ Church Cathedral," Peter B. Beardsley will play his last hymn as organist/choir director on Sunday ...

Randall Sensmeier has spent decades playing the organ, composing music and leading congregations in song. But he has also been bringing to light new church composers and their work. The 74-year-old ...

CANTON − The "Father of Church Music" in Stark County is being feted for nearly 80 years of ministry. Friends and admirers of W. Robert Morrison recently gathered for a party to celebrate Morrison's ...

Hymns from a decades-old organ can be heard once again traveling through the sanctuary of Grace United Methodist Church in Hagerstown. The 1929 Moller organ can be played again thanks to a $243,000 ...

The Musical Times is the oldest continuously-published music journal in the world, founded in 1844. For more information, including an extensive archive of obituaries of leading musicians from ...

For many worshippers, only a pipe organ makes church feel like church. That is apparently the sentiment of the leadership and a significant percentage of the congregation of Valley Baptist Church, so ...

FLINT, MI -- Longtime parishioners and local residents filled the pews at First Presbyterian Church of Flint, 746 S. Saginaw St., on Sunday, March 10 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the church’s ...

FITCHBURG — The beautiful, melodic sounds of organ notes are once again filling the Emanuel Lutheran Church sanctuary, music to the congregation’s ears and the finishing touch in the rebuilding ...

Churches are retiring their hymnals and organs, hoping to attract younger crowds, but at West Auburn Congregational in Maine, Charles Marshall has been playing for 70 years with no plans to retire.