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 ...

DUXBURY — Hymn music from a 165-year-old pipe organ filled the sanctuary at First Parish Church, the tones rich and mellow, yet so powerful a visitor could almost feel the music vibrating in her chest ...

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 ...

As the French prisoners of war gathered for Mass in the small German town of Biblis, a local musician gave them a gift that could have cost him everything. Hugo Valentin Laubner played traditional ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At All Saints Parish Church in Wellington are aiming to restore their historic organ and would like to discover new hymns to sing. We are open to new settings that reflect a more modern style. Your ...

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.