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Pedals, Pipes & Pizza
April 24, 2021 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 909 W 33rd St., Sioux Falls
Pedals, Pipes & Pizza (PPP) is a hands-on experience for young musicians (5th grade and older with some piano experience) to acquaint them with the organ.  Every student will have the opportunity to play pipe organs at Our Savior's Lutheran Church and Augustana University, and to actually build a small pipe organ!  This year's PPP will be in conjunction with the SDAGO Academy Auditions and Recital. This will allow students to have an opportunity to hear beginner organists perform at the culmination of their Academy experience. 

COVID-19 precautions will be followed including:
  • PPP Faculty and Students will wear masks indoors, when not eating lunch.
  • PPP Faculty and Students will physically distance 6 feet where possible (there are some tight spaces inside the instruments).
  • PPP Faculty will serve lunch in a safe and sanitary manner, following the procedures of Our Savior's Lutheran Kitchen Staff. Students will be able to comfortably distance in a large space while eating.
Registration fee is $5 - includes materials and pizza. Payment can be made at the event.
Who Will Be There...
  • The PPP Faculty - Several professional organists from the area who get to play pipe organs for a living.
  • The Orgelkids Kit organ - An instrument specially created to help us learn more about how the pipe organ works.
  • You! - and a bunch of other students who, like you, are interested in this crazy, mysterious, and wonderful musical instrument.
           Each student is asked to bring along a piano piece that we can help you play on the organ. All levels of proficiency are welcomed!
What We'll Do...
  • We'll listen - to people describing how the organ works, and to people making music on the organ.
  • We'll look - at the insides of organs and find out what you don't see when you're on the outside listening.
  • We'll build - yes... we'll build a pipe organ together!
  • We'll travel - to Augustana University to see their pipe organ.
  • We'll play - everybody will get a chance for some hands-on time on all the organs we visit.
  • We'll eat - some pizza at lunchtime and talk about what we've learned!
The Schedule
Saturday April 24
  • 9:30 Registration
  • 10:00 Introduction to the organ led by PPP Faculty
  • 10:30 Build an organ with the OrgelKids kit organ
  • 11:15 Hands on time with instruments at Our Savior's and Augustana
  • 12:15 Pizza
  • 1:00 SDAGO Academy Recital @ Our Savior's
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