Membership is not limited to professional organists, but is open to anybody with an interest in the organ and organ music.

After the war, he began a career as a professional organist writing scores for soap operas on CBS.

Her father, a professional organist, retired as the chairman of the music department at Lewis & Clark College in Portland.

After succeeding in electrical engineering he became a professional organist, performing on pipe organs around the world.

Dr. Railey's wife, Peggy, a professional organist and the mother of their two children, has been in a vegetative state ever since the attack.

"I wanted to see what people had to say about becoming a professional organist and whether it was worth it," he said.

He settled in London in 1898 as a professional organist and teacher, and married a cousin who had also studied at Brussels.

The college offers organ scholarships along with four choral exhibitions each year, and employs a professional organist to oversee the chapel music.

Whipple is a professional organist and amateur cellist.

Lyons, 35, is a professional organist.