Depending up on the space in the organ loft, between one and three cameras can be used, concentrating on different aspects of the organ recital.

  1. Manuals
  2. Pedals
  3. Stops / Pistons
  4. Music - especially for workshops

The information is relayed to a central video projection system and then projected onto a very large screen such that a viewing public of around 2-500 can easily see the screen inside a church. The viewing area is usually constrained by the church building.

The system is not only excellent for concerts and recitals, but also is excellent in its teaching role in workshops.

The organ recitals can be "enhanced" by the use of the Video Screen Projection equipment allowing the audience, from a high the vantage point, to look down on the manual console with its music, stops and various pistons. The musician can be seen in full control of the music, using hand registration and pistons.

Instead of seeing an organ recital or concert like this. This being in this particular church the best seat on the house.

Setting up the System

With Digital Video Projection, the audience sees the organist and the manuals, usually with the music and stops on a large screen in front of them. Now the audience can apprectiate the full skill of the organist as they change stops and registrations as well as playing the music.
St Mary's Church Hemel Hempstead This type of reproduction can be known as digital video projection, big screen video projection, video screen projection, organ recital video projection, organ recital projection, concert projection, camera projection, or even misleadingly organ projection.

 

The camera can move following the subject around to take as here the opportunity to show two organs in a church being performed on.

St Augustines Church Luton
With many churches the organ is situated at the rear of the church with all the audience facing away from the organ. Often the organist is hidden from view. Now the audience can sit facing the right way listening to the music and watching the performer from a priviledged viewpoint.
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Simple advertising increases the number of the audience. The audience love to hear the organ, but they love to see it even more.

Below are a few of the organs that have been projected.

Paul playing on the 3 manaual at St Mary's Luton

St Mary's Luton

Roy Meek playing on the 3 Manual at St Augustines Luton

St Augustine's Luton

St Mary's Redborn 2 Manaual

St Mary's Redbourn

Each set up is different