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I don't want to be "that guy" but a mate of mine is the music director is in his local church here in the UK, plays the organ and piano, is mostly self taught a
by darreninthenet 4y ago
I don't want to be "that guy" but a mate of mine is the music director is in his local church here in the UK, plays the organ and piano, is mostly self taught and is also gay... he's even going to be teaching me to play the organ later on this year (and I'm joining his choir for a bit of fun... he also knows I'm not religious at all and in his own words "faith is not a requirement")
All I'm saying is you just need to find the right church and person... most people will happily share their passions with equally passionate beginners, and churches are crying out for organ players, they are a dying breed.
- tigerlily 4y agoIt's not even weird and I'm on the other side of the world. I know at least one gay organist in my town, and over half my local church choir are unbelievers. Most do it for the repertoire and keeping their pipes in good nick for their real passion: musical theatre.
- conductr 4y agoAlso here to say "queer self-taught musician" describes every church music director I've ever known (3)
- thinkmcfly 4y agoI'm not gonna brush off the idea that it's tough as a gay person or someone who thinks gay people have the right to exist to get in with a crowd that often thinks lgtbq people deserve to die
- jtbayly 4y agoGay organists are common enough to be a trope.