Sitting in a pew listening to church hymns is one thing but seeing one of the region’s young pipe organists up-close is another.
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Besides feeling the hum of the organ through your body, you’ll see the organist criss-crossing their hands to play the keys.
St Joseph’s Primary School student Ellie Holden has been part of a pipe organ scholarship program run by St Joseph’s Parish in Warrnambool.
She said learning the pipe organ was great fun.
“It can be tricky but once you get to know it then it’s fun to play,” she said.
Soon more youngsters from the region will have the opportunity to learn the giant instrument with applications open for scholarships.
The parish is offering six scholarships for students with thousands of dollars in funding coming from philanthropic trusts, churches and private donations.
The scholarships will be for three years and cut tuition fees in half.
The chair of St Joseph's Pipe Organ Scholarship Committee Bill Quinlan said the scholarship program was open to all primary and secondary school students from Warrnambool and surrounds.
Mr Quinlan said the committee ran scholarship programs during the past decade to encourage a new generation of players and make use of the pipe organs in the area.
"There was a shortage of organists," he said.
"It's a very famous organ at St. Joseph's."
Pipe organ scholarship teacher Sonia Beal said her students creativity is inspiring.
“The kids are teaching me a lot of the time, new ways of playing the same song. You can play the same song about 100 different ways on the organ which is something quite unique,” she said.
Pipe organ lessons will be during the school term and start in February.
Scholarship applications close on January 15.