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It's Not In My Job Description

Presenter: Lea Schmidt-Rogers

Underpaid, overworked, the modern organist must play the keyboard and piano as well as the organ, take over for the choir director at times and know how to perform all styles of music. He or she may be responsible for the church's concert series and teach the church's young people. Where is the balance in our artistic lives? Where is the pay for work done? How do we get along with THEM? Lecture/Discussion

Lea Schmidt-Rogers

Lea Schmidt-Rogers is one of three organists who plays for the Fifth Grade in the Park program and loves her new job as a substitute organist in the greater San Diego area. Ms. Rogers has been active in the Music Teachers Association of California and the American Guild of Organists, with which she is currently the Coordinator for Professional Development for Region IX. During the past ten years, she has published three volumes of French composer Marie Jaëll's music and recorded a CD of Jaëll's music. She and her students have of late had fun recording organ and piano pieces for Youtube.