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The article offers advice to organists on navigating the lifelong journey of learning and development after graduation. It mentions that depending on desires for future as a professional organist, one have the options of being a music director at a church, performing concerts at the local level, teaching music courses at a local college or music school, directing school and community choirs, teaching private lessons, and accompanying choirs and singers.

The article offers the author's insights on the purpose and responsibilities of being a member of a guild. Topics discussed include the moral of the short story "The Little Red Hen," organ lessons when she was a teenager, and the music scholarship given to her by organ teacher Felix Molzer from New Jersey. Also mentioned the responsibilities of guild members including to support the local chapter, encourage music students, and share the importance of attending local concerts.

The article offers update on enrollments of organ majors as compiled by the Higher Education Arts Data Services, an organization that conducts detailed research studies for the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) in 2013-2014. Topics covered include the sources of annual reports relating to organ majors enrolled and information about the new Web site of the American Guild of Organists (AGO). Also shown are charts illustrating enrollments of organ performance majors by degree.

The author discusses the developments in the higher education sector in the U.S., particularly on the enrollments of organ majors as recorded by the Higher Education Arts Data Services. He claims that the data services is an organization that carries out detailed research studies for the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). Based on NASM studies, the number of organ majors enrolled in degree programs in the fall of 2012 declined to 434 from 437.

The author discusses the possible relationship between the perception that artist-teachers are unreliable and what it means to have an artistic nature in the first place. He observes how those in the arts teach idioms and techniques that they themselves believe and practice. Scenarios in music instruction are given where students are apt to better achieve greater learning. The author asserts that in their efforts to deal with budgetary problems, music schools have lost the ability to give students freedom to learn deeply.

The article announces the International Summer School program of the Mount Royal College Organ Academy under the artistic direction of Simon Preston that will run from July 20-29, 2008. The program will offer intensive, short-term studies for organ students and professionals. According to the article, instructions will be conducted in small groups and individual lessons will be given. The faculty for summer 2008 includes David Higgs, John Butt, Neil Cockburn and Simon Preston.

The article deals with the International Summer School of the Mount Royal College Organ Academy which offers studies for organ students and young professionals. It states the faculty-to-student ratio at the academy. A description of music instruction at the academy is provided. It presents the application requirements.