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The Organ Books from the Atelier Vision Corporation

The AJK-series sheet music collections are produced by organ great Hector Olivera for students who wish to learn about classic organs. 

The new Ceremonial Masterworks series (AJK-004J/005J/006J/007J)* covers 30 songs (AJK-004J/005J/006J includes seven songs each; AJK-007J includes nine songs) that are suitable for wedding ceremonies, church services, and concerts. The books also include registration data for Roland Classic Organs C-330/C-380 and a registration-setting manual for Rodgers Pipe Organ in CD-ROM format. 

Volumes 1-3 collections with companion videos that show you the playing style of the master organist. The video reveals every detail of the performance, including the fingering and playing techniques as well as the timing and method by which registrations are changed — an ideal way to observe and learn numerous facets of the music that could not be conveyed by conventional printed song collections. This valuable music collection comes with a Registration Data Disk that's designed to give you the ideal sounds for performing these songs.

*Please note that DVDs, Music Atelier registration data, and supplemental books are not included with Volumes 4-7.

Hector Olivera's Website

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hector Olivera's first musical studies began with his father. He began playing the pipe organ at age three, was appointed organist for theChurch of the Immaculate Conception two years later and, at six, entered the Buenos Aires Conservatory to study harmony, counterpoint, and fugue. It was here that he began to develop the art of improvisation and, by the age of nine, had composed a suite for oboe and string orchestra that was performed by the Buenos Aires Symphony Orchestra.

He entered the University of Buenos Aires at age 12. By 18, he had performed over 300 concerts throughout Latin America and had appeared frequently on national radio and television. During this time, Mr. Olivera also served for three years as the senior improvisational accompanist for the Collegium Musicum in Buenos Aires, a role credited as being a major building block in his noted improvisational abilities.

In 1965, he was offered a scholarship to the prestigious Juilliard School of Music in New York and moved to the United States. Three years later he won the National Improvisation Contest sponsored by the American Guild of Organists and began a concert career that spans decades.

Throughout his musical studies, Hector Olivera was taught by the late Hector Zeoli, the distinguished Mr. Vernon de Tar, and the notable Juan Francisco Giacobbe.

In addition to concerts in the United States, Olivera has also performed in Australia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Mexico and throughout Latin America.

Notable venues include the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Carnegie Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, the Crystal Cathedral, Spivey Hall, Constitution Hall, Balboa Park, and the Myerson Concert Hall in Dallas, Texas. He was the featured organist in the 1978, 1980 and 1984 International Organ Festivals in Manchester, UK.

As a tribute to Virgil Fox, Hector Olivera performed a solo concert at St. Paul’s Cathedral in New York City in conjunction with the Lincoln Center of Performing Arts.

In 1988, after years of performing and residing in the United States, Mr. Olivera was invited to play once again in Argentina. Upon his arrival, he was treated as a national hero with standing room only concerts that were attended by heads of state and celebrities, and was featured in numerous radio shows and television appearances.

Hector has also performed as guest soloist with orchestras throughout the world, including the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Fort Wayne Symphony, the Dover-New Philadelphia Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Amsterdam Baroque Ensemble, the Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Jahja Ling and the Pasadena Symphonyconducted by Jorge Mester. In collaboration with the Pasadena Symphony a numbered and limited Gold CD edition was released, featuring Hector as soloist performing the Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 on the five manual Möller pipe organ.

In the Times Reporter, famed composer Robert Vandall described Olivera's performance with the Tuscarawas Philharmonic as "an opportunity to hear and see greatness." In 1992, Mr. Olivera had the unique experience of being the featured performer at the American Guild of Organists' (AGO) convention held at the fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. This event included the world premiere of a commissioned composition written by William Albright. Later, from this same famed theatre, Mr. Olivera was a guest on Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion” and, according to Keillor himself, "literally stopped the show." In 1996, Hector Olivera was the artist of choice to perform at Spivey Hall in Atlanta for the 1996 Olympic games cultural event, for which he received multiple standing ovations and rave reviews.

In 2002, Olivera was invited once again to perform for the AGO, where his transcription of  Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite" resulted in spontaneous standing ovations by his peers.

In addition to performing at concert halls throughout the world and dedication recitals in churches and symphony halls, Mr. Olivera is a consultant for the design of both new and refurbished pipe organs. Hector presently works with the world's renowned electronic organ manufacturers, the prestigious Roland Corporation and Rodgers Instruments, both endorsing their products and contributing to the development of their organs.

High School music directors often invite Hector to help encourage future generations to share his love for the organ.

Olivera has released more than 20 recordings from classical to contemporary and film score transcriptions. He continues to thrill audiences with both solo classical literature and his own orchestral transcriptions. Although he is known for his technical proficiency, the true connection he makes with audiences results from the fact that he plays from his soul and creates a mood or emotion with every piece. Hector Olivera is a passionate, gifted and unique musician whose very personal interpretations of both classical and popular music literature continue to leave his worldwide audiences in awe.

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