By Adam KempStaff writer akemp@oklahoman.comNORMAN — Dozens of students, faculty and alumni gathered underneath the ornate pipe organ inside the lobby of the Catlett Music Center as “Boomer Sooner” sang through the hall. The tune was a rallying cry for those invested in saving the University of Oklahoma's American Organ Institute, a one-of-a-kind program that instructs students in not only the art of playing the pipe organ, but in building, repairing and maintaining the centuries-old instrument. Now the institute’s supporters are trying to rewrite the unique program's dirge. “It’s an instrument unlike any other and a program unlike any other,” said Ben Clark, who just finished his second year within the institute. “I just hope we can save it.” After OU laid off 69 positions last week, the American Organ Institute learned it would lose seven faculty positions, leaving only two organ professors behind and ending the organ technology and repair program. The loss in staff would effectively force the American Organ Institute to close its doors, says Nolan Reilly, the director of music at St.Read more on NewsOK.com
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