An organ scholar is a young man or woman who is employed as a part-time assistant organist in a cathedral or collegiate church. As organ scholar is usually a university student or young person preparing to enter university. The idea of an organ scholarship is to provide the holder with playing, directing and administrative experience. A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy (such as the Roman Catholic Church or the Lutheran or Anglican churches), which serves as the central church of a bishopric. ... A college (Latin collegium) can be the name of any group of colleagues; originally it meant a group of people living together under a common set of rules (con-, together + leg-, law). As a consequence members of colleges were originally styled fellow and still are in some places. ... A church building is a building used in Christian worship. ... A professor giving a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ...

Many organ scholars have gone on to notable careers in music and in other fields. Famous ex-organ scholars include Edward Heath and Dudley Moore. The Right Honourable Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG, MBE (July 9, 1916 – July 17, 2005), soldier and politician, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. ... Dudley Moore Dudley Moore (April 19, 1935 – March 27, 2002), was a British musician, actor and comedian who was enormously popular in his home country for many years but relatively unknown in the USA until he made the film 10 with Bo Derek. ...