Organist Cameron Carpenter throws out rulebook

With his fearless wardrobe, edgy hair and atheist views, Cameron Carpenter is not your typical organist. 

He is known as a "smasher of cultural and classical-music taboos," but that was never his intention. Driven by a deep passion for his instrument, Carpenter has inadvertently changed the organ world forever. 

The Grammy nominee is credited for creating the International Touring Organ — the first digital version of the instrument — but personally he is more concerned with the message behind his medium. 

Currently on tour across Canada, with a stop at Toronto's Koerner Hall tonight, he swings through studio q to chat with Shad. 

WEB EXTRA| Just in case you can't see Cameron Carpenter live, watch him dazzle on the keys! 

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