13-YEAR-OLD Joshua Walker first discovered his musical talents when he began piano lessons with his father and teacher, Jonathan Walker, at age nine.

After the first term of lessons, Casterton local, Joshua quickly realised that he enjoyed them so much, that he asked for lessons to be daily.

Since taking daily practical and theory piano lessons, Joshua quickly gained the ability to sight read music straight from the score - he attempted to play the most difficult of pieces that were supposed to be played on a pipe organ, but had no pedal board for his feet.

He soon learnt that he loved playing majestic ceremonial pieces and music composed by Bach and Widor, specifically for pipe organ.

The only thing was that he did not have a pipe organ to try them out on. So Jonathan decided to build a Hauptwerk Organ that interpreted the exact sounds that can be heard at Salisbury Cathedral in the United Kingdom.

After mastering the organ sound with all the stops pulled out, it was time to progress to a real pipe organ so he started lessons with Jonathan at Ararat Catholic Church on their pipe organ that Jonathan maintained and tuned.

This eventually enabled him to play the larger pieces complete with pedals and full organ in a church setting, much to his enjoyment. Later on, Jonathan built a tubular pneumatic pipe organ for Joshua, which is located in their current residence.

He also has a collection of different reed harmoniums to play, as well as other electronic organs and pianos.