Twin Cities American Guild of Organists


From the Minneapolis Star Tribune Obituaries: Emch, Paul F. of Edina, age 73, passed away on April 27, 2008 at N.C. Little Hospice after an 18 month journey with lung cancer. Memorial service 10:30 AM Saturday, May 17 at Cross View Lutheran Church, 6645 McCauley Tr., Edina, MN 55439. Visitation one hour prior. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to Cross View Lutheran Church, N.C. Little Hospice, 7019 Lynmar Ln., Edina, MN 55435 or donor's choice. Full notice Sunday, 5/11. Cremation Society Edina Chapel 952-924-4100

Let's Party -- Guild picnic
Sunday, May 4, 4:30 - 7:00 House of Hope Presbyterian Church 797 Summit Avenue, St. Paul The afternoon festivities will begin at 4:30 with a mini-recital played by Charles Echols. His program will include colorful works by American composers: Stephen Paulus, Gordon Balch Nevin, Rene Becker and Will MacFarlane. You may sit upstairs or down. We are planning an indoor-outdoor-picnic-potluck-social-party – depending on the weather, the food and your attendance. Please plan to attend. Bring goodies according to the first letter of your last name: A-L = Main Dish, M-S = Dessert, Wine or other beverage, T-Z = Salad, Side Dish or Vegetarian Entrée. Or just bring your favorite dish to share. Come. Greet. Meet. Eat.
New forms available
Several new forms for 2008-2009 are now available. These include the 2008 membership form and new salary guidelines. Find links to them on the About page.
J. Michael Barone Scholarship Winners Announced
We are proud to announce two recent J. Michael Barone Pipedreams Scholarship winners. They are Jessica Park and Cameron Marcott. Each will receive a $500.00 scholarship. Cameron Marcott, 18, is a senior at Highland Park Senior High School in St. Paul. He started playing piano in the fourth grade and is currently studying with Autumn Zander at St. Joseph’s School of Music. In the summer of 2007, Cameron began studying the organ under Kathy Handford, organist at Central Presbyterian Church and professor at Lawrence University. In addition to organ and piano, Cameron also plays the mandolin. In the fall, he will be attending St. Olaf College where he tentatively plans to major in mathematics and music. Jessica Park, a junior at Stillwater Area High School, began to study piano and violin at a young age. She studied piano with Dr. Paul Wirth, and violin with Leslie Shank. Currently, she studies organ with Dr. Catherine Rodland. Jessica is also actively involved in the music program at her school; she sings in the Stillwater Concert Choir, and plays violin in the Stillwater Concert Orchestra. In addition, she was selected to perform in an honor choir at the ACDA Convention in Fargo, ND in 2008. She plans to be an organ major in college.
Notice to members regarding email
A few months ago spammers hijacked the tcago.org email server. All of our officers with mail boxes were subjected to large amounts of objectionable spam and I was forced to shut the server down. If you wish to send email to any TCAGO officer, please use the 'About' button on the left. Next, select the 'Executive Board' link in the middle of the page. All board members and officers with email addresses are available there with links to their personal mail boxes. -- David Engen, TCAGO Webmaster
Recent books by and about local members
	With a Voice of Singing: Essays on Children, Choirs, and Music in the Church in honor of Ronald A. Nelson Zebulon M. Highben & Kristina M. Langlois, editors Information at Kirk House Publishers
	Maurice Durufle': The Man and His Music by James E. Frazier Information at University of Rochester Press
	The Journey Was Chosen: The Life and Work of Paul Manz by Scott M. Hyslop Information at Organ Historical Society Catalog
Minnesota Chapters
Visit the websites of our sister Minnesota chapters: Sioux Trails Chapter Southeast Minnesota Chapter
TCAGO Group Notification
Join the TCAGO Yahoo group for reminders of upcoming events and to interact with other members.
Organ Databases
The organ databases now includes a second table of interesting, historic information. When Bob Pope died, many of his materials went to the Minnesota Historical Society. Dick Greene has loaded recital data going back to 1941. Bob saved programs from more than 1100 recitals covering more than 50 years. You may find there programs that you attended or even performed. See instructions on that page for accessing the new table.
Fred Swann Reception 2006
		Pictures from Fred Swann Reception
Lake Minnetonka Cruise 2006
		Pictures from the Lake Minnetonka cruise 2006