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The
American Guild of Organists
(AGO) is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization. Its members include
organists, choir directors, pianists, vocalists, teachers, organ builders
and tuners, clergy and lovers of organ music. Its purpose is to promote
the organ in its historic and evolving roles, to encourage excellence
in the performance of organ and choral music, and to provide a forum
for mutual support, inspiration, and education of Guild members.
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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
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Let's Party --
Guild picnic |
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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.
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New forms
available |
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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. |
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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.
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Notice to members
regarding email |
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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 |
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Recent books by and
about local members |
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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 |
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Maurice Durufle':
The Man and His Music
by James E. Frazier
Information at
University of Rochester Press |
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The Journey Was Chosen:
The Life and Work of Paul Manz
by Scott M. Hyslop
Information at
Organ Historical Society
Catalog |
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Minnesota
Chapters |
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Visit the
websites of our sister Minnesota chapters:
Sioux Trails
Chapter
Southeast Minnesota
Chapter |
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TCAGO Group
Notification |
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Join the
TCAGO Yahoo group for
reminders of upcoming events and to interact with other members. |
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Organ Databases |
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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.
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Fred Swann
Reception 2006 |
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Pictures from Fred Swann
Reception
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Lake Minnetonka
Cruise 2006 |
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Pictures from the Lake Minnetonka cruise 2006
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