2026–2027 Chapter Event Programming Schedule
Opening Event and Annual Meeting
Sunday, September 13 at 3:00 p.m.Zion Lutheran Church
241 Fifth Avenue North, Hopkins
All are welcome to attend the 50th Anniversary concert given by Celina Kobetitsch to celebrate the 36-rank 1976 Van Daalen pipe organ at Zion Lutheran Church in Hopkins. The event is free; donations will be accepted. Following the concert, the TCAGO Chapter Annual Meeting and installation of officers will be held.
TCAGO Members Recital featuring American Composers
November (date TBD)
Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church
12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley
Performers are urgently needed! See the September 2026 issue of Pipenotes for more information.
Twin Cities Organ Crawl
Saturday, November 14, starting at 9:00 a.m.
Local venues to be determined
The public is invited to join in an ‘organ crawl,’ sponsored by the TCAGO, to visit and hear various pipe organs in the Roseville area. You may take part in the entire day, or join us at any point on the tour. Specific times and locations will be announced at a later date, so look for more information in your member emails, on the TCAGO website, or a future Pipenotes edition.
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Program Committee Chair, Michael Barone, provides this invitation:
Our 2025–2026 season is filled with opportunities for increased awareness, outreach, sociability, and sharing, and you are encouraged to make time in your schedules to participate fully. We have assembled a calendar of activities that engender professional and artist growth, with varied topics that will engage your imaginations and provide you with useful information to stimulate your growth as organists and church musicians while celebrating the incredible history and contemporary vibrancy of the King of Instruments.
Don‘t hold back... get involved with your music and your colleagues in:
- Community Outreach: Organ Crawls, enhanced PR through your church community
- Performance Skills: Member Showcase appearances
- Support of Young Musicians: TCAGO Winner’s Concert, Pipe Organ Discovery Day, master classes,
- TCAGO Young Artist Competition
- Expanded Vision and Awareness: workshops and master classes, guest concert performances
- Collegiality and Comradery: pretty much every event!
We realize that members of our TCAGO chapter are spread over a large geographic area, and sometimes distance (and highway ‘improvements’) can provide an obstacle to participation. But remember that TCAGO membership offers more than merely a subscription to THE AMERICAN ORGANIST. Expand your vision, get to know your colleagues, and come on out to play. Ours is a large chapter and we invite your participation, presence and involvement.
More event links:
Pipedreams Regional Calendar