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Nassau Chapter |
| Last updated: August 16, 2010 |
Message from the Dean |
| Dear Visitor/AGO Chapter Member,
Welcome to the website of the Nassau County Chapter of the American Guild of Organists! Our chapter is one of five chapters located on Long Island, situated in Suburban New York City. We are part of Region II. OUR NEWSLETTER, THE "Pipeline," IS NOW AVAILABLE HERE ON THE WEBSITE ALONG WITH A MORE UP-TO-DATE LISTING OF JOBS AND EVENTS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AS WE UPDATE THE DATA. Very truly yours, Henry Devries, Dean Nassau Chapter Passing of Carol Weber I am sorry to inform you that our friend Carol Weber has passed away. A service was held on Saturday, November 1st at 9:00 a.m. at St. Jude's Episcopal Church in Wantagh. Our prayers are with Carol's family. Henry |
Local Events |
| Calendar of Events:
Duke University Choir,Director Rodney Wynkoop, at St. Agnes Cathedral, Rockville Centre, New York. Sunday, March 7, 7:30 PM. $15 and $10. More Information: 516.764.9578, ext. 203. ------- St. Agnes Cathedral: Choir of Men and Boys, Cathedral Chorale, Schola Cantorum, Cathedral Girls Choir (Various Services of Music and Concerts) Michael L. Bower, Michael Wustrow, Co-Directors of Music. (516) 764-9578 FOR A COMPLETE LISTING OF CONCERTS FOR THE 2007-2008 SEASON, PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE: WWW.STAGNESCATHEDRAL.ORG * * * * * Cathedral of the Incarnation: Choir of Men and Boys and Girls Choir (Various Services of Music and Concerts) Larry Tremsky, Organist and Choirmaster. (516) 248-5704 ----- Long Island Choral Society: (Four concerts per year including major choral works with orchestra.)Contact their website for information on the season www.lics.org . |
Newsletter |
| June/July 2010 Newsletter
Greetings! It’s hard to believe that July is upon us and our positions responsibilities are finally slowing down. Many belated thanks to Debbie Jenks for hosting Tom Trenney in Northport. It was a wonderful weekend, though I wasn’t able to attend the workshop, I have heard glowing reports of it. The hymn-sing that Sunday was magnificent. He certainly gave those of us in attendance some wonderful ideas to work with. We have had many fine events this year. One highlight for many of you I’m sure was the Martin Luther King Day Mini-Convention in Douglaston. There were so many things that we could take away from it, from music ideas to help with the stress of our jobs. We have toured organs in Nassau and Queens, heard an international artist, heard some wonderful hymn singing and visited a number of our local churches. We hope that even with our busy lives, that you have taken time to attend at least some of our events. It is time to renew your AGO memberships. Personalized Membership Renewal Forms were sent a couple of weeks ago. If you have not already done so, please follow the directions, and mail off your forms to Sr. Marilyn Pfriender, our chapter treasurer so your membership doesn’t lapse! Your Nassau AGO is already in the planning stages of 2010-11 season, and there are already many excellent events in the works. Don’t miss out. The election ballot has also been included in this mailing. We have wonderful candidates for sub-dean and secretary and we are grateful to our other officers who are willing to serve in the various capacities as well. If there is anything that you would like to see your Nassau AGO schedule, please let me know. Your AGO board and myself are always looking for ways to better serve our AGO members. The Nassau AGO is in need of substitutes. I have already sent an email out concerning this. Thanks to those that have responded. If you are able to sub on Saturday, Sunday, or for weekday funerals and/or weddings, please give me a call at church at (516) 931-2225, or email me at hdevries11801@yahoo.com and let me know your availability, so that you can be added to our sub list. Have a great and restful summer, take some time to learn a new piece, or take a workshop, don’t stop learning! You may be at AGO National Convention in Washington D.C., July 4-8, at the moment! -Henry |
Membership |
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We hope you're enjoying our new website which also links you back to the National website and other chapters in the USA! If you are a visitor and would like to join our chapter, please contact our treasurer/registrar: Sr. Marilyn Pfriender. You may obtain an online membership registration from the National AGO Website: www.agohq.org |
Placement |
| Positions Available:
The Historic Presbyterian Church in Hempstead, Part-time Music Director. Sunday worship service, special music for Christmas, Easter week, which includes: evening holy week services, other services that require music e.g. funerals, weddings, etc. ~The development of at least two choirs (adult and children), weekly choir rehearsals – day of the week to be determined, Weekly meetings with the pastor and attendance at monthly Worship and Music Committee meetings The applicant should be proficient with piano and electric keyboard and be familiar with pipe organ (3 manual pipe organ, refurbished in 1995 - Wicks Organ Co., tonal improvements 1983-84 - Richard Wallace). Current students are welcome,Compensation – mid to upper teens. Interested parties should send a cover letter and resume to cfpc10@gmail.com Pianist/Choir Director needed for 30 member German language choir. Fluency in the German language is not required but some knowledge of how the language looks in print would be helpful. There are two concerts per year - one formal with admission fee and one less formal at a German nursing home. We sing folksongs and some light classical music with a sprinkling of American patriotic music sung in English. Rehearsals are Monday evenings in Fireman's Hall, East Meadow, L.I., from 7 - 9 p.m. September through June. Salary is $100 per Monday night with bonus pay at concert times. There are no summer rehearsals. Rehearsals are only cancelled for extreme weather or at the need of the choir director. Please call Carol Purdy 516-799-1512 for more information. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 31 Rider Avenue, Patchogue, NY 11772. Phone 631-475-3078, e-mail stpaulschurchny@optimum.net. Contact: The Rev. Paulette Schiff. Position: Part-time organist and choir director. One service on Sundays, 10:00 AM, Holy Eucharist, Rite II, with service music and 5 hymns, or 4 hymns and choir anthem. Choir currently rehearses on Wednesday nights, and Sunday before the service if singing an anthem. Additional services on Holy Days, including Christmas Eve, Epiphany, Maundy Thursday, and 2-6 others. The organ is a 2-manual Ahlborn-Galanti, 1994. The United Methodist Church, Huntington-Cold Spring Harbor, Please call Ellen Mowbray at 631 423-0590 or email resume and cover letter to mowbrayellen@gmail.com. Director of Music/Organist. Two church services on Sunday (9AM and 10:30AM) and some specials, weddings and funerals. Adult Choir. The potential for Youth and/or Bell choirs is here. Two manual 1955 Wicks organ, maintained by Foley-Baker. Yamaha baby grand. Commensurate with ability and experience, minimum starting salary of $18,000. A small continuing education allotment is provided. Employers and job seekers are invited to post and search listings of available positions on the Guild's National Website. |
Certification |
| For information about certifications, please contact: Frank Crosio, FAGO. frankcrosio@yahoo.com
(more information to be added here at a later date.) |
Contact Us |
| CHAPTER OFFICERS:
Dean Henry DeVries 935-0290 hdevries11801@yahoo.com sub-dean open: tbd Secretary open: tbd Treasurer/ Registrar Sr. Marilyn Pfriender O.P. 827-1091 Placement Christopher Cusumano, (631) 271-4635 chapelcus@optoline.net Members at Large Michael L. Bower 764-9578 mbower@stagnescathedral.org David Schmidt 796-1992 d.schmidt@juno.com Carol Dort 248-2393 CGwenDort@aol.com Past Dean, Newsletter Editor Michael L. Bower 516)764-9578, EX. 203 Mikenbob1@aol.com District Convenor Metropolitan New York and Europe Meredith E. Baker, FAGO 43 Vails Gate Heights Dr. New Windsor, NY 12553 845-938-3544 (W) 845-565-3321 (H) MBaker@4meb.com Regional Councillor Allison Evans Henry, DMA 103 Kline Rd. Pennellville, NY 13121 315-471-2174 (W) 315-695-6677 (H) thenry2@lcsfcu.net |
Links |
| Our neighboring Suffolk chapter has a wonderful new website! Please visit them at www.suffolkago.org.
Here’s to the Pipe Organ on Long Island! As many of you know, there was a marvelous article in the New York Times on January 15 regarding the pipe organ and Elsener Organ Works. Feel free to write the Times and thank them for this article. Link to copy of the article: www.elsenerorganworks.com ~~~~~~ St. Agnes Cathedral Singers Program for Saturday October 13, 2007, 7:30 PM Concert at St. Rocco’s Church, Glen Cove, New York Rejoice in the Lord 16th Century Anonymous The Silver Swan Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) O Sing Joyfully Adrian Batten (1591-1637) Toccata and Fugue in d minor (BWV 565) Johann Sebastian Bach Organ Soloist: Michael L. Bower (1685-1750) Cantate Domino Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657-1743) Jesus Christ the Apple Tree Elizabeth Poston 1905-1987 Sing Ye Praises Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Mitridate: Venga pur, minacci e frema Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Soloist: Gustavo A. Leppe, Counter-tenor (1756-1791) Sing We and Chant It Thomas Morley (1557-1602) Mon Coeur se recommande à vous Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594) Matonna Mia Cara Orlando di Lasso Andante (KV 616) W. A. Mozart Organ Soloist: Michael Bower Tomorrow Shall Me My Dancing Day John Gardner (b. 1917) Lakme: Flower Duet Leo Delibes Soprano Duet: Peggie Murano and Christina Pizzo Buxton (1836-1891) What Cheer William Walton (1902-1983) INFORMATION ON THE NEWLY REBUILT ORGAN: COMMUNITY CHURCH, STEWART AVENUE, GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK. Moeller, Rebuilt by Foley-Baker The organ at Garden City Community Church is Opus 10172 of M.P. Moller, built in 1966 and designed by Dr. Robert Baker. It is a 3-manual, 55-rank instrument that has just been reinstalled in the church after a complete restoration and releathering by Foley-Baker of Tolland, Connecticut. The work of Foley-Baker, in addition to releathering of bellows and windchests, included replacement of manual keyboards, addition of 32'Bourdon and 32' Lieblich Gedeckt from Walker Electronics, new solid state combination action from Classic Organ Works, and replacement of a heavy grille cloth covering the instrument at the front of the church with a much lighter weight cloth. The work has had a very positive effect on the sound of the organ, which now speaks into the room with a much clearer and distinctive presence. ___________________________________________________ Neighboring Chapters with websites: Brooklyn: www.home.nyc.rr.com/gynyc New York City: www.nycago.org Queens: www.agohq.org/chapter/?handle-queens Other related links: The Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America www.apoba.com Organ Clearing House www.organclearinghouse.com The Organ Historical Society www.organsociety.org The Encyclopedia of Organ Stops www.organstops.org Pipedreams www.pipedreams.org American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) www.acdaonline.org The Hymn Society www.bu.edu/sth/hymn Chorus America www.chorusamerica.org *********************************************************** WITH GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE AGO FOR THE CONTINUING EFFORTS OF THIS BENEFIT CONCERT! Michael L. Bower: A Christmas Concert Saturday Evening, December 9, 2006 to benefit The American Cancer Society/ The St. Agnes Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys/ Cathedral Chorale/ Chamber Orchestra/ Holliday Haynes, Contralto /Christina Pizzo Buxton, Soprano/ Peggie Murano, Soprano/Gustavo A. Leppe, Counter Tenor/Matthew Koraus, Organist Michael L. Bower, Conductor Saturday Evening, December 9, 7:30 PM St. Joseph's Church Garden City, New York PROGRAM O Come, All Ye Faithful John Francis Wade Combined Choirs (1710-1786) arr. Sir David Willcocks (b. 1919) Regina Coeli Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Men and Boys (1765-1791) Pastoral Symphony (Messiah) George Frederick Handel Orchestra (1685-1759) Angels' Carol John Rutter Combined Choirs (b. 1945) I Wonder as I Wander American Folk Carol/arr. John Jacob Niles Holliday Haynes, Contralto Soloist (1892-1980) There is No Rose (Ceremony of Carols) Benjamin Britten Peggie Murano, Christina Pizzo Buxton, Holliday Haynes (1913-1976) Choral: Wachet auf, Ruft uns die Stimme (Advent Cantata #140) Johann Sebastian Bach Combined Choirs (1685-1750) Wachet Auf (Sleepers Wake) J.S. Bach Matthew Koraus, Organ Soloist Shepherd's Pipe Carol John Rutter Chorale Schola O Holy Night Adolphe Adam Combined Choirs and Christina Pizzo Buxton, Soprano Soloist (1803-1856) INTERMISSION Gloria in Excelsis (Gloria, RV 589) Antonio Vivaldi 1. Allegro Combined Choirs (1678-1741) Exultate Jubilate W.A. Mozart Alleluia Peggie Murano, Soprano Soloist Organ Concerto in F Major, Opus 4, No.4 G.F. Handel 1. Allegro Matthew Koraus, Organ Concerto Soloist Il Est Né Le Divin Enfant French Carol Choir of Men and Boys arr. John Rutter And the Glory of the Lord (Messiah) G.F. Handel Combined Choirs Star Carol John RutterBoys Choir Trebles Esurientes (Magnificat) J.S. Bach Gustavo A. Leppe, Countertenor Hodie, Christus Natus Est Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck Cathedral Singers (1562-1621) I Saw Three Ships English Carol Combined Choirs arr. John Rutter *Special Dedication to Our American Soldiers and Their Families* Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah # 44) G.F. Handel Combined Choirs Michael L. Bower: Premier Recital on the New Organs at St. Agnes Cathedral, Rockville Centre, New York Sunday, February 2, 2003, 7:30 PM PROGRAM: Concerto in a minor (BWV 593) Antonio Vivaldi /Johann Sebastian Bach "Allegro" (1678-1741)/(1685-1750) Fantasie over het leid Piet Post "Heilig, Heilig, Heilig" (b. 1919) "Adagio for Strings" Samuel Barber (1910-1981) arr. William Strickland (1899-1981) Dedicated to the men and women who died in the World Trade Center, New York City September 11, 2001 Symphony No. 2 Louis Vierne "Scherzo" (1870-1937) Symphony No. 3 Louis Vierne "Final" INTERMISSION "Fugue in G Major (Jig Fugue)" (BWV 577) J.S. Bach Sonata in D Major (K. 288) Domenico Scarlatti "Allegro" (1685-1757) "Choral in a minor" César Franck (1822-1890) Symphony Gothique Charles-Marie Widor "Andante Sostenuto" (1844-1937) Symphony No. 5 Charles Marie Widor "Toccata" ENCORE: "Toccata in d minor/Maple Leaf Rag" J.S. Bach/Scott Joplin arr. Michael Bower |
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