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Springfield, Missouri Chapter |
| Last updated: January 9, 2012 |
Message from the Dean |
| Greetings!
The early weeks of January are special days of the year because they lay between the exhilarating holiday season and the dismal days of reality once the credit card bills from Christmas begin to arrive. I can’t imagine a more appropriate time to plan for a musical diversion! Our annual organ workshop, in conjunction with the C. William Young Organ Concert, will be a great way to work off the extra pounds, pay the bills filling your mail box, and reinvigorate your enthusiasm for the organ.* Dr. C. William Young, a 1941 graduate of then Southwest Missouri State Teacher’s College, had a distinguished career in musicology serving on the music faculty of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and authoring articles in both The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and Die Music in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Upon his retirement in 1986 Dr. Young returned to Springfield and became active in the community and his church, St. John’s Episcopal. Financial contributions from Dr. Young and his sister, Mrs. Rosemary Witt, support a keyboard scholarship fund in the MSU Department of Music and, after his death, endowed the organ concert series that bears his name. Our guest presenter and recitalist for this year is Dr. Kyle Johnson, University Organist at California Lutheran University. Dr. Johnson completed his undergraduate education at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas earning the Bachelor of Arts in Choral Music Education and Organ Performance. He completed the Master of Music degree in Organ Performance at Indiana University and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Organ Performance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. In addition to his duties as University Organist at California Lutheran, Dr. Johnson also serves as the Coordinator of Chapel Music and a Lecturer of Music. Immediately prior to his appointment at CLU, Dr. Johnson served as Director of Music and Community Arts at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square in Chicago, Illinois. We look forward to seeing you at our workshop on Saturday, January 28 at 9:00 a.m. at First & Calvary Presbyterian Church. Mark Bowdidge, Dean *Results may vary. No guarantee inferred or implied. |
Local Events |
| 2012 Calendar
JANUARY January 28 • 9 a.m. CHAPTER MEETING First and Calvary Workshop with Dr. Kyle Johnson from California Lutheran University January 29 • 2:30 p.m. First and Calvary C. William Young Concert Series FEBRUARY February 13 • 7 p.m. CHAPTER MEETING Location TBA Presentation of the restoration of the St. John the Divine organ. MARCH March 12 • 7 p.m. CHAPTER MEETING Evangel Temple Music with Praise Bands. APRIL April 16 • 7 p.m. CHAPTER MEETING National Avenue Christian Church Accessible Bach Music: Vicky Claborn, presenter. MAY May 14 • 7 p.m. CHAPTER MEETING King’s Way United Methodist Church Annual Members Recital JUNE June 11 • Time TBA CHAPTER BUSINESS MEETING Saint John’s Episcopal Church |
Newsletter |
| Please email the webmaster (organistfumc@yahoo.com) for a .pdf color version of the Newsletter. |
Membership |
| MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
Membership renewal forms have been mailed to all current members. Please return your membership materials to Vicky Claborn by September 15, 2011. $92.00 ¨C Regular Membership $67.00 ¨C Special Membership (age 65 +) $37.00 ¨C Student Membership $36.00 ¨C Dual (must be full member of another Chapter) $30.00 ¨C Chapter Friend (includes local Chapter rights and correspondence only. Does not include national membership, or subscription to THE AMERICAN ORGANIST. Please make your check payable to AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS and mail to: Vicki Claborn, Treasurer AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS 5736 S Wedgewood Ave Springfield, MO 65810-3126 (417) 886-2873 |
Placement |
| Organist Substitute List:
Below are listed available substitutes and positions. Having this listing provided is one of the benefits of being an AGO member! Benjamin Boyer 1111 N. Glenstone Ave. Springfield, MO 65802 SC 215 269.317.2888 Ronald Hailey Home: 417-368-1746 Cell: 314-599-2268 Email: nejuma@mediacombb.net Mark Bowdidge 2017 S. Oak Grove Ave. Springfield, MO 65804 417.883.0859 mark_bowdidge@yahoo.com Job Opportunities: POSITION AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY Saint Philips Episcopal Church, Joplin Missouri. Contact: Julie Farmer, Director of Music 417.623.6893 Choir Director Pathways United Methodist Church Springfield, Missouri Contact the church: pathwaysumc@gmail.com Employers and job seekers are invited to post and search listings of available positions on the Guild's National Website. |
Certification |
| If you are interested in pursuing Certification, please speak to a Chapter Officer. See http://www.agohq.org/education/indexpcertify.html for further details.
Have you considered working toward and achieving an AGO certification? A Region VI "Certification Support Group" has been formed and is looking for new members to join, to support AGO members in the region who are interested in or working toward any of the five Guild certifications: Service Playing, Colleague, Associate, Fellow, and Choir Master. One of the concerns that is raised frequently by both people considering certification and those who have achieved certification is that the effort can be an isolated, lonely process, one seemingly without the support of others. This Certification Support Group will help eliminate this sense of isolation! Two communication options will be available to the Support Group members. First, I will share your name and e-mail address with others who are interested in the same certification. You can then exchange information, thoughts, suggestions, and encouragement with each other by e-mail, and if you choose, you can arrange to discuss by phone or meet in person. Additionally, resource people are being arranged throughout Region VI who have achieved certification levels; all certifications will have resource people designated for them. They may be contacted by any Certification Support Group member with questions. These certificate holders will be able to share their certification experience, provide suggestions for study, and offer encouragement. To join the Region VI Certification Support Group is simple: Contact me, your Region VI Education Coordinator, at jeffverkuilen@new.rr.com, and provide to me: (a) your name, (b) your e-mail address, (c) your AGO chapter, and (d) the certification that you are pursuing or are interested in working toward. Join the hundreds of AGO members in our region who have gone through the certification process, who can speak for the benefits of working toward and achieving certification and can demonstrate their resulting improved musicianship. And, they have lived to tell about it and enjoy the benefits! If you have any questions about the Certification Support Group, or AGO certifications in general, please feel free to contact me, and I will try to answer any questions you may have. Sincerely, Jeffrey (Jeff) Verkuilen, AAGO Education Coordinator, AGO Region VI |
Contact Us |
| Mark Bowdidge, Dean
mark_bowdidge@yahoo.com 417.773.6746 Christopher Kiepper, Sub-Dean, Newsletter & Webmaster organistfumc@yahoo.com 417.619.1350 Vicki Claborn, Treasurer dvrclaborn@att.net 417.886.2873 T. Daniel Hancock, Secretary dhancock@brpae.com 417.862.6272 Glenda Winkle-Morrow, Member At-Large mgmps333@mchsi.com Home: 417.881.0346 Mobile: 417.861.9994 Marion Keith, Member At-Large marikinmo@yahoo.com 660.438.7267 |
Links |
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