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Brooklyn Chapter |
| Last updated: November 4, 2007 |
Message from the Dean |
| ELECTION RESULTS FOR 2006-2007
At the banquet on Sunday, June 4, the following results were announced for our chapter elections. DEAN: Jonathan B. Hall SUB-DEAN: Gregory Eaton SECRETARY: Hope Engelsen TREASURER: Steve Danziger REGISTRAR: Joe Extejt BOARD CLASS OF 2009: Ray Trapp, Bruce Oelschlager, Mark Victor Smith Congratulations to our duly elected officers! Welcome to the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Guild of Organists website! We are a friendly, small-home-town-feeling chapter just across the river from Manhattan, and we are home to some excellent organs and organists. Please check out our calendar, which is full of activities, join us at one our events, and meet some friendly organists. As you can see by our pictures, we have a good time. Also, get to know some of our churches and organs. Brooklyn is known as the "borough of churches," and we advise you to come see some of these instruments live, or via their websites--links are coming soon! For information about joining our chapter, see the "Membership" item below. Best wishes, Donald C. Barnum, Jr., Dean |
Local Events |
| See our new website at www.brooklynago.org |
Newsletter |
| The Chapter Newsletter, "The Brooklyn Bombarde," is sent approximately monthly to all chapter members. The editor is Jonathan Hall, FAGO; email him at jonahall "at" alumni.indiana "dot" edu.
Each issue contains a message from the Dean, timely information about chapter events and local concerts, a substitute list, and sundry tidbits about the unique culture of Brooklyn--once six rural Dutch villages, now the largest borough of New York City. |
Membership |
| To join the chapter, you may contact the Registrar, Joseph Extejt, or any member or officer. You may also contact the Dean, Donald Barnum, at DCBjr1 "at" aol "dot" com.
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL IS NOW STARTING FOR 2006-2007! Renew, rejoin, discover our chapter! -----All current primary and dual members, please join us for another wonderful program year! -----If you didn't rejoin us last year, please come back home for 2006-2007! -----If you're in the NYC area (or beyond!) and are looking for a friendly, adventurous chapter, look no further! -----Whether you're a professional or hobbyist, religious or not, leader or follower, you have a place here! |
Placement |
| Contact Past Dean Julian Goodwin, AAGO, for all substitute work at 718-875-3542. The list below is open to chapter members, upon application to Mr. Goodwin. For all permanent positions, see the National AGO website.
Current Substitute List: Ellen Wright 718-625-3903 Julian Goodwin 718-875-3542 Sylvester Nichols 718-493-0445 Andrew Violette (no Sunday AM) 718-821-6055 Mark Victor Smith (now available Sunday) 718-728-7038 Jonathan Hall (no Sunday AM) 917-596-4002 Roy Prescod (no Sunday) 718-253-8498 Tim Chun Employers and job seekers are invited to post and search listings of available positions on the Guild's National Website. |
Certification |
| Please see the National website for general information on the AGO's extensive and valuable Professional Certification program. We strongly endorse this program.
Our chapter includes a number of certificated members, and we will be glad to assist you to achieve your certification goals. We congratulate our member Jan-Piet Knijff, who has just earned the AAGO certificate, along with the Associateship Prize and the S. Lewis Elmer Prize for the highest scores in the nation in this year's exams. For all inquiries into scheduling your certification exam in Brooklyn, please contact the Dean, Donald Barnum. We encourage your inquiries! |
Contact Us |
| Officers for the 2005-2006 program year:
Dean: Donald C. Barnum, Jr. 212-799-6944 Sub-Dean: Jonathan B. Hall, FAGO 718-633-2197 Treasurer: Stephen Danziger, MD 718-398-3980 Secretary: Hope Engelsen 718-836-1751 Registrar: Joseph Extejt 516-982-0103 Professional Concerns: Gregory Eaton 212-924-4963 Archivist: Keith Bigger 718-875-1858, x160 Placement: Julian Goodwin, AAGO 718-875-3542 Chaplain: Fr. Thaddeus Grzelak Webmaster, Newsletter Editor: Jonathan Hall Class of 2008: Tim Chun, Keith Bigger, Roger Castellani. Class of 2007: Sylvester Nichols, J. David Williams, Rick Dennan. Class of 2006: John Cuniffe, Gregory Eaton, Joseph Extejt. |
Links |
| There's more to our website! CHAPTER PHOTOGRAPHS and more are available online here: http://www.JonathanBHall.com/brooklynfront.html
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Parkway: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org Brooklyn Online: http://www.brooklynonline.com/ The Brooklyn Eagle Online (invaluable research tool): http://brooklynpubliclibrary.org/eagle/ The Brooklyn Public Library: http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/ The Official Website of the Borough of Brooklyn: http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/index.html The Brooklyn Historical Society: http://www.brooklynhistory.org The Green-Wood Cemetery: http://www.green-wood.com/ Forgotten New York (an incredible photo tribute to the city's amazing history, from gas lights to cobblestones: http://www.forgotten-ny.com/ |
| Visit the AGO National website |