Cumberland Valley Chapter

Last updated: March 18, 2008

Message from the Dean
Welcome to the Cumberland Valley Chapter website. We are happy to welcome new people at any time. Our membership covers a wide geographic area including a portion of Central Maryland, Western Maryland, and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.

We have meetings, workshops, master classes, and concerts that will interest people involved in church music.

The purpose of the American Guild of Organists 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, education, and certification of Guild members.

Mark King
Minister of Music
St. John's Episcopal Church
101 South Prospect Street
Hagerstown, MD 21740
301.733.2560, Ext. 108
mking.stjohns@myactv.net

Local Events
CHAPTER PROGRAM SCHEDULE 2007-2008

Monday, September 10 - 6:00 p.m.
Dinner, Free Music Exchange, Highlights of the Regional
AGO Convention in Baltimore.
Home of Ken Stoops.

Saturday, November 3 - 10:00 a.m.
Tour Eastern Organ Pipes Company
403 North Prospect Street, Hagerstown, MD
Rick Morrison, Host

Sunday, December 2 - 4:00 p.m.
Annual AGO Community Christmas Concert and Party
St. John's Lutheran Church, Hagerstown, MD
Mary Ward - host
AGO Christmas Party will be at the home of Clair Johannsen
following the concert.
(Persons interested in playing in the concert should call
Mary Ward at 301.824.5356, or 301.790.2510)

Monday, February 11 - 7:00 p.m.
Explore the new Randall Dyer organ
and New Finds in Wedding Music
St. James School, St. James, MD
Barbara Wischmeier - host

Sunday, March 16 - 3:00 p.m.
Annual Bach Marathon
Trinity Lutheran Church, Hagerstown, MD
Clair Johannsen - host

Sunday, April 13 - 4:00 p.m.
AGO Students of All Ages Recital
John Wesley United Methodist Church, Hagerstown, MD
Ken Stoops - host

Saturday, May 17 - 5:30 p.m.
Year End Banquet/Brief Recital with the Chambersburg AGO
Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA
Jim Brinson/Richard Rotz - hosts

RECITALS AND MUSICAL EVENTS IN THE REGION

Friday, September 14 - 7:00 p.m.
Recital by Joan Dixon (from Frostburg State University)
St. John's Episcopal Church, Frostburg, MD

Sunday, September 16 - 2:00 p.m.
Recital by Jim Brinson (organ) and other faculty
Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA

Sunday, September 30 - 4:00 p.m.
Recital by Daniel Weatherholt
St. John's Episcopal Church, Frostburg, MD

Sunday, September 30 - 4:00 p.m.
Recital by Chris Lane
Evangelical Reformed Church, U.C.C., Frederick, MD

Saturday, October 13 - 7:00 p.m.
Hymn Festival for Choir and Congregation
David Loy - Organist/Choirmaster
St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Damascus, MD

Sunday, October 14 - 5:00 p.m.
Recital by Olivier Latry
Washington National Cathedral, Washington DC

Saturday, October 20 - 10:00 a.m.
Buxtehude Master Class led by Steven Cooksey
Coffman Chapel, Hood College, Frederick, MD

Sunday, October 21 - 3:00 p.m.
Buxtehude Festival Concert
Hood College & Shenandoah University Faculty & Students
Coffman Chapel, Hood College, Frederick, MD

Sunday, October 21 - 7:00 p.m.
Recital by Michael Britt and Brass
St. Ann Catholic Church, Hagerstown, MD

Sunday, October 28 - 3:00 p.m.
Recital by Thomas Murray
The Van Looy Organ Recital Series at Thomson Hall,
Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA

Sunday, October 28 - 4:00 p.m.
Recital by Eric Suter
Trinity Lutheran Church, Hagerstown, MD

Saturday, November 3 - 7:00 p.m.
Choir Festival: Charles Wesley Celebration
Calvary United Methodist Church, Mt. Airy, MD

Sunday, November 4 - 5:00 p.m.
Choral Evensong
Mark King, conductor
St. John's Episcopal Church, Hagerstown, MD

Sunday, November 11 - 4:00 p.m.
Recital by Ken Stoops
John Wesley United Methodist Church, Hagerstown, MD

Sunday, November 11 - 7:00 p.m.
Masterworks Chorale - "Chichester Psalms"
Erik Reid Jones, conductor; Mark King, organ
Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV

Sunday, November 18 - 4:00 p.m.
Recital and Lecture on Jean Langlais by Ann Labounsky
Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, MD
Tickets for Non-Baltimore AGO members: $10.00

November 24 - February 10
Making Music: Mechanical Organs
Exhibit and demonstration of mechanical organs from the
18th through the 20th centuries.
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD

Saturday, December 1 - 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Christmas in Shepherdstown
Organists: Lois Kuhn, Mary Ann Morgan, Rick Morrison,
Linda Snyder.
St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Shepherdstown, WV

Saturday, December 1 - 4:00 p.m.
Hagerstown Choral Arts - "Messiah"
Greg Shook, conductor
Maryland Theatre, Hagerstown, MD

Sunday, December 23 - 10:15 a.m.
Advent Lessons and Carols
Mark King, director
St. John's Episcopal Church, Hagerstown, MD

Sunday, February 10 - 4:00 p.m.
Frostburg State University Chamber Choir
Karen Soderberg, director
St. John's Episcopal Church, Hagerstown, MD

Sunday, February 17 - 4:00 p.m.
Recital by Joan Dixon
St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Hancock, MD

Sunday, February 17 - 5:00 p.m.
Recital by Marilyn Keiser
Washington Nathional Cathedral, Washington DC

Sunday, February 24 - 3:00 p.m.
Recital by Joyce Jones
The Van Looy Organ Recital Series at Thomson Hall,
Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA

Saturday, March 8 - 4:00 p.m.
Hagerstown Choral Arts
East Coast Premiere of Richard Nance's "Mass for a New
Millennium"
Trinity Lutheran Church, Hagerstown, MD

Sunday, March 9 - 3:00 p.m.
Juniata College Concert Choir
Trinity Lutheran Church, Hagerstown, MD

Sunday, March 9 - 5:00 p.m.
Choral Evensong
St. John's Episcopal Church, Hagerstown, MD

Saturday, March 15 - 8:00 p.m.
Concert Choir of the College of William and Mary from
Williamsburg, VA
Trinity Lutheran Church, Hagerstown, MD

Sunday, March 30 - 3:00 p.m.
Recital by Wayne Wold
Hood College, Frederick, MD

Friday, April 4 - 7:30 p.m.
Recital by Mark King
St. John's Episcopal Church, Hagerstown, MD

Sunday, April 6 - 4:00 p.m.
Hymn Festival led by Angela Hancock and David Erickson
St. Paul's Methodist Church, Chambersburg, PA

Sunday, April 6 - 4:00 p.m.
Credo Quartet of St. Petersburg, Russia (choral music)
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick, MD

Sunday, April 6 - 5:00 p.m.
Recital by Gillian Weir
Washington National Cathedral, Washington DC

Friday, April 18 - 7:30 p.m.
Recital by Jonathan Leonard
St. John's Episcopal Church, Hagerstown, MD

Sunday, April 20 - 4:00 p.m.
Afro-American Choir Concert from St. John's Lutheran
Church in Pimlico, Maryland.
Trinity Lutheran Church, Hagerstown, MD

Sunday, April 20 - 5:00 p.m.
Recital by David Hurd
Washington National Cathedral, Washington DC

Friday, April 25 - 8:00 p.m.
Dedicatory Organ Recital by Simon Holt (from Calvary
Church, Stonington, CT)
Saint James School, St. James, MD

Sunday, April 27 - 4:00 p.m.
Senior Recital by Daniel Weatherholt
St. John's Episcopal Church, Frostburg, MD

Sunday, April 27 - 4:00 p.m.
Spring Recital featuring the Choirs of
John Wesley United Methodist Church, Hagerstown, MD
Ken Stoops, director

Sunday, May 4 - 4:00 p.m.
Candice Mowbray, guitar; Susan Mott, flute;
Mike Hoover, clarinet
World Premiere performance of a work by Dr. Glenn Caluda
from Shenandoah Conservatory written especially for the
trio.
St. John's Episcopal Church, Hagerstown, MD

Sunday, May 4 - 5:00 p.m.
Recital by Naji Hakim
Washington National Cathedral, Washington DC

Sunday, May 18 - 4:00 p.m.
Recital by the musicians of Evangelical Lutheran Church
Frederick, MD







Newsletter
Our newsletter is "The Chimney Flute". Clair Johannsen is the editor and can be reached by phone at 301.733.2878, fax at 301.733.6993, and email at doctorj@tlc.org

Membership
For information regarding joining our chapter, please contact Ken Stoops to receive a Membership Brochure and application. Email: kenstoops3@yahoo.com or call 301.733.0391

Placement
On June 18, 2007 an AGO Member filed a formal complaint against First Christian Church, Hagerstown, MD for wrongful termination of employment. The Guild is investigating the matter according to the AGO's Procedures for Dealing with Complaints about Termination. No determination has been made at this time.

Although Guild Members may provide substitute or interim services, no Member may seek or accept regular or permanent employment with First Christian Church while these Procedures are pending. See the AGO's Web Site for the current status of this case.
Employers and job seekers are invited to post and search listings of available positions on the Guild's National Website.

Certification
The American Guild of Organists is commited to:
- improve the proficiency of organists and conductors,
- evaluate by examination attainments in organ playing,
- choral and instrumental training, and the theory and
general knowledge of music, and
- grant certificates to those who pass examinations.

Information regarding eligibility, application procedures, examination fees, certificates, exams, free Hymn Booklet, exams for the visually challenged, and individual examination requirements can be found on the American Guild of Organists National website, www.agohq.org

Contact Us
Mark King, Dean - mking.stjohns@myactv.net
Mary Ward, Sub Dean - maryaliceward@yahoo.com
Ken Stoops, Secretary/Treasurer - kenstoops3@yahoo.com
Clair Johannsen, Newsletter Editor - doctorj@tlc.org
Debbie Zacher - Immediate Past Dean - dzacher@comcast.net

Links
Visit the AGO National website