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Nassau Chapter |
| Last updated: November 26, 2008 |
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:
A Festival of Christmas Lessons and Carols, (Larry Tremsky, director, Alistair Nelson, organist), Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, NY, 12/14 at 4:00 pm ------- 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 |
| Greetings!
We had a wonderful kick-off for the International Year of the Organ with our October 19th Organ Spectacular members’ recital at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Merrick. Four of our chapter members played, Bill Schmitt, David Schmidt, Ken Sybesma and Henry DeVries, with Scott Hoefling, clarinet. Our music spanned the globe as well as time, ranging from Buxtehude through two newly commissioned works for this concert by Bernard Sanders and Stephen Paulus. Many thanks to both our performers and the people of St. John’s Lutheran Church for hosting us and providing the goodies for our reception that followed. Finally, special thanks are due to David and Carol Schmidt for helping to make this happen. Our next event, continuing our celebration of the International Year of the Organ, will be the Long Island debut of international concert artist Diane Bish. Ms. Bish is well known through her television show, The Joy of Music, as seen on Telecare. This concert will be held Tuesday, November 11th, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Agnes Cathedral, 29 Quealy Place in Rockville Centre. The concert is being co-sponsored by the Nassau, Suffolk and Queens Chapters of the AGO, as well as St. Agnes Cathedral. Tickets are selling well for this event, yet there are still some tickets available, they may be obtained in advance directly from St. Agnes Cathedral, or purchased at the door on the day of the concert. Ticket prices are $20 general admission, or $15 for member of the sponsoring AGO chapters, seniors and students. You certainly don’t want to miss out on Ms. Bish’s first Long Island performance. Do plan on attending this event. I hope to see you all there! Our International Year of the Organ will continue in the New Year with a “Mini-Convention” at the Community Church of Douglaston and a Hymn Sing as led by Gerre Hancock at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, in Bayshore, in May. We hope that you all will continue to promote our instrument and events at your churches. Please do bring friends! As our calendar year winds down, and our busy Thanksgiving, Advent and Christmas season approaches, I wish you all the joy of the upcoming seasons. As organists, we don’t often think of these times as joyful! I hope that you will have time, though, to enjoy the “reason for these season” amidst the rush. Have a Happy Thanksgiving, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! -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:
Christ First Presbyterian Church,353 Fulton Avenue, Hempstead. Contact: Rachael Forrester,(516) 535-8626 daytime,(631) 835-3571 evenings and weekends, Easily accessible by train and bus. Position: part time organist. Pipe Organ - 3 manuals 72 stops. One service on sundays. One choir rehearsal weekly, time to be determined. Salary range $14,000 - $17,000. Other details to be worked out. Grace Lutheran Church Street Address: 311 Uniondale Avenue Uniondale, NY 11553 Congregation Size: 150 Contact Name/Title: Rev. Anthony Bateza, Pastor Daytime Phone: 516-489-2182 E-mail: grace@graceuniondale.org Web Site: http://www.graceuniondale.org Organist and Choir Director (part-time) Brief Position Description: Grace Lutheran Church of Uniondale, New York is seeking a part-time (5 hrs per wk) organist and choir director. Responsibilities will include playing at one Sunday morning service and working with the adult choir. Requires occasional daytime funeral services and Wednesday evening service during the season of Lent. Salary is commensurate with relevant experience and education within AGO guidelines. Application Information: Send resume and three references with contact information to the church via email or send hard copies to the church at the street address above. Number of Weekly Services: 1 and Rehearsals:1 Ensembles: Adult Choir (12 members). Number Supervised: N/A Hours per Week: 5 Organ description: Allen electric. Compensation Information Annual Salary: $6500 - $8500 Weeks of Paid Continuing Ed: N/A Weeks of Paid vacation: 4 Benefits: Position Posted on: 17-Nov-2008 Position Available: 14-Dec-2008 Saint David’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Massapequa Park POSITION FILLED FAMILY MASS CHOIR DIRECTOR,St Dominic’s Parish, Oyster Bay, NY POSITION FILLED St. Ignatius Loyola Parish, Hicksville. Director of Music Ministries/Organist. Prepare and play the organ for all parish liturgies. Supervise cantors, play at weddings and funerals, direct the Adult Parish Choir and work with the director of the School Children’s Choir. Send letters of interest and resume to Msgr. Donald T. Bennett, 129 Broadway, Hicksville, New York 11801 or stignatius1859@aol.com or call 516.931.0056, or fax 516.939.9852. St. James Episcopal Church 84-07 Broadway Elmhurst, Queens, NY 11373 Part-time Church Organist One Sunday Service at 10:00 AM Weekly choir practice at 9:00 AM on Sunday Electronic organ installed in 1977 Service with prelude, postlude, Rite I service music, 3 or 4 hymns Salary: $8,000-10,000/year Call Fr. John Farrell at 917.696.8689 or 718.592.2555 Fax resume 718.592.8672 or e-mail johnfarrell@aya.yale.edu Until permanent position is filled, church needs substitutes starting 9/7/08 $150/service SUBWAY: Take the R Train to Grand Ave. Station. When you exit, walk up Broadway to Corona Ave. (3rd light). The Church is on the corner of Corona and Broadway. St. George's Episcopal Church, Hempstead, permanent, part -time Organist and Choir Director. Position will require 8-12 hours per week for performance at two Sunday services (8 & 11am), major feasts and special occasions, planning, practice time (both individually and with choirs), meeting with clergy, and worship services. Traditional hymns and anthems as well as contemporary music (i.e. Richard Smallwood, Donnie McClurkin and Hezekiah Walker). The successful candidate will have excellent people skills, be innovative and energetic around diverse musical styles, as well as proficient in organ, keyboard and Anglican liturgy. The organ is a Moller with 2 manuals, 8 stops on the pedal, 6 stops upper keyboard (swell) 8 stops lower (general), no couplers, standard pipes and blowers. Compensation for this position is $15k-17k, with x weeks vacation. Contact:The Rev. Dr. Lynn A. Collins St. John’s Episcopal Church, Hempstead, POSITION FILLED Organist/Music Director (Cantor) St. Peter’s Ev. Lutheran Church, Baldwin, NY POSITION FILLED 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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