American Guild of Organists

The members of the Greater Kansas City Chapter of The American Guild of Organists hosted some 1,200 AGO members  and  shared the grandeur of the city’s organs and performance venues. A highlight was this Casavant Frère, op. 3875 (2011) at the Kaufman Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Kansas City [More]

Kalle Toivio took first place in the National Competition in Organ Improvisation (NCOI), which seeks to further the art of improvisation. He is the organist and director of music at the Church of Notre Dame, NYC. Aaron Tan took first place in the 2018 National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance (NYACOP). He is currently Artist-in-Residence at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Detroit, Michigan. The competition serves as a springboard for emerging organists to develop their performance ability by participating in the various demanding stages of this competition.

The July issue of TAO features a Kegg Pipe Organ Builders installation at Christ the King Chapel St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, Colorado. The goal shared with associate professor of sacred music Mark Lawlor was to build an instrument suited primarily to the multiple daily Masses of the seminarians  [More]