Professional Certifications
Service Playing Certificate (SPC)
Colleague (CAGO)
Choir Master (ChM)
Associateship (AAGO)
Fellowship (FAGO)
AGO Certification Examinations Centers 2015
For the Fellowship, Associateship, and Choir Master Examinations:
The following is a list of local chapters that have been designated as examination centers for the May 2015 AGO certification examinations. These are sites where the practical portion (i.e., Section 1/nonpaperwork) of the Fellowship, Associateship, and Choir Master examinations may be taken; the specific tests that each individual center is equipped to administer are indicated by the abbreviations (FAGO, AAGO, and ChM) accompanying each listing.
All other examinations may be administered by any local chapter. This includes the paperwork portions (Section 2) of the Fellowship, Associateship, and Choir Master examinations.
The Service Playing Certificate Test may be administered by any chapter between October 1, 2014, and March 31, 2015.
The Colleague Examination may be administered by any chapter on May 15 or November 13, 2015.
For certification repertoire contact your local music retailer or:
Cliff Hill Music Inc.
5121 West 161st Street
Brook Park, OH 44142
Tel: 800-819-8772
Fax: 216-676-1888
NORTHEAST REGION CENTER COORDINATORS
Boston
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Steven Young, AAGO
68 Briarwood Dr.
Taunton, MA 02780-3754
H: 508-823-0504
W: 508-531-2043
s1young@bridgew.edu
Eastern New York
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Iteke Prins, AAGO, ChM
65 Craver Rd.
West Sand Lake, NY 12196
518-286-2218
ihp65@nycap.rr.com
Fairfield West
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
TBA
New Hampshire
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Kenneth J. Grinnell Jr., FAGO, ChM
218 Pickering St.
Manchester, NH 03104-2703
H: 603-668-3780
Cell: 401-297-7035
fourgrinns@comcast.net
New York City
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
James D. Wetzel
The Church of St. Agnes
143 East 43rd St.
New York, NY 10017
412-951-7441
jwetzel@stagneschurchnyc.org
Portland
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
James Strand, AAGO
642 Sawyer St.
South Portland, ME 04106
207-899-4452
jstrand@maine.rr.com
Suffolk
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Deanna Muro, CAGO
3 High Woods Ct.
St. James, NY 11780
631-361-3393
deanna8980@yahoo.com
Worcester
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
TBA
MID-ATLANTIC REGION CENTER COORDINATORS
Baltimore
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Michael Britt
Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church
1316 Park Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21217
410-523-1542, ext.16
michael@browndowntown.org
Metropolitan New Jersey
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Dennis Dell, CAGO
23 Helen Ave.
Avenel, NJ 07001-1944
H: 732-750-2960
bearcub6@aol.com
Philadelphia
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Lee de Mets, FAGO
78 Queens Cir.
Chalfont, PA 18914-2263
H: 215-997-0219
C: 215-822-0179
Cell: 215-896-0528
Fax: 215-997-0424
Ldemets@live.com
Pittsburgh
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Cynthia Pock, AAGO
First English Lutheran Church
615 Grant St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-4462
412-471-8125
cantor@flcpittsburgh.org
SOUTHEAST REGION CENTER COORDINATORS
Atlanta
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Jeffrey McIntyre, CAGO
Covenant Presbyterian Church
3067 Cherry Blossom Lane
East Point, GA 30344-3919
404-805-4816 (day)
C: 404-237-0363
jdmatl@aol.com
Birmingham
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Dan Lawhon
2117 University Blvd.
Birmingham, AL 35233-3107
W: 205-328-0644
Fax: 205-328-6060
Cell: 205-602-0597
dlawhon@bcoc.net
Memphis
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Vicki Person, CAGO
Lord of Life Lutheran Church
6865 Poplar Pike
Memphis, TN 38119
Cell: 901-262-3656
personvicki@netzero.com
Southwest Florida
(AAGO)
John Fenstermaker, AAGO
Church of Trinity-by-the-Cove
553 Galleon Dr.
Naples, FL 34102
239-262-6581, ext. 207
johnfenstermaker64@gmail.com
GREAT LAKES REGION CENTER COORDINATORS
Chicago
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Steven Betancourt
Director of Liturgical Music
Loyola University Chicago
Mundelein Center 809
1032 West Sheridan Rd.
Chicago, IL 60660
773-508-2195
sbetancourt@luc.edu
Cleveland
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Ginny Roedig, AAGO
9525 Headlands Rd.
Mentor, OH 44060
440-257-3281
roedig5@msn.com
Detroit
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
William Jean Randall
32725 Sutton Rd.
Chesterfield, MI 48047-3371
586-801-3962
wrand81122@aol.com
Indianapolis
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Charles H. Goehring, CAGO
10746 Belmont Cir.
Indianapolis, IN 46280
317-902-0416
goehringc@sbcglobal.net
Lexington
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Jane H. Johnson, CAGO
Director of Student Affairs
College of Fine Arts
202 Fine Arts Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0022
859-257-1709
jhjohn@email.uky.edu
Rockford
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Gregory Gyllsdorff, FAGO, ChM
5922 Allerton Dr.
Rockford, IL 61114
H: 815-637-9696
C: 815-962-6691
Cell: 815-621-2709
ggyllsdorff@hotmail.com
NORTH CENTRAL REGION CENTER COORDINATORS
Greater Kansas City
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
William T. Stewart, AAGO
302 East Partridge St.
Independence, MO 64055-1455
H and fax: 816-254-5665
Cell: 816-305-1038
stewart.smith@att.net
Lincoln
(AAGO, ChM)
Jeremy Bankson
2000 D St.
Lincoln, NE 68502
W: 402-476-7565
jeremybankson@gmail.com
Milwaukee
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Sheri Masiakowski, SPC
5589 Arrowwood St.
Greendale, WI 53129
H: 414-403-1046
seasonsoftheheart@wi.rr.com
St. Louis
(AAGO, ChM)
Brent M. Johnson
6622 Michigan Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63111-2805
H: 314-496-1278
W: 314-533-7340
brent@brentmjohnson.net
Twin Cities
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Stephen Self, FAGO
Department of Music
Bethel University
3900 Bethel Dr.
Arden Hills, MN 55112
W: 651-638-6536
selste@bethel.edu
St. Louis
(AAGO, ChM)
Brent M. Johnson
6622 Michigan Ave.
Saint Louis, MO 63111-2805
H: 314-496-1278
W: 314-533-7340
brent@brentmjohnson.net
Twin Cities
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Stephen Self, FAGO
4023 Crystal Cir.
Shoreview, MN 55126
selste@bethel.edu
SOUTHWEST REGION CENTER COORDINATORS
Alamo
(FAGO, AAGO, CHM)
Mary Ann Winden, AAGO, ChM
11503 Sayanora Ct.
San Antonio, TX 78216-3526
210-344-9607
mawinden@att.net
Austin
(FAGO, AAGO, CHM)
John C. Schmidt, FAGO
P.O. Box 1373
San Marcos, TX 78667
H: 512-396-3944
W: 512-245-3378
C: 512-753-9823
js26@txstate.edu
Dallas
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Jim Loeffler, FAGO
3240 Sailmaker Lane
Plano, TX 75023-3609
H: 972-618-3738
Cell: 214-769-2374
jim@rlcplano.org
Denver
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Denise Lanning, FAGO
1604 South Ivy Way
Denver, CO 80224
H: 303-753-9154
deniselanning@netscape.net
Fort Worth
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Ed Ackermann, CAGO
6450 Camp Bowie Blvd.
Fort Worth, TX 76116-4337
817-584-5591
ackermannstudio@sbcglobal.net
New Mexico
(FAGO, AAGO, CHM)
Maxine Thévenot, ARCCO
7311 Tricia Rd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113
H: 505-821-1956
Cell: 505-250-8614
maxinethevenot@gmail.com
and
Jane Smith, CAGO
13013 Montgomery Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111
W: 505-298-7553
Cell: 505-688-2488
Organista7788@hotmail.com
Southern Plains
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Vicki Schaeffer
2801 Trailridge Dr.
Norman, OK 73072
H: 405-325-0175
W: 405-366-7679
vschaeffer@ou.edu
Tulsa
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Eliot Glaser, FAGO
2943 South Detroit Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74114-5226
918-748-4409
eg@eliotglaser.com
WEST REGION CENTER COORDINATORS
Central Arizona
(AAGO, ChM)
Sandra De Valk, SPC
1424 East Las Colinas Dr.
Chandler, AZ 85249
480-478-3573
micasaaz@q.com
Los Angeles
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Andrea Anderson
2738 Lompoc St.
Los Angeles, CA 90065-5108
323-256-7244
aandersonpianist@hotmail.com
Palo Alto/Peninsula
(AAGO, ChM)
Rani Fischer
665 Endicott Dr.
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
C: 650-793-4849
ranifisc@gmail.com
Salt Lake City
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Ryan W. North, CAGO
3324 South Holly Dr., #3
Salt Lake City, UT 84109
C: 310-766-0557
education@slcago.org
San Francisco
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Eileen M. Johnson, CAGO
670 Appian Way
El Sobrante, CA 94803
W: 510-223-0790
music@esumconline.org
San Joaquin Valley
(AAGO, ChM)
Richard Cencibaugh
1015 West Alamos Ave.
Fresno, CA 93705-0404
H: 559-222-6351
C: 559-349-5162
roccen@sbcglobal.net
Seattle
(FAGO, AAGO, ChM)
Carl Kishline, SPC
13245 Southeast 266th St.
Kent, WA 98042
H: 253-631-4059
kishlinec@asme.org
