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Pipe Organ Encounter (POE)

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The traditional Pipe Organ Encounter

  • Is a 4-5 day event organized by a local AGO chapter under the sponsorship of the national organization. It introduces participants to the world of the pipe organ.
  • Is a national program sponsored by the American Guild of Organists. Participants are admitted to POEs on a first-come, first-served basis, regardless of attendance at prior POEs, and regardless of state or country of residence, as long as they meet the following eligibility guidelines: Participants should be aged 13-18, be interested in the pipe organ, and have piano or organ proficiency ranging from intermediate to advanced.
  • Provides an opportunity for participants to have individual and group instruction in the basic rudiments of pipe organ technique and service playing.
  • Provides a general overview of organ literature, history, pipe organ construction and design, improvisation and other related topics.
  • Provides an opportunity for participation in ecumenical worship, so as to experience the role of the sacred musician.
  • Most of all, provides a unique opportunity for participants to meet and interact with peers who have similar interests.
Pipe Organ Encounters
for beginning and intermediate organists, ages 13-18

Registration opens Dec. 1, 2021
Click HERE to register to attend (beginning Dec. 1, 2021)

June 19-25, 2022
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha Chapter
Director: Jeff Hoffman
402-317-8887
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Please note:  Early Bird Registration for the Omaha POE extended to May 15!


June 26-July 1, 2022

Hartford, Connecticut
Greater Hartford Chapter
Director: Vaughn Mauren
518-596-5691 (m)
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June 26-July 1, 2022
Long Beach, California
Long Beach Chapter
Director: Hyunju Hwang
213-550-9093 (h/m)
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Brochure


July 17-22, 2022

Winston-Salem and Greensboro, North Carolina
Piedmont NC Chapter
Director: Timothy Olsen
(405) 535-8124 (m)
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2022 POE Application Form

2022 POE Attendance Application Form

Before beginning this form, please be sure to have the following available for data input or upload: 1. Parental contact information: address/phone/email; 2. List of keyboard repertoire studied; 3. If you are a Young Organist member of the AGO, your member ID (located on mail label TAO magazine) Call 212-870-2310 for assistance during M-F business hours (9am-5pm Eastern Time) if you don't have a paper copy of TAO available.
  • CONTACT INFORMATION

    Please provide complete information requested. Incomplete applications cannot be submitted.
  • Please use the format mm/dd/yyyy and be sure to put in the full and correct year.
    MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • Most POE events provide a souvenir T-shirt. What is your T-shirt size?
  • Please list all known allergies (If none, please enter "none"):
  • This form requests only ONE applicant email address per application. Please provide an email address with parental access to both receive and send messages. Each application should be acknowledged upon receipt by the registrar of the event to which you are applying. If the application is not acknowledged within 48 hours after submission, please contact the POE director at the location of the POE you are applying to attend. (See: https://www.agohq.org/education/poe/poe/)
  • Select the POE location you plan to attend:
    [Please note: THE AGO NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS online application closed on April 15, 2022. For information about AGO National Scholarships for POE attendance as well as other sources of funding to attend a POE, please visit https://www.agohq.org/poe-scholarships/.]
  • If you are already a Young Organist member of the AGO, please provide the membership ID number found on the mailing label on the back of your issue of THE AMERICAN ORGANIST Magazine. Your ID number is four or five digits and is found in the line above your name, just to the left of the membership expiration date.
    Please enter a number less than or equal to 99999.
  • A complimentary Student membership in the AGO is provided for all who attend a POE, POEA or POETech event. As part of this free membership, you can either become part of one of the over 275 chapters or be an Independent member. Please view the chapter map at https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zBmUH7T98zns.kKvVtC_gvnRo and select the chapter below that you would like to join. If you do not wish to be part of a chapter, please select "No Chapter - Independent."
  • Music Study

    The following questions will help the POE Director determine the applicant's level of musical achievement in order to provide appropriate materials and teacher assignments.
  • What other instruments has the applicant studied and for how long?
  • Please upload a file containing a list of representative repertoire for piano and/or organ which has been studied by the applicant.
    Accepted file types: doc, docx, rtf, xls, xlsx, pdf, jpg, png, Max. file size: 2 MB.
  • ADDRESS:
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Pipe Organ Encounter Scholarship Assistance

Please click HERE for information about POE Scholarships.

Pipe Organ Encounters is an educational outreach program of the American Guild of Organists. Major funding for Pipe Organ Encounters is provided by the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America. Additional support is provided by the American Institute of Organbuilders and the Jordan Organ Endowment. Permanently endowed AGO scholarships are provided in memory of Charlene Brice Alexander, Robert S. Baker, Seth Bingham, Michael Cohen, Margaret R. Curtin, Clarence Dickinson, Richard and Clara Mae Enright, Virgil Fox, Philip Hahn, Charles Huddleston Heaton, Charles N. Henderson, Alfred E. Lunsford, Ruth Milliken, Bruce Prince-Joseph, Douglas Rafter, Ned Siebert, Mary K. Smith, and Martin M. Wick; and in honor of Anthony Baglivi, Philip E. Baker, Joyce F. Johnson, Gordon and Naomi Rowley, Frederick Swann, Morgan and Mary Simmons, and the Leupold Foundation.

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