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DELAWARE CHAPTER |
| Last updated: February 18, 2012 |
Message from the Dean |
| A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN--DAVID SCHELAT
Coming up on Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 1530 Foulk Road in Wilmington, is a catered dinner and discussion of the relationship of church musicians and their clergy partners. Our guests will be the Rev. Kit Schooley and musician James Batt, who most recently worked together at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. This program meeting is designed for you to invite your clergy partner to attend with you. (I invited the clergy people at my church today to come with me. They were quite enthusiastic about this evening! Yours will be as well.) We will have more details about the meal and its cost soon, but please put this on your calendar today and invite your clergy friends. We will have a delicious dinner together as well as a lively conversation about the joys and challenges of musicians and clergy people working together in the church. Our final program of the year will be on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. at Immanuel Church on the Green in New Castle, Delaware. This program will be a members' recital followed by a catered end of year banquet. We have ended our program year with this combination of events for a couple of years, and it seems to work quite well. We figured, "why tinker with success?" So - think about what you'd like to play in this program - a piece big or small, difficult or easy. We'd love to have you play! More information about the banquet later. |
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Membership |
| The Delaware Chapter of the American Guild of Organists is an active chapter that serves professional, semi-professional, and amateur organists and directors throughout the region. Information on Guild membership is available here. If you would like to join the Delaware Chapter, email our Registrar, Terrence Gaus-Woollen, Registrar/Treasurer - terry@trinityparishde.com
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Substitute Organists |
| To aid churches in finding substitute organists for services, the Delaware Chapter has compiled a list of organists available for various types of engagements. In addition to name and phone number, each listing provides information about music degrees and guild certifications, availability (whether for Sundays, weddings and funerals, or interim work), ability to conduct different ensembles, and any particular denominational preference (denomination listings are not necessarily exclusive; many organists have experience outside the listed traditions). Please note, information about substitute organists was provided by the individual organists and has not been verified by the Delaware Chapter. This list is provided as a service and is not intended as an endorsement of any organist by the Delaware Chapter AGO.
Julie Allport, BS 610-932-4146 Weddings/funerals Adult choir, children's choir juallport@yahoo.com Joan Anderson, 610-361-8038 Weddings/funerals/service substitute andersbc@mindspring.com Jackson Borges 619-929-9170 MM Rehearsals, accompanist, handbells, weddings, funerals, concerts jacksonborges@sbcglobal.net David Bowlsbey 761-0536 BS MME Weddings/funerals dbowlsbey@yahoo.com Terry Boyer 654-5633 Weddings/funerals Catholic JEBoyer@aol.com Lauren M. Cataldi General Music Teacher Available to substitute Piano/Organ Lessons 302-379-3775 lcataldimay@yahoo.com Marc Cheban 302-378-4287 MM Weddings/funerals a1b2celeste@yahoo.com Nathan Costa 302-376-9584 Weddings/funerals/service substitute ncosta@standrews-de.org Lee Dettra, MSM, FAGO, ChM 838-5668 Sundays, weddings/funerals, interim work Adult choir, children's choir thedettras@comcast.net Kerry W. Dietz, BM, MM 798-4779 Weddings/funerals Episcopalian, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist eumc_kdietz@verizon.net Sue Fuhrmann, 410-920-8641 substitute Sundays, weddings/funerals. suefuhr@udel.edu Ann Gregory 302-731-5661 CAGO ChM AAGO Weddings/funerals/service substitute annpgreg@hotmail.com Neil Harmon DMA 302-479-7121 Weddings/funerals nharmon@gracechurchum.org David Hearn 302-478-1271 Weddings/funerals dehearn@verizon.com Melissa Heieie, BA 792-2596 Weddings/funerals Adult choir Lutheran, Presbyterian melheieie@gmail.com Joanne Hench 610-388-1854 Weddings/funerals jreitz53@hotmail.com David Herman, DMA 733-0529 Sundays, weddings/funerals Adult choir Herman@udel.edu Leona Kelley Hutchins, BM 698-1299 Sundays, weddings/funerals, interim work Adult choir, children's choir Catholic, Episcopalian lkgclh@msn.com Robert A. Imbt, BM, BE, MM 478-4821 Sundays, weddings/funerals David Kelley, BM, MLM, MM, AAGO, ChM 888-1751 Weddings/funerals Adult choir, children's choir, handbell choir Catholic, Episcopalian, Lutheran david_kelley@comcast.com Elizabeth Lauber 302-998-7206 Weddings, Funerals elf612@cs.com Margaret Love 302-475-4720 MME Weddings/funerals/service substitute margklove@gmail.com M. P. Moon, CAGO 654-6362 Sundays, weddings/funerals mpm5s@yahoo.com Carol Nile, BM, MM 410-885-2151 Sundays, weddings/funerals Adult choir, children's choir, handbell choir carolnile11@gmail.com Mary Ann Quarry, PhD 584-8822 Sundays, weddings/funerals Catholic, Episcopalian, Lutheran maquarry1@yahoo.com John Quinn 302-292-1195 Weddings and funerals jquinn@newark-umc.org Linnea Raffaele 610-932-3605 Weddings/funerals lermusic@zoominternet.com Patricia W. Reed, BS 762-4154 Sundays Adult choir, children's choir, handbell choir Lutheran donereed@juno.com Tracy Richardson, BM, MM 764-5101 Sundays, weddings/funerals Adult choir richardson.tracy@verizon.net Patrice Roman 798-8377 Sundays, weddings/funerals, interim work Adult choir, children’s choir patrice.Roman@bcbsde.com David Schelat, BM, MM 654-5371 x18 Weddings/funerals Adult choir schelat@fandc.org Katie Soukup 610-431-1141 Sunday substitute (weekends only) ccsoukup@verizon.net vkgv42@verizon.net Virginia Vaalburg 610-358-0946 Free lance Church Musician Weddings, Funerals, Services vkgv42@verizon.net or Virginia.Vaalburg@yahoo.com Janet Vines, BFA, SPC 378-1912 Sundays, weddings/funerals Adult choir, children's choir, handbell choir Catholic, Episcopalian, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian jpvines@verizon.net Robert S. Wallace, II, BSMus, MME, APC 302-528-8051 Weddings/funerals/music lessons (reasonable rates) Adult choir, children's choir, handbell choir Any denomination and/or Jewish (experienced), recitals and concerts Original compositions.arrangements robertstephenwallace2@gmail.com; BACH934@aol.com; robert.s.wallace.composer@gmail.com George Walper, BA, 352-406-4188 Sundays, weddings/funerals gwalper@verizon.net Priscilla Weaver BM 302-528-3861 Sundays, weddings/funerals Adult choir, children's choir, handbell choir Catholic, Episcopalian, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist pweaver@gmail.com Terri Weaver, SPC 610-869-7704 Weddings/funerals Adult choir, children’s choir, handbell choir Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian tweaverorgan2@yahoo.com |
Placement |
| DIRECTOR of MUSIC MINISTRIES
Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church, 850 Mt. Lebanon Rd, Wilmington DE 19803. 302-652-8411. Email: office.mtlebanonumc@verizon.net. Part-time Director of Music Ministries; 10 hrs/wk. Salary commensurate with experience, using AGO guidelines for salary figures. The only benefits offered with this position are two weeks paid vacation. Send resume to address or email above; Attn: Music Search. Employers and job seekers are invited to post and search listings of available positions on the Guild's National Website. |
Certification |
| Seeking Guild certification is a great way to sharpen your skills and build your confidence as an organist or director. Several of our chapter members have earned certificates (see below), and any one of them can attest to the value of the certification process. Information and materials are available href="http://www.agohq.org/education/"> here.
Delaware Chapter Members with Guild Certificates Jack Burnam, AAGO, ChM David Christopher--CAGO Lee Dettra, FAGO, ChM Robert Furr, SPC Ann Gregory, AAGO, ChM David Kelley, AAGO, ChM M. P. Moon, CAGO Gordon Tyler, SPC Janet Vines, SPC Terri Weaver, SPC |
Contact Us |
| OFFICERS
David Schelat, Dean – schelat@fandc.org Linnea Raffaele, Secretary – lermusic@zoominternet.net Terrence Gaus-Woollen, Registrar/Treasurer – terry@trinityparishde.org EXECUTIVE COUNCIL David Bowlsbey, Class of 2012 – dbowlsbey@yahoo.com John Quinn, Class of 2013 - jquinn@newark-umc.org Neil Harmon, Class of 2014 - nharmon@gracechurchum.org Election of Board Members has taken place. Congratulations to JOHN QUINN and NEIL HARMON!!! |
Links |
| The Wilmington Music School – www.wilmingtonmusic.org
The Delaware Symphony Orchestra – www.desymphony.org Opera Delaware – www.operade.org Delaware Division of the Arts – www.artsdel.org Dickinson Theatre Organ Society – www.dtoskimball.org Market Street Music - MarketStreetMusicDE.org Cathedral Choir School of Delaware - www.cathedralchoirschoolde.org Organ Historical Society - www.organsociety.org Historic Organs - http://organsociety.bsc.edu/ The Organ Site: http://www.die-orgelseite.de/index_e.html Pipe Dreams radio broadcasts - www.pipedreams.org American Theatre Organ Society - www.atos.org Young Person's Guide to the Organ- http://www.agohq.org/guide/ What is the VALUE of a pipe organ? - http://www.pipeorgans.com/existing-church-organ-value/index.cfm Organ shoes - http://store.organmastershoes.com/ Pipe Organ Database by builder: http://organsociety.bsc.edu/BrowseByBuilder.php The Organ Site: http://www.die-orgelseite.de/index_e.html |
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