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Fort Lauderdale Chapter |
| Last updated: May 7, 2013 |
Message from the Dean |
| Welcome to the AGO Fort Lauderdale Chapter!
This web-page contains basic information about our Chapter. Whether you are a visitor or resident, enjoy browsing through our website and feel free to contact any of us listed below for more information. Our Chapter Year goes from September through May. Excepting December and the Easter month, our Chapter members gather every month in a different venue for a Dinner and a -usually music-related- activity afterward. The date of our next meeting will be posted on this website along with other updates, so please visit us frequently! We are located in one of the most fast growing, dynamic and ethnically diverse areas of the United States. The high Season of Tourism and Cultural Activities in general is between October and Easter, but our area is active all year round and offers a good selection of Churches with interesting organs and Music Programs to visit. In the last years some venues and cultural organizations have started offering Summer Programs. BIENVENIDOS A FORT LAUDERDALE AGO! PARA INFORMACION EN ESPANOL: andres_gunther@yahoo.com WILLKOMMEN AUF DER FORT LAUDERDALE AGO WEBSEITE! FUER DEUTSCHSPRACHIGE INFORMATION: andres_gunther@yahoo.com |
Local Events |
| AGO FT LAUDERDALE CHAPTER EVENTS:
May 18, 2013 (Note: Date has changed!) END OF YEAR MEETING AND DINNER at The Church by The Sea, Fort Lauderdale 2700 Mayan Drive, Ft Lauderdale 33316 For more information about musical activities as well as some churches please go to "Links" further down on this website. |
Newsletter |
| Editor: Andres Gunther, andres_gunter@yahoo.com
Our May 2013 newsletter has been published, and copies are available at request! To read the newsletter you will need Acrobat Reader 8. A free version is available at http://www.adobe-reader.org/ - click on "free download" NEWSLETTER ADVERTISING: Minimum donations of $ 5.00 / month for business card size and $ 10 / month for double business card size. Gifts are welcome! Please contact the editor for details. PAST NEWSLETTERS from March 2008 on are available at request. Please contact the Editor for details. |
Membership |
| NOW IS THE TIME TO JOIN!
A new Chapter year is about to begin, and this is the best moment to become a member. Joining now guarantees that you will receive the information from day one about what's going on in our Chapter, and that your data will be listed in our 2013-2014 yearbook. ALREADY A MEMBER? PLEASE RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP ON TIME! This way you can ensure that your data are correctly listed. LAPSED MEMBER? Consider re-joining our Chapter and participate in our activities! We also accept renewals, or former members who want to re-join any time througout the year! For questions about joining contact: Membership Chair Sergio Puig at spuig@att.net or our Membership Registrar Andres Gunther at andres_gunther@yahoo.com We welcome everybody who loves the King of Instruments, its music, and any activity related to it. AGO membership is open to everyone who submits to our Code of Ethics. We also need members who want to become active in and support the activities of our Chapter. So, ***Please come out and be a part of Fort Lauderdale AGO!*** The membership form can be downloaded at: http://www.agohq.org/docs/pdf/memrenewalform.pdf Or a hard copy requested from the Chapter Registrar (see below). Mail form and check payable to "Fort Lauderdale AGO" to: AGO Ft Lauderdale, P O Box 6365 Fort Lauderdale FL 33310-6365 PLEASE NOTE OUR MEMBERSHIP FEES: Regular Member: $ 97.00 Special Member: $ 72.00 Student: $ 37.00 Partner: $ 72.00 Dual: $ 38.00 Student, dual: $ 15.00 Chapter Friend: Suggested donation $ 30.00 Additional gifts are tax deductible and welcome! |
Placement |
| SUBSTITUTES:
David Clyle Morse Cellphone: 954-654-0852 email: DrIgor480S@aol.com Funerals and Weddings that are not on Sundays. John Mahannah Phone: 954-563 1762 Email: jcm12276@bellsouth.net Availability limited in accordance to primary job schedule – please contact in advance. Richard Demone Phone: 954 564 0148 Cell: 857 488 6188 Email: r.demone@comcast.net Anytime except Thursday evening and Sunday Morning Carolyn Morgan Phone: 954 486 9149 Email: morgantwo@bellsouth.net John Hohl Home: 954 917-7466 Email: jehohl@aol.com Preference for smaller to moderate music service(Protestant) including weddings and funerals. Salie Harrison Phone: 954 483 8610 Ralph Meluney Phone: 954 587 3702 Email: ralphmeluney@aol.com Available SEASONAL from Nov 01 to April 15 Protestant only Damira Feldman 305 588 0083 Cell email: mira.feldman@gmail.com Richard Bouchett Phone: 917-455-4018 email: bouchettr@aol.com Seasonally available from January 10 to February 28 – Organ, Piano, Choir conducting; all denominations. DISCLAIMER: To aid churches in finding substitute organists for services, the Fort Lauderdale Chapter of the AGO has compiled a list of organists available for various types of engagements. This list is provided as a service and is not intended as an endorsement of any organist by the Fort Lauderdale AGO. The employer is responsible for determining that a substitute will adequately meet the needs of the church. To learn the proficiency of substitutes, feel free to ask them for references. To be listed as a substitute you must be a Fort Lauderdale AGO member in good standing. Contact Andres Gunther andres_gunther@yahoo.com for details. For more substitutes please visit the websites of Miami and Palm Beach AGO scroll to "LINKS" on this website. POSITION SOUGHT: SALIE HARRISON, experienced Organist and Music Director seeks Position in the Southeast-Florida Tri-County area (Broward South / North Miami preferred) Contact: 954 483 8610 AVAILABLE POSITIONS: Information about available positions will be forwarded to AGO members only. To become an AGO member please refer to "Membership" on this website or visit the National Website. Employers and job seekers are invited to post and search listings of available positions on the Guild's National Website. |
Certification |
| We are sorry, but at this moment we have no AGO Certification Program.
But there are opportunities for Organ Studies at following Higher Education Institutes in our area: Broward College (BC) (Formerly known as "Broward Community College") Susan Dodd 954 616 7099 Cell / sdodd@broward.edu Florida International University (FIU) Dr. Dan Hardin 954 438 5729 / hardin4438@yahoo.com Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA) www.PBA.edu Dr. Patricia Holland, Adjunct Professor of Organ 561 803 2447 / Patricia_holland@pba.edu More info available at the DIRECTORY of institutions of higher education who offer study programs in Organ, Sacred Music and Choral Conducting: www.agohq.org/education/schools.html. |
Contact Us |
| Officers for 2012 - 2013:
Dean: Dr. Julie Rozman, jrozma@comcast.net Sub-Dean: VACANT Secretary: Barbara Johnson, bjohnsonbach@gmail.com Treasurer: Christopher B Kane, cbfortlaud@aol.com Chaplain: Rev David Jenkins, dpj5458@comcast.net Membership Chair: Sergio Puig, spuig@att.net Registrar; Newsletter & Website Editor: Rafael Andres Gunther, andres_gunther@yahoo.com Class of 2012: Donald Cannarozzi, dcannaro@hotmail.com Sergio Puig, spuig@att.net Class of 2013: Steven Kolarac David C. Morse, DrIgor480S@aol.com Class of 2014: Peter Manfredi Michael Bernard |
Links |
| LOCAL AGO SITES AND CONTACTS:
AGO Miami Chapter: http://www.agomiami.org AGO Palm Beach Chapter: http://agohq.org/chapter/?handle=palmbeachcounty AGO Region IV Blog: http://agoregionivblog.blogspot.com/ NOW ON FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/pages/AGO-Region-IV/312313912115500 Laura Ellis, Region IV councillor: lrellis@ufl.edu ================================= ONLINE RESOURCES FOR THE ORGANIST 1.- SCORES: Petrucci Music Library (by International Music Score Library Project) http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page Free downloadable Public Domain Scores. In the U.S., scores publishec before 1923 are Public Domain. Choral Public Domain http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Main Page An invaluable source for Choral Works (Choral literature only) Sibley Music Library (Eastman School of Music) http://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/?page=request Public Domain Scores for free of more specialized academic works. Limited requests only (please read information on page). https://urresearch.rochester.edu/browseCollectionItems.action?collectionld=25 Search and download digitized scores for free. Sheet Music on the Web (by Sheet Music Consortium) http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/sheetmusic/ This is a new project. It links to several important libraries worldwide and has thousands of scores for free download. The Mutopia Project http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ Free Domain classical sheet-music for free download, including some that might be 'hard to get'. Free Sheet Music Library http://www.bh2000.net/score/ Older editions of classical composers. Features the complete Bach Cantatas. Classical Scores.com http://www.classical-scores.com/free/organ-rwinsteng-43-3.html Classical organ music (Bach, Handel, Pachelbel) for free download Harvard University free digital scores http://vc.lib.harvard.edu/vc/deliver/home?_collection=scores Free scores and libretti for download, but very little organ music Langlais Scores http://www.jeanlanglais.com/_Partitions.php?type=opo List of scores of Jean Langlais' works and link to sites where to get them. (Langlais' works -as any works and publications after 1924- are not Public Domain, therefore not available for free). The page http://www.jeanlanglais.com contains more interesting information about this important 20th cty french organ composer. 02.-MASTER LISTS OF ONLINE RESOURCES FOR THE MUSICIAN: (For support: Directories of Resources Lists) Worldwide Internet Music Resources List (from Indiana University) http://library.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/ Finding Scores Online List (from Yale University) http://guides.library.yale.edu/online_scores Resources for Music Scholars List (from Harvard University) http://hcl.harvard.edu/research/guides/biblio/onmusic/hclweb/page/1 (Especially Americana!) Sheet Music Colections Inline List (from University of Chicago Library) http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/cja/sheetmusic.html Sheet Music Collections Online List (from Duke University) http://library.duke.edu?music/sheetmusic/collections.html Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/ Internet changes almost daily! Links not working anymore? Site down or moved? Domain not longer in use? Want to know what's new?- These Master Lists keep the Resources List Directory updated in real time plus more useful information. 03.-AUDIO RESOURCES: (Recordings, especially early / historical recordings by U.S. artists) "National Jukebox" by Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/ Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/ Free downloads or streaming online Belfer Cylinders Collection (from Syracuse University) http://library.syr.edu/splash/cylinders/ Free downloads or streaming online Naxos Music Library http://www.naxosmusiclibrary.com/home.asp?rurl=%2Fdefault%2Easp Listening by subscription only; no downloads. 04.- MISCELLANEOUS: Hymn Tune Index http://hymntune.library.uiuc.edu/ An invaluable resource for the Hymnologist! A comprehensive census of English language hymns from 1535 - 1820 and their tunes. J.S. Bach Biography http://www.baroquemusic.org/bqxjsbach.html Silberman Organs http://www.baroquemusic.org/silbeng.html Pictures, history, location of 31 original instruments (The page http://www.baroquemusic.org contains many other interesting things for the baroque music lover!) ============================== INFO ABOUT MUSICAL ACTIVITIES, CHURCHES & OTHER CONTACTS IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA: www.organiste.net =============================== LOCAL CHURCHES (with significant organs and / or music programs): First Presbyterian Church of Pompano Beach [The Pink Church]: http://www.pinkpres.org/ The Church by the Sea, Fort Lauderdale: http://www.thechurchbythesea.org/index.html Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church: http://www.crpc.org/ First Presbyterian Church of Fort Lauderdale: http://www.firstpres.cc/ All Saints Episcopal Church, Fort Lauderdale: http://www.allsaintsfl.org/ St. Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church http://www.stmartinchurch.org/index.html First United Methodist Church of Fort Lauderdale: http://www.fumcftl.org/ Plantation United Methodist Church http://www.pumc.net/templates/System/default.asp?id=29438 First Church United Methodist of Coral Springs http://www.fumcocs.org/index.htm Christ United Methodist Church: http://www.echristchurch.org/templates/System/default.asp?id=42525 =============================== PIPE ORGAN BUILDERS: Guzowski & Steppe Organbuilders Ft. Lauderdale, FL Fax-Phone 954 491 6852 gsorgnbldr@bellsouth.net OTHER SERVICES: Degen's Piano, Inc www.degenspiano.com Elian J. Degen, Master Piano Tuner Phone: 954 614 3452 Email: elian@degenspiano.com Dunne Music Company www.dunnemusic.com ~ 1-888-94-ALLEN FL representatives for ALLEN Organs Central Music www.centralmusic.biz - (800)537 7473 FL representatives for: Rodgers Organs - Fratelli Rufatti Organs - Bluthner Pianos - Roland digital instruments PIPEDREAMS from NPR Sunday Nights from 10 - 12 Pm on NPR Classical South Florida, WKCP - FM 89.7 To listen online: http://classicalsouthflorida.publicradio.org/ Electronic newsletter: http://mail.publicradio.org/content/506927/forms/apm_signup.htm ====================================== RECORDED MUSIC: The complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, recorded by James Kibbie on original baroque organs in Germany as FREE INTERNET DOWNLOADS: www.blockmrecords.org/bach. PUBLIC DOMAIN MUSIC SCORES FOR FREE DOWNLOAD: http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page ================================= INFORMATION SOURCES REGARDING THE ORGAN: AGO Boston Chapter Organ Library Photocopies of Out of Print and Public Domain material are available for a moderate fee. Donations of organ related books, music and literature as well as financial support are encouraged. http://www.organlibrary.org/ Electronic Resources for the Organ (by: Dr. W. Dan Hardin) www.fiu.edu/~hardind/organ_resources.html Pipe Organ information for children: http://www.danmagic.org/ American Organ Institute (AOI) from the University of Oklahoma: http://aoi.ou.edu/ General, Technical and biographical information about pipe organs, especially Theater and "Symphonic" organs: www.savetheorgan.org ================================== ORGAN ASSOCIATIONS: American Institute of Organbuilders (AIO): http://www.pipeorgan.org/ The associate Pipe Organ Builders of America (APOBA): http://www.apoba.com Organ Historical Society (OHS): http://www.organsociety.org/ The Reed Organ Society (ROS): http://eccs.onu.edu/~estell/organs/ros.html American Theater Organ Society (ATOS): http://www.atos.org/ Atlantic City Convetion Hall Organ Society http://www.acchos.org/ Local contact: Charles Swisher, cswisher@comcast.net ================================= ORGAN RELATED ONLINE FORUMS AND CHATLISTS: Pipechat: http://www.pipechat.org/ Piporg-L: http://www.albany.edu/piporg-l/ ==================================== EDUCATION: Please see links posted under "Certification" on this webpage. We keep this List updated, so please check it out regularly! |
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