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Greater Huntsville, Alabama Chapter |
| Last updated: March 8, 2010 |
Message from the Dean |
| Welcome to Alabama!
If you are moving to the area or live in the region, you are invited to call or email me for assistance in finding a place to practice, study, or work. Huntsville has many nice instruments and a wealth of accomplished and helpful musicians. We welcome visitors and those moving to the area. Please check our website for updates regularly. Sincerely, Suzanne Purtee Chapter Dean |
Local Events |
| The Annual Noontime Recital Series starts on Feburary 18th and runs for six consecutive Thursdays from 12:10 -12:50 pm in churches throughout Huntsville. This is our 25th year for the series and each concert will feature a composition by J.S.Bach as part of our anniversary celebration. You may access a flyer with all recital dates and locations at:
http://markmoorehead.net/media/ago/AGONoontime2010.pdf The Huntsville Organ Festival featuring Paul Jacobs in recital takes place March 12-13, 2010. Concert Artist Paul Jacobs performs in recital Friday evening, March 12th at 7:30 pm at Trinity United Methodist Church, 607 Airport Road, Huntsville. see www.hcmg.uah.edu for information. The Concert includes works by Reger,Schumann, Franck, and Reubke. The Greater Huntsville Organ Competition Finals First Baptist Church, 600 Governors Drive in Huntsville hosts the Greater Huntsville Organ Competition Finals on Saturday, March 13th, at 12:00 Noon. The public is invited and welcomed to attend ! All who are seated by 11:45 a.m. will be eligible to cast their vote for their favorite performer! The audience provdes 30% of the total. Those voting must stay for the entire competition, which will start promptly at Noon and last no more than two hours. There are three finalists, each playing a program of approximately ˝ hour. Candidates for the competition, chosen through a semi-final recorded round are all under age 25. Judges for the final competition are Dr. Jeff McClelland, of IPC, Birmingham, Dr. Michael Velting, of Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville, and Andrew Risinger, Nashville Symphony Organist. Mr. Paul Jacobs serves as moderator, and will direct all of the competition finalists in a masterclass, (also open to the public) held immediately after the competition. Thanks to First Baptist Church, specifically Dr. Elizabeth Hostetter, for hosting this event, to the Huntsville Chapter of the American Guild of Organists for their leadership, to HCMG for sponsorship of Mr. Jacobs, and to the Milnar and Miller Organ companies for their contributions to the cash prize. For a festival flyer to post see: http://lib.uah.edu/hcmg/pjacobs1.pdf www.concertartists.com/PJ.html www.hcmg.uah.edu Organist Raul Prieto Ramirez to perform in Huntsville in October. Acclaimed Organist from Spain will play two concerts and present an educational outreach program over October 15-17, 2010. See www.raulprieto.com and several youtube videos (search Raul and Widor, Reger, Dupre). |
Newsletter |
| A memorial service for beloved longtime organist and choir director Ken Turvey will be held at First Methodist Church in Huntsville on Sunday, March 21, at 3 pm.
Organ installation (in Houston) on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/corgipower85 Newspaper articles: The Decatur Daily has printed two articles on local organists. Try the links below, or send a note to Suzanne to request an emailed version. The first is on the state and need for church organists; the second on Member Elizabeth Carter. Not-so-ordinary church organists They’re in tune with an old art form — one is still playing at age 90; one ‘newbie’ is 45 By Melanie B. Smith Staff Writer http://www.decaturdaily.com/detail/52489.html?content_source=_id=&search_filter=organists&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=⊂;_type=stories&town_id= Music shows ‘vastness of God’ Decatur church musician’s CD comes out of passion for the organ By By Melanie B. Smith Staff Writer http://www.decaturdaily.com/detail/21029.html?content_source=&category_id=&search_filter=organists&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=⊂;_type=stories&town_id= Milnar Organ Company makes a significant contribution to Huntsville Student Competition. Milnar Organ Company has announced a donation of $1000 to the March 13th Greater Huntsville AGO Chapter Competition. Thanks to Dennis, and all members of the Company! Member Rolf Goebel performs in Germany at the historic Schlosskirche Rumpenheim in Offenbach near Frankfurt/Main, Germany, in May 2010. The instrument, a present of Herzog Adolf von Nassau, dates from 1852 and was restored in 2003-05. If you are interested in supporting student organ study, or other projects in the Greater Huntsville Chapter please contact Suzanne. The American Guild of Organists is an organization described in section 501 c(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Your gift to the AGO is 100 tax deductible to the full extent provided by the law. Sacred Music Workshop: The 3rd Annual University of Florida Sacred Music Workshop May 2-4 2010 with David Cherwien Guest Clinician. Information at arts.ufl.edu/organ/SMW.shtml |
Membership |
| Membership forms for the current year are available from Charlotte Olson at olsoncc@uah.edu.
New members are welcome at any time; current membership dues reflect a discount for partial year membership. |
Placement |
| St. Andrew's United Methodist Church in Cullman is looking for a p/t organist/accompanist. Contact John Kirk, Chair of staff parish relations at jtkirk17@bellsouth.net with organist/accompanist in the subject line.
Trinity Episcopal Church in Florence, AL is looking for an organist (p/t). Please contact Father Andrew Keyse, Rector: 256.764.6149. Employers and job seekers are invited to post and search listings of available positions on the Guild's National Website. |
Certification |
| A certification information session will be part of the 2009-10 season series of events. Look for more information here or contact Suzanne. |
Contact Us |
| Suzanne Purtee, Dean: suzanne.purtee@gmail.com
Mira Kruja, Sub Dean & PR: mira.kruja@aamu.edu Charlotte Olson, Treasurer & Registrar:olsoncc@uah.edu Timothy Dix, Secretary:Timothy.O.Dix@boeing.com Marlene Brown, website assistant: mchowellb@hotmail.com |
Links |
| www.blockmrecords.org/bach : complete works of J.S. Bach downloadable free; recorded on historic organs in Germany (Silbermann, Schnitger and the like) by James Kibbie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jphFYgijiuI clip on the art of fugue www.sheetmusicarchive.net www.cpdl.org www.musictheory.net www.imslp.org (international music score project) Huntsville Chamber Music Guild - www.hcmg.uah.edu Huntsville Master Chorale - www.hsvmasterchorale.org Huntsville Community Chorus - www.thechorus.org Huntsville Symphony Orchestra - www.hso.org The Arts Council of Huntsville, Al - www.artshuntsville.org Region 4 News: www.agoregion4.blogspot.com Regional AGO sites: www.agochattanooga.org www.nashvilleago.org http://orgs.bsc.edu/bhamago/index.html |
| Visit the AGO National website |