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Greater Huntsville, Alabama Chapter |
| Last updated: July 26, 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 |
| Sunday, September 26, 5:00 p.m. First Baptist Church
Annual hymn festival with Dr. Al Travis, Organist and Director of Music Ministry, Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth, TX and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Organ at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary as guest leader. Featured groups will be the Sanctuary Choir and the First Baptist Brass. For more information, call Billy Orton at 256-428-9424, Minister of Music and Worship, or Elizabeth Hostetter, 256-428-9423, Associate Minister of Music / Organist. 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). An AGO scholarship fund raising dinner will be a held after the Saturday afternoon recital. |
Newsletter |
| Student Organists Karl Correale and Anna Fredrickson have been given local scholarships to attend the Columbia, SC, and Bridgeport, CT Summer POE programs.
Anna Fredrickson has been given a scholarship from the National AGO to attend the CT POE in Bridgeport-- Congratulations Anna! 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= 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. |
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 |
| The Huntsville Community Chorus is searching for an assistant accompanist. Interviews and auditions will be taking place the end of June. Please send resumes to the Chorus office (Huntsville Community Chorus, Attn: Marcia Connell, 3312 Long Avenue, Huntsville, AL, 35805) or online to: liturgy@holyspirithsv.com by June 23. Auditions will be Sunday, June 27, at 2:00 p.m. in the choir room at FBC. The audition will consist of a short prepared piece, sightreading and accompaniment. Octavos to be prepared for accompaniment can be obtained from the Chorus office on Long Avenue.
Valley United Methodist, Huntsville, needs a choir director. Contact Hank Lay 256-881-6653. Employers and job seekers are invited to post and search listings of available positions on the Guild's National Website. |
Certification |
Contact Us |
| Suzanne Purtee, Dean: suzanne.purtee@gmail.com
Mira Kruja, Sub Dean: mira.kruja@aamu.edu Charlotte Olson, Treasurer & Registrar:olsoncc@uah.edu Mary Williamson, Secretary: Wmsongenmar@aol.com Robert Lubin, Publicity:robertlmus@yahoo.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 |