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New Haven Chapter |
| Last updated: September 1, 2010 |
Message from the Dean |
| Dear Chapter Members:
It is with great pleasure I write to you my first message as your new dean. I hope you all had a wonderful summer. Mine was jam packed with AGO events, first as a teacher at the hugely successful Bridgeport Pipe organ Encounter, and then at the AGO National Convention. It was an excellent convention this year, and it was great to see so many members of the New Haven chapter in attendance. We have a plenty of exciting events planned for the 2010-2011 year including our annual fall potluck, a member’s recital on the new organ at Elim Park in Cheshire, an Organ Crawl and a Pedals, Pipes and Pizza. I look forward to seeing you all at some of these events. I’d like to take a moment to thank Susan Paisley and David Doolittle for their hard work the last two years as Co-Deans. They have done a great job and have left some very big shoes to fill. Thanks David and Susan! Yours, Jay Lindsay |
Local Events |
| Upcoming Concerts and Musical Events
Friday, September 10, 8:00 pm Ronald Ebrecht All-Bach Recital Mr. Ebrecht will open the concert season in Wesleyan Memorial Chapel with a free all-Bach recital. He has just returned from Erfurt, where he played this program on an unaltered Bach-era organ. The program: Fantasy and Fugue in C Minor bwv 537 Schmucke dich bwv 654 Toccata and Fugue in D Minor bwv 565 Partita "O Gott, du frommer Gott" bwv 767 Passacaglia and Fugue bwv 582 Sunday, September 12, 8:00 pm Organ recital by Martin Jean at Yale University’s Woolsey Hall Will include works by Sowerby, Reger, and Albright Sherezade Panthaki, soprano Woodrow Bynum, narrator Free and open to the public, no tickets required Sunday, September 19, 2:30 pm Organ Recital by Joseph Ripka at St. Mary Church, Milford 1st Prize 2008 Dublin International Organ Competition 1st Prize 2008 Fort Wayne National Organ Competition 1st Prize 2008 San Marino National Organ Competition Organ scholar at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Fairfield, CT Featuring works by Buxtehude, Bach, Mendelssohn, Franck, and Litaize (Free-will offering accepted) St Mary Church, 70 Gulf Street, Milford, CT www.saintmarychurchmilford.org Saturday, September 25th, 7:00 pm Trinity Church on the Green, New Haven - Organ Concert by Walden Moore, Andy Kotylo and Benjamin Straley. The first program in a year-long series celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Trinity's Aeolian-Skinner organ. Free admission. Sunday, October 10, 8:00 pm Organ recital by Thomas Murray at Yale University’s Woolsey Hall Will include works by Hindemith, Widor, Goldmark and Locklair Free and open to the public, no tickets required Sunday, October 24th, 2:30 pm Cecilia String Quartet Katie Roach, violin Melanie Sasaki, violin Lakshmi Thorne, viola Bethany Cook, cello Featuring works by Brahms, Barber, Piazzola, and Pinkham (Free-will offering accepted) St Mary Church, 70 Gulf Street, Milford, CT www.saintmarychurchmilford.org Don't see YOUR recital or concert listing here? Be wise, advertise by sending the date, time, location and description of your musical event to Jay Lindsay at JayLindsay1@yahoo.com or phone it in by calling (203)-404-7390. |
Newsletter |
| Upcoming Chapter Events
Monday, October 18, 7:30pm, Members' Recital Members will present a program of organ music of interest to the general public at the Elim Park retirement community, 150 Cook Hill Road, Cheshire. Free admission. The community's recently restored and expanded 1929 Moller organ was dedicated in a recital by Dame Gillian Weir earlier this year. Cook Hill Rd. is off Rt. 10 (Whitney Ave. in Hamden) less than a mile north of the Hamden-Cheshire town line. Sunday, November 21, Potluck Supper Details to be announced. Please join us for a discussion of events for the upcoming year, then travel to Woolsey Hall for an organ recital by Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin. Monday, January 17, 2011 (Martin Luther King Day), Organ Crawl Featuring lesser-known nineteenth century organs in New Haven, West Haven, and Hamden. Pedals, Pipes, and Pizza is planned for late February or early March and our annual dinner will be in early June. More details to be announced. Feel free to contact a board member with requests, suggestions, comments for programs. |
Membership |
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Placement |
| Director of Music Ministry – Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Naugatuck
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church seeks a part time Director of Music Ministry to select anthems and organ music for worship services, conclut with pastors and staff in hymn selection, assist in planning and supplying music for special services, schedule and hold choir practices, and perform as musician and organist. The Director will also coordinate concert performances by visiting choirs etc. in conjunction with the Music Ministry. Pipe organ (Wicks), piano, and harpsichord. The base rate of salary is $14,852.60. More information, please contact Mary Schmelcke at (203) 729-8750 (h) or (203) 575-3541 (w). ----------------------------------------------------------- Tenor and Bass section leaders – St. Theresa’s Church, Trumbull St. Theresa Roman Catholic Church in Trumbull, CT, has openings for two professional choral section leaders (Tenor and Bass) for the 2010-2011 season (September through June). Requirements: • great sight-reading skills, good blend, ability to sing in straight tone and one on a part, preparedness, adaptability to various traditions and styles of choral singing (from chant to 21st century), superb musicianship, good sense of humor, and willingness to work with and support volunteers. Compensation: minimum of $65 per call. Additional compensation: weddings, funerals, cantoring, and extra services and concerts. Responsibilities: • Sunday’s High Mass (10:30am). • Two-Three Sundays a month: 9:00am warm-up/rehearsal. • Two-Three choir rehearsals a month on Wednesday, 7:30pm-9:30pm. (Occasionally there will be an additional monthly weeknight rehearsal. Schedule for the year is provided at the beginning of the season). • Additional services/compensation: Christmas concert (third Sunday of December), Christmas Eve (warm up/ Prelude: mini concert/midnight Mass), Christmas Day (12:00pm High Mass), Tenebrae Service on Wednesday of Holy Week, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil, Easter Sunday (11:00am High Mass), Pentecost Vespers. • Conduct sectionals when needed. • Each section leader is to provide an adequate substitute when needed. St. Theresa, a beautiful church with great acoustics, is an active parish of 3,000 families with a traditional music program, which includes an Adult Choir of about 35, a children’s Choir (25), and two a cappella ensembles: the Women Schola (10), and a Petite Choir (8). Instruments: a three-manual, 38 rank Peragallo organ (+7 Walker electronic stops and midi) and a Yamaha concert grand piano. To apply please send letter of interest, a CV, and a list of references to: Dr. Carolina Flores, Director of Music at St. Theresa Church, 5301 Main Street, Trumbull, CT 06611, or electronically at cflores19@cox.net no later than August 20. Employers and job seekers are invited to post and search listings of available positions on the Guild's National Website. |
Certification |
Contact Us |
| DEAN
Jay Lindsay (203) 404-7390 JayLindsay1@yahoo.com VICE DEAN Paul Jordan pxjordan@yahoo.com SECRETARY Paul Saubestre (203)-288-2788 pausau@sbcglobal.net TREASURER/REGISTRAR Robert Girard (203) 288-9324 CHAPLAIN Rev. David C. Cobb EXECUTIVE BOARD Stephen Roberts Paul Jordan Jay Lindsay Nancy Schmidt Lynda Pedersen Andy Kotylo Gary Snowbeck ARTICLE CONTRIBUTOR Joe Dzeda NEWSLETTER EDITOR Andy Kotylo akotylo@snet.net New Haven Chapter Website www.agohq.org/chapters/newhaven |
Links |
| Complete organ works of Bach available free online
The complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, recorded by James Kibbie on original baroque organs in Germany, are now available as free internet downloads. The University of Michigan's Block M Records label is offering free downloads of all 270 Bach works in MP3 and high audio-quality formats at www.blockmrecords.org/bach. James Kibbie recorded the series on seven historic organs by Silbermann, Schnitger, Trost, Bielfeldt, and Hildebrandt. To date, there have been approximately half a million downloads from the site. Make "Pipe Dreams" Continue to be Reality... Pipe Dreams, a national public radio program of organ music hosted by Michael Barone, exists through the support of its listeners. "Your tax-deductible contribution helps to support Pipedreams's online efforts, including this website, our weekly e-mail newsletter - Organ Notes - and hundreds of hours of free archived audio." -reprinted from the Pipedreams website. Support Pipe Dreams through Minnesota Public Radio: https://contribute.publicradio.org/ The New Organist Fund... "The New Organist Fund was established to support Guild programs dedicated to developing a new generation of organists. Each year, interest that is generated from this restricted fund provides scholarship assistance for young, talented Pipe Organ Encounters participants. Many young, aspiring organists benefit from this fund each year, some who otherwise would be unable to attend a POE. Since 1988, nearly 1,000 students have participated in Pipe Organ Encounters." -reprinted from the AGO website The New Organist Fund: https://agohq.org/contributions/contribute.html The AGO Annual Fund... "Monies raised through the Annual Fund support the general operating expenses of the national organization. Thanks to the generosity of those who regularly contribute to the Annual Fund, the challenges before the Guild have been better met, and its financial foundations have been strongly reinforced." -reprinted from the AGO website The AGO Annual Fund: https://agohq.org/contributions/contribute.html The New Orleans Musician's Relief Fund... "The New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund, Inc., a grass roots certified 501c(3) founded by and for displaced musicians, is still sending grants to displaced New Orleans Musicians thanks to the generosity of individuals around the world." - reprinted from the NOMRF website The New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund: http://www.nomrf.org/index.html VH1's Save the Music... "The VH1 Save the Music Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring instrumental music education in America's Public Schools. Since 1997, the VH1 Save the Music Foundation has provided nearly $40 million dollars worth of new musical instruments to 1,500 public schools in more than 100 cities in the country, impacting the lives of over 1 million school children. -reprinted from the Save the Music website VH1's Save the Music: http://www.vh1.com/partners/save_the_music/ www.cyberbass.com : This website contains free midi files of single voice parts from movements of major choral works to assist choristers in their home practice. http://www.atos.org: The official website of the American Theater Organ Society, containing a calendar of Theater Organ recitals and live accompanied movies listed by state. www.melodyhound.com: You've heard of Google, AskJeeves, and Yahoo information searches, but here is a Melody search! By using the website's virtual keyboard, or opting to hum or whistle a tune into a microphone, the search will retrieve pages of matches that contain the pitch intervals and rhythms you entered. http://theatreorgans.com/movies.htm: A comprehensive list of movies that feature theater or pipe organs in their plots, or merely include scenes where an organ is part of the set. Carnival of Souls, a light horror film whose heroine is an organist, is a must see! |
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