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Southwest Michigan Chapter |
| Last updated: December 2, 2009 |
Message from the Dean |
| Welcome to our chapter website! Our chapter serves organists, choir directors, and organ enthusiasts in Kalamazoo, Portage, Battle Creek, Marshall, Coldwater, Schoolcraft, Centreville, Three Rivers, Sturgis, St. Joseph, Berrien Springs, South Haven, Paw Paw, Mattawan, and Richland.
We are also proud to include the Twin Cities Organ Concert Series of St. Joseph and Berrien Springs as our organization's younger partner, now celebrating their 9th year. Look further down our site for events and announcements. |
Local Events |
| CHAPTER MEETINGS AND TWIN CITIES ORGAN CONCERT SERIES
Chapter Meetings and Member Events September 26th /27th (Saturday/Sunday) SAT 10:30 a. m. MASTER CLASS, PAUL JACOBS. First United Methodist Church, Kalamazoo. SUN 4 p. m. RECITAL, PAUL JACOBS. First United Methodist, St. Joseph. 6:30 p. m. Dinner at First United Methodist, St. Joseph. (Host, Jim Kraus) October 17th (Saturday) 5:30 p.m. Dinner at University Road House, 1332 W. Michigan, Kalamazoo. 8 p.m. RECITAL, TIM TIKKER. Stetson Chapel, Kalamazoo College. Sponsored by the Department of Music, Kalamazoo College. (Phil Niece, Host) November 21st/22nd (Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday) Michigan Festival of Sacred Music, events with organist David Briggs. WED 7:30 p.m. Silent movie, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, 1925 silent film with organ improvisation by David Briggs. Tickets $15 adults, $12 seniors, and $5 students. SAT 10 a. m. Organ master class, David Briggs. Students of Karl Schrock. First United Methodist, Kalamazoo, free. SAT 1 p.m.. BRINER LECTURE, David Briggs on transcription and improvisation First Presbyterian Church, Kalamazoo. Free. SAT 3-4:30 p.m. Briggs master class with mass community choir, free, with EVENSONG at 5 p.m., St. Luke's Episcopal, Kalamazoo. Free. SUN. 2 p.m. RECITAL, DAVID BRIGGS. First Baptist, Kalamazoo. Tickets $15 adults, $12 seniors, $5 students. (Barbara Hong, Hostess) December 7th (Monday) 7 p. m. CHRISTMAS RECITAL AND CELEBRATION. Trinity Lutheran, then the home of Bill Musselman. (Bill Musselman, Host) February 1st (Monday) 7 p. m. SOUP SUPPER AND RECITAL OF NEW ORGAN MUSIC. Performed by chapter members. Parchment United Methodist Church, Parchment. (Esther Manni, Hostess) March 1st (Monday) 6 p. m. PASTA AND MUSIC, The studio of Dr. Karl Schrock in Recital. First Baptist, Kalamazoo. Catered dinner by Pasta Pasta. (Phil Niece, Host) April 18th (Sunday) 4 p.m. RECITAL, NATHAN LAUBE. St. Augustine Cathedral, Kalamazoo. Co-sponsored by St. Augustine Cathedral. (Frank Zajac, Host) May 10th (Monday) TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL BACH AROUND THE BLOCK. Theme: "Instruments Plus." In Conjunction with the Kalamazoo Bach Festival. Downtown Kalamazoo Churches. (Eric Strand, host) June 7th (Monday) 6 p. m. MINI-RECITAL, DR. AL BOLITHO, and Picnic with Installation of Officers First Presbyterian, Sturgis. (Ruth Lahmeyer, Hostess) TWIN CITIES ORGAN CONCERT SERIES September 27 (Sunday) 4 p.m. Paul Jacobs Recital, co-sponsored by FUMC, St. Joseph, MI. Dinner following. (Jim Kraus, host) November 8 (Sunday) 7 p.m. Concert to celebrate the 150th anniversary of St. Paul's Episcopal in Dowagiac, MI. Organist & harpsichordist Linda Mack,members of the Andrews University Sinfonietta, Claudio Gonzales conductor & violin soloist David Ballesteros, flute soloist, and Canto Dulcis St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 306 Courtland St. Dowagiac MI The program will include: Handel: Organ Concerto in B-flat, Op. 4, No. 6 Mozart: Church Sonata No. 9 in F, K. 244 19th century American spiritual songs Posch: Harmonia Concertans "Cantate Dominio & Bonum est" Kraus: Psalm 121 for Organ and Strings Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 Lenten Meditation Organ Recitals First Congregational, St. Joseph, MI. All performances at 4 p.m. Free will offering. February 21 Linda Mack February 28 Jim Kraus March 7 Philip Peter March 14 Perry Hepler March 21 Paul Flyger April 18, 2010 (Sunday) 4 p.m.Organ Concert and Hymn Festival with choir and brass. First United Methodist Church, St. Joseph, MI. Albin Whitworth, Organist and Composer, Professor at Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky. Free will offering. May 16, 2010 (Sunday) 4 p.m. Organ Concert by Rev. Aaron Cristie, organist, choir director and pastor at Faith Lutheran Church, Antioch, Illinois. St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Benton Harbor, MI Free will offering. |
Newsletter |
| For our chapter newsletter, The ORGANizer, please go to:
http://sites.google.com/site/southwestmichiganago. Applications for the Kathryn Loew Memorial Scholarship Fund will be accepted before May 15 and again before October 15. Scholarship assistance is available for high school students wishing to attend Western Michigan University's Summer Seminar or an AGO Pipe Organ Encounter; for college students studying organ at a college or university; for a graduate student studying organ as part of a degree program. Priority is given to members of the Southwest Michigan chapter of AGO or students residing in our geographic area. Please address all applications to the Dean. |
Membership |
| For information about categories of membership, dues, and joining our chapter please contact Registrar Paul Flyger at pflyger@comcast.net. |
Placement |
| For further information and new listings contact Carl Doubleday at carl.doubleday@wmich.edu, or 269-387-4681. Employers and job seekers are invited to post and search listings of available positions on the Guild's National Website. |
Certification |
Contact Us |
| Dean Barbara Hong, barbara.hong@yahoo.com
Sub-Dean Mark Wells, mwells@musiccenterscmi.com Secretary Julie Carroll, jkcarroll11@aol.com Treasurer and Registrar Paul Flyger, pflyger@comcast.net Newsletter editor Carl Doubleday, carl.doubleday@wmich.edu Twin Cities Organ Recital Series Liason, Isobel Jackson, jacksonlake5@sbcglobal.net |
Links |
| For our chapter newsletter, The ORGANizer, please go to: http://sites.google.com/southwestmichiganago. |
| Visit the AGO National website |