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Tulsa Chapter |
| Last updated: May 3, 2013 |
Message from the Dean |
| Susan's Soundings
Dear AGO Friends, Thank you to everyone involved in making the April 19th Hymn Festival a joyous success! Singers from many churches were blessed to join together in song under the creative direction of Dr. Al Travis. We are especially grateful to First Baptist Church for graciously hosting us, to Bruce Wilkin for his enthusiastic help, and to Jeff Elkins for his excellent conducting. All those present were privileged to be the recipients of Al's many gifts: wonderful playing, lovely music, warm spirit, wit, and especially his love of inspiring people with creative hymn singing and worship. After what had been a tragic week for our country with the Boston bombings and the fire and explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant, those present at the hymn festival were uplifted and moved. We are privileged to be bearers of this gift of music that expresses the human spirit in grief, in joy, and in all that lies between. Al included many inspiring written and spoken words in the Festival liturgy and I leave you with these: With pipes of tin and wood disclose that song the world has blurred, The hymn of life and love that flows from God's renewing word. - Thomas Troeger I look forward to seeing you at the home of Dale and Cheryl LeStourgeon on May 21st for our final gathering of the year. Susan Susan Panciera, Dean |
Local Events |
| "I Hear America Singing" - Friday, May 3 at 7:30pm
Vocal Arts Ensemble presents a program of British and American poets and composers; Marilyn Carver, Director Community Hall of Boston Avenue UMC, 1301 S Boston, Tulsa - Tickets $10 at the door Tulsa Duo Concert - Sunday May 5 at 4:00pm Vocalist Ernestine Dillard and Organist Lonnie Liggitt will present a concert of classical, jazz, spirituals, gospel and original arrangements Osage Hills Christian Church, 5400 W Edison Street, Tulsa (This concert will be repeated on June 19th on the Anchorage Concert Series at Anchorage Lutheran Church.) Call 918-583-9482 for more information. Choral Evensong - Sunday, May 5 at 5:00pm Sung by the Trinity Choir: Responses by Richard Ayleward; Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in b minor by Herbert Howells and Malcolm Boyle's "Thou, O God, art praised in Sion" Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S Cincinnati, Tulsa - Reception following Spring Serenade - Monday, May 6 at 7:30pm Tulsa Youth Symphony Concert - flyer attached with complete information Union Schools PAC, 6636 S Mingo Road, Tulsa Tuesdays at Trinity in May, 12:05pm - 12:35pm 7 - Rebecca te Velde, Organist, First Presbyterian Church, Stillwater 14 - Jaime Carini, Organist 21 - Michelle Exley Johnson, French Hornist 28 - Paul Watkins, Organist, University of Oklahoma Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S Cincinnati, Tulsa Oklahoma and the Arts - Wednesday, May 8 at 10:30am Featured speaker: Ken Busby, Executive Director, Arts & Humanities Council Featured music: Light Opera Oklahoma, Eric Gibson, Artistic Director Sponsored by NEATs (NorthEast Oklahoma ActiveTimers), Yale Avenue Christian Church, 36th & Yale Ascension Day Service - Thursday, May 9 at 6:00pm Trinity Choir singing Healey Willan's God is gone up with a shout, release of balloons, followed by spaghetti supper Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S Cincinnati, Tulsa Spring Concert - Monday, May 13 at 7:30pm "Holidays for Bells" presented by Tulsa Festival Ringers First UMC, 500 S Johnstone Avenue, Bartlesville Theatre Organ Concert - Friday, May 17at 7:00pm Carolyn Craft, ATOS member, will present theatre organ favorites - Free Tulsa Technology Center, 129th E Avenue and S 111th in Broken Arrow Solemn Choral Evensong - Saturday, May 18 at 6:30pm Celebrating the Feast of St. Dunstan; sung by the choir and choral scholars. The service will feature a newly recovered chant which quotes an angelic Kyrie said to have been sung to Dunstan during a vision. St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, 5635 E 71st Street, Tulsa Wings of Song - Saturday, May 18 at 7:00pm Salon Classical House Concerts presents the Signature Quartet performing Mendelssohn's Quartet in e minor, and introducing Katherine Wooten, Mezzo- Soprano with Margaret Sewell and Farren Mayfield. RSVP artofsong@att.net or 918-495-1245 Choral Concert - Sunday, May 19 at 5:00pm All Souls Adult Choir in concert, Rick Fortner, Director All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 S Peoria, Tulsa Choral Evensong - Sunday, May 19 at 5:00pm Sung by all Trinity Choirs: Responses by Kenneth Leighton; Service Music by Charles V Stanford in A; and John Stainer's "I saw the Lord" - Reception following Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S Cincinnati, Tulsa Choir and Orchestra Concert - Sunday, May 19 at 5:30pm BENEDICITE by Andrew Carter for multiple choirs and orchestra. The Chancel Choir, Celebration Singers and Junior Choir, plus instrumentalists from the greater Tulsa area. Michael Bedford, Conductor - Reception afterward in the Common Room St. John's Episcopal Church, 4200 S. Atlanta Place, Tulsa Choral Concert - Monday, May 20 at 7:30pm Concert Choir of William Jewell College, Liberty, MO Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S Cincinnati, Tulsa Spring Concert - Monday, May 20 at 7:30pm "Holidays for Bells" presented by Tulsa Festival Ringers International Gospel Center, 555 S Memorial, Tulsa Service of Evensong - Sunday, May 26 at 5:00pm Music by Douglas, Schubert, Arnatt, Havergal, Malotte and Bach - Reception following Saint Matthews Episcopal Church, 601 N Lake Drive, Sand Springs |
Newsletter |
| In
breve... notes from Jaime Thank you to everyone who participated in the Al Travis Hymn Festival. This event and worship service was only possible because of the many people who volunteered their time. Joel Panciera and Jeff Elkins prepared the choirs, Bruce Wilkin and Susan Panciera handled support details, and Susan Panciera, Judith Popp, and Michael Bedford graciously agreed to participate as readers. Many churches were well-represented, including First Baptist Church Tulsa, Boston Avenue United Methodist Church, Fellowship Lutheran Church, St. Pius X Catholic Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, and First United Methodist Church Claremore. Thanks also to the many singers in the congregation who participated! It's time to start sending in your national dues. They are officially due August 1st, but you can check this off of your to-do list now. There is a form included in this newsletter. If you prefer, you can obtain one from Karen Rich or Fred Elder at our final program on Tuesday, May 21st. We will convene at 6:30PM for a meeting and dinner at the home of Dale and Cheryl LeStourgeon , 5109 E 106th. Please bring two things: 1) $10 for catering Rib Crib and 2) your ideas for the 2013-14 program year. Mark your calendars now to attend! Soli Deo Gloria, Jaime Jaime Carini, Sub-Dean |
Membership |
| The Chapter needs you!!
Don't miss out on all the benefits of membership in the AGO! if you did not receive the form, please let us know AND if you know someone who should be a member of AGO - invite that person to join! Be part of the in-crowd that supports the organ!! Contact fredelder@cox.net for information |
Placement |
| Contact Ferne Howell at fehowell@cox.net for information.
First UMC, Claremore is seeking a part-time Organist to join our church staff. This person will help lead two Sunday morning worship services and accompany Wednesday evening choir rehearsal. Competitive compensation offered. F.U.M.C. is a growing, dynamic, and mission-minded church with a great staff. For further details, please email your resum¨¦ to Linda Pollock, Director of Music: lpollock@claremorefumc.org. First Presbyterian Church, Claremore is a caring congregation with a long standing commitment to musical excellence and to the classical church music repertoire. We seek an organist to join our church staff in offering music to the glory of God. For more information and a position description, please email a resume to Tom Launius at mypastortom@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you! Christ Church, Episcopal, Tulsa is seeking a Music Minister to lead our music ministry. This person should: have knowledge of Episcopal/Anglican or sacramental/liturgical worship; the ability to play keyboards and lead a team of volunteer musicians; and be able to recruit talented musicians. This person will lead music on Sunday mornings, special services and Holy Days throughout the year, and a mid-week rehearsal. Weddings and funerals are on a fee basis. Kurzweil keyboard is used. Compensation negotiable and includes 3 paid Sundays off per calendar year. Contact: The Rev. Everett C. Lees, Vicar of Christ Church, 918-299-7510, Everett@christchurchtulsa.org Employers and job seekers are invited to post and search listings of available positions on the Guild's National Website. |
Certification |
| Contact Eliot Glaser at eg@eliotglaser.com for information. |
Contact Us |
| Dean
Susan Panciera susanpanciera@bostonavenue.org Sub-Dean Jaime Carini jlcarini@gmail.com Secretary/Historian Karen Rich karen.rich.tulsa@gmail.com Treasurer Fred Elder fredelder@cox.net Auditors Dale LeStourgeon Mike McCrary Members at Large Vicki Smith (2018) Karen Hiller (2016) Tom Starnes (2014) Yearbook Bruce Wilkin beedub@aol.com |
Links |
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