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Youngstown Chapter |
| Last updated: April 22, 2012 |
Message from the Dean |
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Welcome to Youngstown, Ohio, and to our local chapter of the American Guild of Organists web page. A chapter of 52 members, we serve Youngstown and its surrounding areas. Our membership is not limited only to organists, but embraces all who enjoy and promote worship through music and song. Together we work to improve the quality of musical and liturgical performance within our community. Annually, we provide a variety of educational programs to enrich our personal skills which are free to members and friends. These events include recitals, lectures, workshops, and choral presentations. Light refreshments follow the events for interaction among those in attendance. We have an exciting listing of upcoming events for March, April, and May. Please refer to our Events Section for details. We encourage any musician from student to retiree to join us and enhance our endeavors towards achieving our motto: "Soli Deo Gloria." |
Local Events |
| MAY
2 Wed. . .OBERLIN COLLEGIUM MUSICUM. . .12:10 pm Steven Plank, Director Brownbag Concert Trinity Episcopal Cathedral 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 6 Sun. . .DOROTHY YOUNG RIESS, Organ. . .2:00 pm Trinity United Methodist Church 30 W. Front Street, Youngstown 6 Sun. . .THE AMERICAN BOYCHOIR. . .5:00 pm Admission $20 general, $5 student Premier Boy choir in the United States. The Church of the Covenant 11205 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 6 Sun. . .TOM KOOPMAN, Organist. . .7:00 pm Trinity Lutheran Church 2031 W. 30th Street, Cleveland Commemorating the restoration of the historic (1956) Beckerath Pipe Organ. Tickets: Cleveland/Beckerath 6 Sun. . .WEST SHORE CHORALE. . .7:30 pm J.S. Bach – B Minor Mass Phoebe Jevtovic, Soprano; Mitzi Westra, Mezzo Soprano; Tyler Skidmore, Tenor; Thomas Scurich, Baritone John Drotleff, Director Magnificat Performing Arts Center 20770 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River 9 Wed. . .CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA STAR. . .12:10 pm MICHAEL SACHS, Trumpet TODD WILSON, Organ Brownbag Concert Trinity Episcopal Cathedral 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 10 Thur. . .JUBILATION. . .8:00 pm 11 Fri. . .The Elizabeth Stuart Church Choir Festival St. John Catholic Cathedral 1007 Superior / Euclid, Cleveland Fee parking in Cathedral Garage on Rockwell Ave. 20 Sun. . .STAMBAUGH CHORUS. . .4:00 pm Many Voices, One World Dr. Hae-Jong Lee, Director Stambaugh Auditorium 1000 Fifth Avenue Youngstown 23 Wed. . .HAYDN & PAULUS ORGAN CONCERTOS. . .12:10 pm Todd Wilson & Elizabeth Lenti, Organists Trinity Chamber Orchestra Horst Buchholz, Conductor Brownbag Concert Trinity Episcopal Cathedral 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 25 Fri. . .AGO NATIONAL COMPETITION: National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance. . . . .9:45 am-5:00 pm Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland Free and open to the public. JUNE 10 Sun. . .ANNUAL ST. COLUMBA FEAST DAY CONCERT. . . . .6:00 pm Ceud Mile Fàilte (Celtic ensemble) Paul Kirk, Director St. Columba Cathedral 159 W. Rayen Ave., Youngstown |
Newsletter |
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MAY 2012 ANNUAL MEETING Youngstown Chapter American Guild of Organists SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2012 – 6:00 PM SQUAW CREEK AVALON LAKES COUNTRY CLUB 761 Youngstown-Vienna Road (Rt. 193) just south of the Route 82 by-pass. Buffet Dinner - $17.00 per person (includes tax, tip). Reservation form included in May SOR. Reservations DUE by Saturday, May 12!! Please! Plan now to join in our year-end event. Installation of officers. Review of past year and plans for upcoming year. Come early and browse through the Youngstown Chapter Memorabilia table. - - - - - - - - - - A NOTE FROM THE DEAN Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia! The past month has been our busiest time planning services, rehearsing the choir, practicing our music, trying to find that last minute brass player for one who said they couldn't come at the last minute. Now is a time to sit back just a little and take a deep breath. In our Guild chapter, it is also time to take a look at the past year and look ahead to summer and next year. We have had a remarkable year. Our September and October programs in conjunction with Stambaugh Auditorium made many new friends for the organ and that special E. M. Skinner that now sounds so glorious! We had a good Hymn Festival with Dr. John Schwandt in November, a great choral reading session with Cliff Hill in January, Organ plus at St. Columba Cathedral in February, and our Members Recital at Stambaugh Auditorium last March. For those of you whom we haven't seen at a meeting this year, you have missed out on some good music making and fellowship. Our Sub Dean, Tim Elder is preparing some wonderful programs for the coming year. All of this will be announced at our May Annual Meeting and dinner, Sunday, May 20th, at the Avalon Lakes Country Club--Squaw Creek in Vienna. Dinner is at 6 pm and you'll find your reservation form in this newsletter. The food there is excellent and you won't want to miss out on that! Please join us as we have a delicious buffet dinner planned and we will install officers for the next year and announce upcoming programs. Richard Konzen, Dean - - - - - - - - - - - ANNUAL MEETING INFORMATION: DINNER BUFFET SELECTIONS Salads: Mixed Green Salad, Fruit Salad Entrees: Cranberry Almond Chicken (Boneless chicken breast coated with cranberries, almonds topped with an amaretto cream sauce); Sausage, Peppers and Onions Accompaniments: Duchess Potatoes, Grilled Assorted Vegetables Dessert: Cheesecake w/ Strawberries DIRECTIONS TO SQUAW CREEK-- AVALON LAKES COUNTRY CLUB From the Route 82. . .Exit onto Route 193. South on 193 about ½ mile on the left. From North Side of Youngstown . . Route 193 About 2½ miles past Tibbetts-Wick Road on the right (before the Route 82 bypass). PARKING As you enter, stay to the LEFT and use the parking lot to the LEFT. There is handicap accessability. You may pull under the portico to drop off guests. There is a ramp entrance into the club. Then park your car in the lot. RESERVATIONS A MUST BY SATURDAY, MAY 12, PLEASE!!! Guests are welcome. - - - - - - - - - - - DOROTHY YOUNG RIESS, M.D., Organ Concert Trinity United Methodist Church 30 W. Front Street, Youngstown Sunday, May 6, 2012 – 2:00 pm “Dr. Dorothy” started piano with her mother at age four, and dynamics, interpretation and composition with her father, a concert violinist and composer winning her first competition at age seven. At 12, she began advanced piano with Clarence Burg at Oklahoma City University, and at 14, performed the Gershwin Piano Concerto with the OCU Symphony orchestra. At 16 she started organ lessons with Dubert Dennis, and at 17, attended The University of Oklahoma School of Music to became a protégé of the renowned Mildred Andrews whose exceptional teaching skills and discipline resulted in top honors in several State and Regional competitions including First Place in the American Guild of Organists National Competition in San Francisco 1952 resulting in a scholarship to study in France with Marcel Dupré. After several years of concerts in Europe and the US, she was invited to return to Europe as Organist-Choirmaster of the American Church in Rome, Italy, 1956-58. A visiting Yale Professor heard her perform and gave her a scholarship to Yale where she studied organ with Frank Bozyan, and played her Master's Recital at Woolsey Hall in 1959. A series of life-changing events including the death of her beloved father few months later, led her to the healing arts. She completed pre-med studies at Columbia University, New York City, gained admission to The University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, and received her Doctor of Medicine degree in 1969. She practiced Internal Medicine in Pasadena, California, until retirement in 2000. After relocating to Las Vegas Nevada, she resumed serious organ playing once again performing for the AGO Spring concert in 2004. In 2006 she was featured on “Pipe Dreams Live from Las Vegas” as part of Region IX AGO Mid-Winter Conclave. Two months later she played her 75th Birthday Celebration Recital at The University of Nevada Las Vegas. Her 80th Birthday Celebration Recital was also at UNLV, May 2011. She was a featured soloist at the American Guild of Organists Region IX Convention in San Francisco July 2011. Dr. Riess is Associate Organist at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Las Vegas, and a member of Southern Nevada Chapter AGO. --Program-- Fête. . . . . . . . . . .Langlais Jesus bleibet meine Freude, BWV 147. . .Bach-Biggs Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Triple Fugue on “St. Anne”. . . .Bach Symphonic Chorale, Op. 87, No. 2. . .Karg-Elert Jesu My Joy Introduzione (Inferno) Canzone Fuga con Corale Waltz 2, Suite for Variety Orchestra. . .Shostakovich/Riess L’Ascension. . . . . . . . . . .Messiaen II Alleluias sereins III Transports de Joie - - - - - - - - - - - Cleveland Beckerath Organ Concert Tickets on line: Cleveland Beckerath Under Tom Koopman’s pic–click on Order Tickets Ticket Form is there! Organ Marathon: AGO National Competition Friday, May 25, 2012 – 9:45 am to 5:00 pm McMyler Memorial Organ by Walter Holtkamp Jr. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 E Boulevard, Cleveland Free and open to the public The Cleveland Museum of Art hosts the Cleveland Chapter of the American Guild of Organists’ semi-final round of the National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance. The seven Rising Stars performing include: Anna Lam, Thatcher Lyman, Malcolm Matthews, Paul Meier, Adam Pajan, Daryl Robinson and HyeHyun Sung. The repertoire in these short recitals includes: J.S. Bach: From Clavierübung II; Trio on “Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr’,” BWV 676; J.S. Bach: From Clavierübuna III: “Wir alauen all’ an einen Gott.” BWV 680. - - - - - - - - - - - Happy 450TH Birthday, Jan Sweelinck Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (he took his mother’s surname) was born in April or May of 1562 in Deventer, Netherlands. The family soon moved to Amsterdam where Jan’s father became the organist at the Oude Kerk; no doubt he gave his son his first music lessons. After the death of his father, young Sweelinck was taught by Fr. Jacob Buyck, pastor of the Oude Kerke. When Calvinism came to the Netherlands, Buyck left the city, and Jan lost his teacher. Little is known about Sweelinck’s subsequent teachers, but we do know that at some point, perhaps when he was fifteen, Sweelinck became organist at the Oude Kerk, where he remained for the rest of his life. He married Claesgen Dircxdochter Puyner in 1590. In addition to playing for services, Sweelinck also wrote music, and his first publication, a collection of chansons, was published in the 1590s. He also wrote settings of the psalms; though he intended write settings for all 150 psalms, Sweelinck was unable to complete his mission. All of his music published during his lifetime was vocal: chansons, motets, and psalms. His keyboard works were not published until the German publishing house of Breitkoph and Härtel issued, from 1894 to 1901, Sweelinck’s complete works; editor Max Seiffert wrote the prefaces. A new scholarly edition of Sweelinck's complete keyboard works was issued in four volumes by the same publisher in 2004; the editors were Harald Vogel and Pieter Dirksen. Sweelinck was nicknamed the Orpheus of Amsterdam for his excellent work as a composer, teacher, and organist. His students included Jacob Praetorius II, Heinrich Scheidemann, Paul Siefert, Melchior Schildt, and Gottfried and Samuel Scheidt; Sweelinck’s well-trained students earned him the title of “maker of organists” in nearby Germany. He was the first known composer to use the pedal as a structural part of a fugue. Sweelinck died on October 16, 1621 and was buried in the Oude Kerk. His eldest son carried on the family tradition of playing the organ at the Oude Kerk. We are pleased to remember and to honor this month Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, a fine teacher, organist, improviser, and composer. (AG) FINE!!! |
Membership |
| 2009-2010 Membership Fees
$92.00 Regular Member $67.00 Special (Senior/Disabled,over 65) $37.00 Student $67.00 Partner/ Second Member $36.00 Dual (indicate primary chapter) $15.00 Chapter Friend A special feature that our chapter offers for first year members is a discounted membership fee of $52. Contact Nancy Brescia at magoonomore@yahoo.com for a membership form. |
Placement |
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Certification |
| The Youngstown Chapter AGO has a strong performance record when it comes to the guild exams: over one-third of the current membership holds at least one guild certificate. The requirements for professional certification appear in the July issue of "The American Organist." The Service Playing exam can be taken in the Youngstown Chapter anytime before April 30, 2007; the Colleague exam can also be taken locally, on either May 11 or November 16, 2007. The Choir Master, Associate, and Fellowship exams are administered at nearby examination centers in Cleveland or Pittsburgh. Examination materials and repertoire are kept in the Cathedral Music Library and are available to chapter members. For further information, please contact Daniel Laginya, examination coordinator, at dlaginya@zoominternet.net
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Contact Us |
| Dean: Richard Konzen
konzen@yahoo.com Sub Dean: Tim Elder timelder@zoominternet.net Secretary: Marianne Speicher mmspeicher@gmail.com Treasurer: Nancy Brescia magoonomore@Yahoo.com Newsletter editor: Gary Richards GPR534@aol.com Executive Board Members (12) Larry Harris. . .LHarris@sbcglobal.net Daniel Laginya. . .dlaginya@zoominternet.net (13) Karen Barr. . .JohnKaren9@aol.com Adam Zagotti. . .organist@trinityyoungstown.org (14) Anita Gorman. . .aggorman@sbcglobal.net Nancy McNeal |
Links |
| Hemry Pipe Organ Company http://www.Hemryorgan.com
Kegg Organ Company http://www.Keggorgan.com Schantz Organ Company http://www.schantzorgan.com Youngstown State University Concert Series http://www.fpa.ysu.edu/ |
| Visit the AGO National website |