New Haven Chapter of the AGO
Join our chapter? Renew your membership? Click here for the membership form!
AGO events in our area this season:
-Pedals, Pipes, & Pizza event for kids, Saturday, January 28, 10am-1:30pm. Begins and ends at United Church on the Green, New Haven (corner of Elm and Temple Streets). A hands-on introduction to the pipe organ for young pianists ages 8-18. Totally free! All participants get time with a coach on one of the featured organs. Contact Jay Lindsay for information or to sign up: JayLindsay1@yahoo.com
-Our popular Organ Crawl arranged by Stephen Roberts returns on Presidents' Day, Monday, February 20, starting at 9am.
-Masterclass with Peter DuBois (Eastman School of Music) on conducting from the organ console. April 21, 2012, 10am, at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 830 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT. Contact Lars Gjerde for information: lars@larsgjerde.com.
-Annual Meeting and Spring Dinner, June 10, 5:30pm, at Mount Carmel Congregational Church (parish house), 3284 Whitney Avenue Hamden, CT. Located at the corner of Whitney and Sherman Avenue (across the street from Dunkin Donuts). For information, contact Lynda Pederson at Lyndapedersen@att.net. The cost for our catered dinner is $15 per person.
-Feel free to contact a board member with requests, suggestions, or comments for programs.
Membership:
To join our chapter, click here for the membership form, or email Larry Bishop (registrar) at alfredb5327@yahoo.com. Incoming Yale students are encouraged to join the local chapter! Contact student liaison Brett Judson at brett.judson@yale.edu for information about how to become involved in our events!
Fewer than 50% of AGO members have provided their email address to National during their registration or renewal process. It is very convenient and cost-saving to utilize email distribution of AGO business, programs, and other information. The AGO will never sell or distribute your email addresses to any organization or individual; your contact information will be used only for official Guild business. To have your name added to the National Headquarters email database, please contact Tom Healey (thealey@agohq.org), the administrative assistant at AGO headquarters.
Job placement:
To advertise available jobs or to look for open church music positions, please visit the employment site of the American Guild of Organists at http://www.agohq.org/profession/indexjobs.html. To get a copy of the substitute list for the New Haven chapter of the AGO, please email dean Jay Lindsay at JayLindsay1@yahoo.com or call him at (203) 404-7390.
Chapter board contact information:
DEAN
Jay Lindsay
(203) 404-7390
JayLindsay1@yahoo.com
SUB-DEAN
Andy Kotylo
akotylo@snet.net
SECRETARY
Gary Snowbeck
gesnowbeck@sbcglobal.net
(203)-407-8230
TREASURER/REGISTRAR
Larry Bishop
alfredb5327@yahoo.com
(203) 467-5417
STUDENT LIAISON
Brett Judson
brett.judson@yale.edu
WEBMASTER
Lars Gjerde
submissions@sacredmusicCT.org
info@sacredmusicCT.org
CHAPLAIN
Rev. Timothy Keyl
Bethesda Lutheran Church
www.bethesdanewhaven.org
(203)787-2346
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Stephen Roberts
Paul Jordan
Jay Lindsay
Lynda Pedersen
Andy Kotylo
Gary Snowbeck
David Doolittle
Lars Gjerde
Brett Judson
Larry Bishop
ARTICLE CONTRIBUTOR
Joe Dzeda
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Andy Kotylo
akotylo@snet.net
Interesting links:
Caution: The following links may provide hours of enjoyment, edification, and general time-wasting for the devotée or true Orgelnerd. Check out only after Saturday practicing and/or Sunday services are over.
The New York City Organ Project www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/index.html
Organ Historical Society Database http://organsociety.bsc.edu/
Organs of France http://www.uquebec.ca/musique/orgues/orguef.html
Aeolian-Skinner Archives http://aeolian-skinner.110mb.com/
Estey Organ Co. “Virtual Museum” http://www.esteyorgan.com/
Organs built by Arp Schnitger http://www.arpschnitger.nl/schnit.html
Wanamaker Organ, Philadelphia http://www.wanamakerorgan.com/
Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ http://www.acchos.org/
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.
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!
