March 2011 Volume 16, Issue 6
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www.tcago.org March 2011 Volume 16, Issue 6 Small is Beautiful By Karen Flynn rom time to time, we church musicians find our- selves leading small choirs or playing on smaller F instruments. In these situations, it is very helpful to know some repertoire that is optimized for 'small'. In March, TCAGO will present a program focusing on just this kind of repertoire. The program will be held on Satur- day , March 5 at Mayflower Church, 106 E. Diamond Lake Road, Minneapolis (located just west of the Diamond Lake Road exit from I-35W), from 9-12 AM . The presenters will be Nancy Grundahl and Dorothy Williams - adult choir di- rector and organist, respectively, at Mayflower. The program will begin with continental breakfast and a social time. Both choral and organ sessions will be held during the morning, concluding at noon. There will also be a sale of organ music taking place that morning before and after the program, and during the mid-morning break. Our recent organ music sales have proven to be very popular. Come, browse and buy! Also, you are encouraged to do- nate to the sale any organ music you no longer need. All TWINTWIN CITIES CITIES CHAPTER CHAPTER TWINTWIN CITIES CITIES CHAPTER CHAPTER profits go into the TCAGO Program Committee budget. — — — — In the interest of bringing TCAGO to the attention of more local musicians, there will be no charge to attend this ses- sion. Please share the information about this program with any colleagues who are not currently AGO members. We would love to have them attend! TCAGO Calendar of Events – 2011 Sat., March 5 9:00 AM – Noon Reper- toire for Smaller Choirs and Smaller Organs, Mayflower Congregational AMERICANAMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS GUILD OF ORGANISTS AMERICANAMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS GUILD OF ORGANISTS Church, Minneapolis Sat., March 12 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Student Competition, Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church, Minneapolis Sun., June 5 3:00 PM Gala 100th Anni- versary Season Closing Event— Festival Concert featuring Local Com posers with Wayzata Symphony Or chestra, Wayzata Community Church, Wayzata Page 222 Pipenotes PIPENOTES is the official publica- tion of the Twin Cities Chapter, Letters TCAGO Student Organ Competition American Guild of Organists, and to the Editor By Mary Newton is published 9 times a year, Sep- tember – June. The December and January issues are combined Signed On Saturday March 12 talented young organists from Region as one. Letters to VI will gather at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church the Editor (511 Groveland Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55403) to compete DEADLINE DATEDATE: Information for in the 2011 Student Scholarship competition. PIPENOTES should be received no are al- later than the 1 ststst of the month w a y s preceding publicationpublication. Subscrip- welcome. The competitors will have the pleasure of performing on Hen- tion cost for persons who are not Please nepin’s 4-manual, 78-rank Sipe organ. They will perform a members of the TCAGO is $40/ send, fax or email letters prelude and fugue by J.S. Bach, a work by a composer born year. to Barb Herzog. between 1800-1900 and a work composed after 1900. They will also present a hymn in a creative fashion. 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The second place winner will be awarded $1,000, http://www.tcago.org upper left corner of the MPR which is sponsored by TCAGO member Phil Asgian. main page < http:// Website Administrator: www.mpr,org >, click on The approximate time of the competition will be from 9:00 David Engen 'Events Calendar'...then fol- am to 6 pm and a more detailed schedule will be made pub- 612-801-8662 (cell) low the instructions on the lic closer to the competition. [email protected] calendar page to 'submit a new event'. Dean TCAGO: James Callahan Whether you have an hour free in the morning or have the (h) 651-224-3285 This information will reach whole afternoon free, I invite you to come on over to Henne- [email protected] an audience different from pin and be inspired by these young artists and the exciting literature they will be presenting. TCAGO Administrator: the online TCAGO or PIPE- Barb Herzog DREAMS calendars. It's free, (h/Fax) 952-432-6995 and it's another way to let [email protected] people know about your clas- a) Membership/ PIPENOTES sical music concerts. A 'Before Bach's Birthday' Bash - March Subscription [email protected] By all means, continue to 19...five free organ concerts in Saint Paul b) News Items for Pipenotes send information directly to by Michael Barone c) Letters to the Editor Michael Barone too. d) Pipenotes Advertising <[email protected] > Building on a Bach-Birthday tradition, set aside Saturday Change of Address ( Pipenotes) morning and afternoon on the 19th of March to prelude Barb Herzog, 952-432-6995 Spring while enjoying a marathon of the best Baroque or- gan music by Johann Sebastian Bach (born 3/21/16853/21/1685) Change of Address ( The American FREE ONLINE Organist ): PROMOTION! and his late-romantic disciple Max Reger (born 3/19/18733/19/1873). AGO Headquarters Gain potential additional 475 Riverside Dr., Ste. 1260 New York, NY 10115 promotional exposure for your performance event A sequence of five, free hour-long concerts will be pre- 212-870-2310 sented in Saint Paul's Summit Avenue neighbor- (concerts only, not services) Placement: Robert Anderson by listing it on the Minnesota hood....including the chapels of the University of Saint Tho- 612-377-4450 Public Radio Online Event's mas and the Saint Paul Seminary, the Cathedral of Saint [email protected] calendar (separate from the Paul, Unity Unitarian Church and House of Hope Presbyte- PIPEDREAMS calendar!). Go rian Church. Calendar Coordination/Events to < www.mpr.org >, click on Scheduling: J. Michael Barone 'classical' in the upper green Representatives of the Bach Society of Minnesota, Vo- (w) 651-290-1539 box, scroll down and click on (h) 651-228-9885 calEssence and the Twin Cities Chapter of the American 'regional events' in the Guild of Organists will be featured. [email protected] EVENTS panel, then click on Organ Calendar 'submit an event' and follow www.pipedreams.org/ the prompts. It's free, and is The morning's first program at 9 o'clock will be broadcast calendar widely read (particularly by live by Classical Minnesota Public Radio (KSJN-99.5FM), MPR's on-air hosts). (Before Bach’s... continued on page 5) Pipenotes Page 333 Dean’s Column TCAGO Officers Dean ::: James Callahan (h) 651-224-3285 Those of you who did not make it Sub Dean ::: Karen Flynn (h) 651-429-6662 to the Fitzgerald Theater for our Secretary : John Salveson (h) 612-869-2726; program focusing on the Theater (w) 612-781-2796; (cell) 612-240-2055 Organ missed a delightful and TreTreTre asurer/Investments : David Geslin (h) 612-868-7827; informative event. Mike Grand- (w) 763-277-0024); [email protected] champ played many old favorites from the 50s and he accompa- Board Members nied a Buster Keaton silent film with the help of Tom Keith and Class of 20112011: Dianne Jelle, Tom Ferry his special affects. Special Class of 2012: Patricia Kohnen, Bill Stump, Priscilla Franken thanks must go to Pipedreams, Class of 2013 : Carolyn Diamond, Geoff Olson, Jane Hanson sponsor of this event, which was also attended by members of the American Theater Organ Committees Society. This is the first of what I hope will be many events that are jointly attended by our colleagues in other profes- Archives : Jerry Bonstrom (cell) 612-418-8065; sional musical organizations. [email protected] Chaplain : Rev. Michael Edwins (h) 763-529-1998; I have asked all the committee chairs to develop a mission [email protected] statement for their committee. The statements that have Composition: Rob Strusinski, Lawrence Lawyer, Curt Oliver been developed are printed in this edition of Pipenotes and Development : Carolyn Diamond, Dee Ann Crossley, Jon Kietzer will be placed on our web site. These statements demon- Education ::: Chair: Philip Asgian (h) 651-293-9115; strate the depth and width of activities that are generated by (w) 651-696-6913; [email protected] Members: Karen Becker, Richard Collman, Margaret Gohman, TCAGO. I want to thank the chairs for all their work in devel- Tim Patterson, Kirsten Uhlenberg oping these statements. I think we should be proud of all Guild Examinations ::: Catherine R. Rodland (h) 507-645-1683; the work this organization does for its members and for the (cell) 612-432-3486; [email protected] wider public we serve. Hospitality : Mari Lyn Ampe, Priscilla Franken, Patricia Kohnen, Bjorn Gustafson, Martin Stachnik Also in this edition of Pipenotes is a list of people who have Investments: Tom Ferry, James Callahan, David Geslin, Winston agreed to be the Nominating Committee for next year’s elec- Kaehler, Carsten Slostad tions. If they call upon you to serve TCAGO, I hope you can Membership: Tim Strand make a positive response.