Clergy-Musician Relationships in the Twenty-First Century
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2004 April 2014 JOIN US FOR THE APRIL MEETING AND PROGRAM Rivals or a Team? Clergy-Musician Relationships in the Twenty-First Century With AGO National president Dr. Eileen Guenther April 1, 2014 (Tuesday) Redeemer Lutheran Church, 9400 Redbridge Road, Richmond, VA 23236 : 6:00 PM Gathering 6:30 PM Dinner ($12 – reservations required) 7:30 PM Program The April meeting will truly be a highlight for the Spring as we welcome once again our National President, Eileen Guenther. We will discuss Clergy-Musician Relationships. Please bring your clergy with you for this wonderful presentation. If your clergy attends the dinner, their meal will be paid for by the Guild. Please indicate that when you make your reservation. It is recommended that you read Dr. Guenther’s book, “Rivals or a Team? Clergy- Musician Relationships in the Twenty-First Century,” if you would like to maximize the evening’s material. Copies may be ordered from Amazon.com. Dinner Menu: Salad, Chicken with broccoli, roasted red potatoes, Punchbowl Cake, Sally Lunn Bread. RESERVATIONS If your clergy comes, their meal will be paid for. Please indicate that when you make your reservation. Reserva- tions are required for all meals. Please contact David Sinden at [email protected] or (804) 482-0432 by March 27 to reserve a meal. If you make a reservation and are unable to attend, you will be responsible for payment. DEAN’S MESSAGE Dear Colleagues: My article in last month’s Stoplist was an introduction to ONCARD (Online National Collection and Remittal of Dues). Chapter members who have email should have received an email by now from National Headquarters inviting members to logon to the ONCARD system and view/ update their profiles. If you do not have email or use the internet, your contact information is already on file at National Headquarters. Last month the Richmond AGO introduced ONCARD to the chapter through announcements, the newsletter, email, and social media. Since then I have received some questions and concerns about ONCARD, specifically: using a credit card versus paying by check; and the $3 charge in- curred for using a credit card to pay annual dues. Let me address both of these concerns. First, chapter members are NOT required to use a credit card to renew their annual membership . You may still remit your dues by check. When National Headquarters officially launches the 2014-2015 dues season later this month and begins invoicing members by email, you will have the option to pay either online with a credit card or with a check. If you prefer to pay by check, you will be directed to print or obtain a renewal form and mail your dues check directly to National. Paper invoices will be mailed to members who did not supply an email address to the Richmond AGO. Second, last month National Headquarters decided NOT to charge any individual or chapter for any credit card processing fees associated with online dues renewal or new applications. Apparently, in ten states it is illegal to charge processing fees with credit card usage. The new ONCARD system will be a learning process for everyone. I encourage you to contact either me or Mary Stutz, our temporary ONCARD liaison contact, should you have questions. Chris Martin Dean DEAN'S LUNCH The last Dean’s Lunch for the 2013-2014 season will be Monday, April 28, 12:15 p.m ., at Amuse Restaurant at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. RESERVATIONS are required for lunch. Contact Chris Martin at (804) 405-2528 or [email protected] EDUCATIONAL CONCERNS Our deadlines for trying the locally administered exams for AGO certification are now past. We do need to keep in mind :Happiness is being Cer- tified and National is more than happy to arrange listeners for our locally administered exams. When you have worked hard and finished suc- cessfully you do receive a certificate. “Rivals or a Team” is the name of the book written by Dr. Eileen Guenther, the featured speaker at our April meeting. Check out Amazon for a good price. You will want a copy for your own professional library. It offers some very helpful suggestions. Mary Campbell, Educational Coordinator THE RICHMOND AGO IS ON FACEBOOK Stay connected with Richmond AGO members and notices of meetings, recitals, and other events through the chapter's official Facebook page. Look for us on Facebook: Richmond Chapter - American Guild of Organists, or go to the Richmond AGO web- page www.richmondago.org and click on the Facebook icon. Visit the Churches Of Richmond and Central Virginia For organ specifications and virtual tours of the churches of Richmond and Central Virginia, please visit the Churches of Virginia web site at: http://www.churchesofvirginia.org SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NEW ORGANISTS Each year our AGO chapter awards as many as three academic year scholarships for organ study to young persons and adults. Our purpose is to develop new church organists, so awards are designated for those who have little or no prior organ study, express a desire to serve a church, and demonstrate sufficient keyboard skill and musicianship. We need your help in identifying applicants. Please encourage your students and acquaintances to apply. The application form and information is on our website <http://richmondago.org/new-organist-scholarships> and also in this issue of the Stoplist. You may copy these two pages and dis- tribute them. Auditions are on June 2 and applications must be received by Monday, May 19, 2014. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Coming Up Soon in the Organ Repertoire Recital Series! Julia Brown Brazilian Concert Organist A magnificent concert organist and recording artist with more than 20 CDs to her credit makes her Richmond debut playing works by Dietrich Buxtehude, Heinrich Scheidemann, Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck, J.G. Müthel, J.S. Bach, and Wolfgang Rübsam. 1996/2013 Martin Pasi organ, II+P/24 stops Sunday, March 30 3:00 p.m. St. Benedict Catholic Church 300 North Sheppard Street Convenient, free parking in the large church lot directly behind the church Thomas Murray International Concert Organist Professor of Organ, Yale University The famed concert organist, recording artist, and teacher returns to Richmond to work his magic on the new St. Bridget Church organ. Prof. Murray will perform works by Josef Rheinberger, Edward Elgar, Guy Weitz, John Cook, Marcel Dupré, and Dan Locklair. 2013 John-Paul Buzard organ, III+P/48 stops Friday, May 9 7:30 p.m. St. Bridget Catholic Church 6006 Three Chopt Road Convenient, free parking around the church ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ AGO ONCARD SYSTEM IS NOW ACTIVE Beginning with the 2014-2015 dues year, as directed by the National Council, AGO National Headquarters will collect dues directly from members. We will remit the chapter portion of those dues to chapters by an ACH transaction or check. In conjunction with this we are excited to announce the national launch of ONCARD, a suite of secure online services that includes renewing membership and making contributions by credit card, updating addresses and personal information, and other features. Please access ONCARD now to review and update your personal information, especially your email address. Because full contact information for our members has not always been communicated to us, there is a chance that upon your first login to ONCARD you will find we have old and/or incomplete infor- mation on file for you. For this, we hope you are patient and forgiving as you make needed corrections. Many chapter officers have created financial and data ele- ments specific to their chapters. Filling out these fields in your record will ensure accurate invoicing and assist your chapter in the creation of substitute lists and chapter directories. In April AGO National Headquarters will send membership renewal notices by email to members who have a valid email address in our database, and by regular postal mail to members who do not. Those without an email address or computer access will pay dues to AGO National Headquarters from a paper invoice. All ONCARD transactions are conducted over a secure connection (https). Please visit the website today and login to ONCARD to review/update your personal information visit the AGOHQ website. You will be prompted for a username and password. Your username is your first initial plus your last name, as it appears on your TAO mailing label (e.g., jsmith for John Smith). The password is your Member ID, which can be found on your TAO label. An ONCARD FAQ document and other links are available on the AGO website. We look forward to working with you this year on this important project, and we welcome your feedback. Please we welcome suggestions for improvement. Sincerely, Leah Semiken, Manager of Membership and Chapter Relations CONCERTS AT THE CATHEDRAL OF THE SACRED HEART A free Good Friday concert of African American Spirituals and other music with vocalist Dr. Lisa Edwards Burrs and vocalist & flutist Anthony Smith will be held on Good Friday, April 18, at 12 Noon, at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. The complete concert program may be viewed at www.richmondcathedral.org. 359-5651 Monday, May 16th at 11:00 A.M. Free concert featuring Michele Orr, soprano and Anthony Smith, flute. Free lunch follows the concert. AROUND THE TOWN News items for “Around The Town” must be received by the editor no later than the 16th of the month prior to the month in which the concert or function is scheduled. SUNDAYS AT 5 IN STAUNTON Longtime Richmond chapter member, Louise Temple, invites you to drive up to the mountains (less than 2 hours) to experience the "Sundays at 5" series of Trinity Episcopal, Staunton. A highlight is a masterclass and recital by Anne Page, Cambridge, UK.