0ctob~r 2003 Vo1un:i(20 Number Two ,,·· ,i. "·.< T~e; dfficiafpub}ication ofthe St.Louis Chapter ofthe Amerh:an Guild ofOrganists www.agost1~m~.6fs,} THE AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS OCTOBER PROGRAMS St. Louis Chapter Date: Monday, October 27, 2003 Dr. John Romeri, AAGO, ChM Dean Event: Organ Master Class (part of the city-wide English Festival) Dr. Marcos Krieger Thomas Trotter (London) Sub-Dean Presenter: Where: St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Ladue H. Ronald Hall 110 North Warson A venue at Ladue Secretary Time: 6:30p.m. Dinner, 7:30 p.m. Program C. Dennis York $8.00. Treasurer-Registrar Cost: Host: S. William Aitken Denis J. Doelling Reservations: Kathleen Bolduan, 314/935-5517 Alan Milster Auditors [email protected] EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Thomas Trotter is one of Britain's most widely admired musicians. The Class of 2004 excellence of his musicianship is reflected internationally in his musical Dr. Bill Hamner partnerships. He performs as soloist with, amongst many others, the con­ Tina Mowrer, SPCAGO ductors Sir Simon Rattle, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Chailly and Sir ";{obert Raymond Charles Mackerras. He has performed recitals in Class of 2005 Berlin's "Philharmonie", the "Gewandhaus" in Kathleen Bolduan Leipzig, both the "Musikverein" and the Charles Collins "Konzerthaus" in Vienna and London's Royal Fes­ Darlene Reiner tival Hall. He has given the opening recital on new or restored organs in places such as Cleveland's Class of 2006 Severance Hall (Ohio), Princeton University Mary Hitchcock-Reinhart Earl Naylor Chapel (New Jersey), the "Concertgebouw" in Barbara Raedecke Amsterdam and at St David's Hall in Cardiff and he is regularly asked to perform on major historic COMMITTEE instruments such as those at St. Ouen in Rouen, St. Bavo's in Haarlem CHAIRPERSONS AND (Netherlands), Weingarten Abbey in Germany and Woolsey Hall at Yale SPECIAL SERVICES University. He appears at the festivals of Salzburg, Berlin, Vienna, Fern and Al Black Directory Editors Edinburgh and London's BBC Proms. He performs with leading orches­ tras such as the Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, London Phil­ Dr. Barbara Raedeke harmonic and Royal Philharmonic orchestras and made his first US ap­ Educational Resources pearance with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in 1987. And he Mary Hitchcock-Reinhart was made an exclusive recording artist for Decca in 1989. Historian Thomas Trotter was appointed Birmingham City organist in 1983 in Denis J. Doelling succession to Sir George Thalben-Ball. He is also Organist at St Placement Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, and Visiting Professor of Organ Maxine McCormick, SPCAGO at the Royal College of Music, London. He was organ scholar at King's Professional Concerns College, Cambridge and later continued his studies with Marie-Claire Dr. Marcos Krieger Alain in Paris, winning the Prix de Virtuosite in her class. He was first 0 rograms prizewinner at the 1979 St Albans International Organ competition, and Kathleen Bolduan Membership/Registrar OCTOBER PROGRAMS-Continued on page 2 -•·•--••••••-• , • t I II OCTOBER PROGRAMS-continued from page I MEMBERS NEWS Thomas R. Pearce has been appointed Senior Editor the following year he made his debut at the Royal for MorningStar Music Publishers of St. Louis, effec­ Festival Hall, London. In May 2002 he was the recipi­ tive September 1, 2003. He has served as part-time ent of the Royal Philharmonic Society award for Best editor since the company was formed in the fall of Instrumentalist in 2001, the first organist to win this 1986 and edited the first-issue publications released in award. Past winners include Andras Schiff, Itzhak the spring of 1987. Prior to that time, he served as a Perlman and Julian Bream. part-time editor for the Concordia edition of J.S. Alongside his weekly recitals in Birmingham, Bach's Orgelbuchlein and also for the Concordia Thomas Trotter has toured throughout the USA, Eu­ Hymn Prelude Series. rope, Australia and Japan, and has played at presti­ gious venues such as the Zurich Tonhalle, Amsterdam Mr. Pearce leaves the position of Director of Music­ Concertgebouw and Leipzig Gewandhaus as well at Organist at St. Paul United Church of Christ, many International Festivals such as Bath, Salzburg, Belleville, IL, where he served as organist, directed Edinburgh and the Proms. He has performed with the five adult choirs and handbell ensembles and ad­ leading orchestras including the Royal, the London, ministered the Fine Arts Series. He is a graduate of the Vienna and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras. Washington University in St. Louis, a past Dean of the Of his dozen or so recordings his Messiaen and St. Louis Chapter AGO, and a member and former Mozart releases were named Gramophone magazine's workshop leader of the Association of Disciple Musi­ 'Critics Choice', and a Liszt recording won a Grand cians. Prix du Disque in 1995. He has served on many Inter­ national juries including the St Albans, Nuremberg and Maastricht competitions as well as the BBC's WEBSITE ADDRESS CHANGE Young Musician of the Year. Please note that the St. Louis chapter website is now Directions to St. Peter's Episcopal Church: www.agostlouis.org. If you haven't seen the wonder­ From Highway 40 - north on Lindbergh to Ladue, fully designed pages you're missing out on the most right (East) on Ladue to Warson. The church is at the most current events and job listings. Opus will always corner of Ladue and Warson. From Highway 70 - be posted before it arrives in your mailbox! South on Lindbergh to Ladue, Left (East) on Ladue to church. '' ·. Volume 20, Number :rwo ©American.Guild of Organists · Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 Event: Organ Recital by Thomas Trotter Deadline for October newsletter: (part of the city-wide English Festival) · Monday, November 3. Program: Bach's Toccata in D minor ('Dorian') Address Changes or to request Mailing Labels: BWV 538, Mozart's Andante & Allegro in F K 594, . .· Al Black. Adrian Wammes' "Miroir", Judith Bingham's 8056 Blackberry Ave. · "Ancient Sunlight", Herbert Austin Fricker,s Concert St. Louis, MO 63130 Overture in C minor, Percy Whitlock's Canzona & 314/645~6232 or 314/863-0850 Scherzetto from Sonata, and Wagner's Overture: ·Educational Resource Library. (borrow: materials}: Rienzi-arr. E.H. Lemare Barbara Raedeke 636/861-7076 Place: St. Peter's Episcopal Church Substitute List and Job Notices: . Time: 7:30 p.m. Denis Doelling .... 314/962-4058 [email protected] .· Date: Friday, October 31, 2003 Membership: Kathleen Bolduan 314/935-5517 Event: Annual Halloween Recital [email protected] Stan Kann and other organists! ·· Newsletter: Denis Doelling . 314/962~4058 Place: First Congregational Church, [email protected] 6501 Wydown Blvd. Calendar of Events/Member News: . 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Place: Mary Queen of Peace, Webster Groves Speakers include: Ray Biswanger, Agnes Armstrong, Dinner: 6:30 p.m: Program 7:30 p.m. and Thomas Murray Place: Washington University Saturday, January 24, 2004 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Children's Choir Festival (part of the city-wide 2004 World's Fair celebrations) Presenter: Henry Leck (Indianapolis Children's Choir) Monday, April 26, 2004 Place: Little Flower Parish Program: TBA Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Presenter: Peter Richard Conte, Organist of the Wanamaker Department Store Monday, February 23 2004 Place: St. Michael St. George Organ Service repertoire Dinner: 6:30 p.m. Program 7:30 p.m. (Hymn and non Hymn-based) Presenter: Marianne Webb Tuesday, April 27, 2004 Place: Grace Methodist Church Organ Recital: Peter Richard Conte Dinner: 6:30 p.m. Program 7:30 p.m. Place: Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis Time: 8:00 p.m. Friday, March 19, 2004 (part of the city-wide 2004 World's Fair celebrations) Alexandre Guilmant Symposium Organ Recital: Thomas Murry Monday, May 17, 2004 Place: Washington University Final Banquet and Awards Ceremony; Time: 7:30 p.m.