2014
Past Events from 2014-15 Season
October WFMT Bach Project a Tremendous Success!
How exciting to have such a large audience for an organ recital! Many thanks to WFMT, Stephen Alltop, and all who were involved in planning and supporting the WFMT Bach Organ Project. It was absolutely wonderful to have several hundreds of people in attendance and...
October 2014
Lifelong Friends and Colleagues
After a wonderful time at our opening program of the season, I went home thinking about a function that AGO serves in my life that I hadn’t thought that much about before. As I looked around the room that day, I saw people who have just recently become part of my...
NSAGO 2014-15 Program Season
September 2014
Our 56th Year!!
As we begin our 56th season as a chapter, we look backward to a rich history and forward to an exciting upcoming year! Last season was a year featuring a new website, six new board members, three new officers, a new “Grow the Guild” initiative, and a variety of...
September 2014 Treasurer’s Corner
If you haven't already, now is the time to renew your chapter membership! As of August 20th, fifty-seven colleagues have successfully managed the new national ONCARD system (On-Line National Collection and Retrieval of Dues). More than $2500 has already been...
August 2014
Story of a New Board Member
When I began organ lessons at age 12 my teacher, Richard Corbin, recommended two things: 1) Bach’s 8 Little Preludes and Fugues and 2) becoming a member of the local (Jamestown, NY) AGO chapter. His advice proved especially helpful when there was a need for my...
December 2014
Enjoying the Comradery
As a boy of seven, I began taking piano lessons. (Mother made me.) But so did most of the other kids at that time. Nowadays, kids spend their extracurricular time playing soccer, football, rugby, ice skating, hockey, baton twirling, etc. But piano? Not so much. ...
Past Events – 2013-2014 Season
2013-2014 Event Season
November 2014
A Happy Recollection
On a bone-chilling January 1, 1963 we arrived in Evanston to make our home, but that frigid reception was soon replaced by the warmth of friendships that quickly developed among the welcoming area organists, who for the most part were members of the recently formed...
September Wine and Cheese Welcome Reception was great fellowship!
We had a delightful time Sept. 21 as we gathered at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Glenview for our opening event of the season. Delicious food and drink were provided (for c. 20 people,) and we played a fun “Name that tune” game. Thanks go to Lois-Eve Anderson for...
October 2014
AGO membership: Sharing the Riches
The organ has been part of my life since childhood, when my mother took me with her to Concordia Lutheran Church, for her practice as organist for Sunday afternoon Swedish Services, back in the 1930s. I was allowed to climb aboard, and to explore this marvelous trio...
Join Us for Our Opening Program!
"Name that Tune with Wine and Cheese" Meet and greet your fellow North Shore Chapter members at the opening event of the 2014-2015 program season, Sunday, September 21, 4:00-5:30 PM at St. David's Episcopal Church in Glenview, 2410 Glenview Road. Please bring an...
July 2014 Dean’s Column
Welcome to our new newsletter format! You’ve been directed here for the July edition of OVERTONES. Here’s what you’ll find below, which can be accessed by simply scrolling down: Brochure of our 2014-15 programs A review of our June 1 annual banquet and program A...
ONLINE NATIONAL COLLECTION AND REMITTAL OF DUES
In early May, all current dues paying members of the chapter should have received an email from national AGO headquarters in NYC. The email welcomed you to the new ONCARD system. If you did not receive this email, you can still renew easily by clicking on the link...
TWO NEW MEMBERS
We welcome two new members to our chapter. Yollanda E. R. Bornhoff of Park Ridge and David R. Whitehouse, CAGO, of Buckley, MI. We look forward to greeting them personally! It appears that most of our membership has been successful with navigating the National AGO's...
November 2014
Our Colorful History
Let it never be said that the North Shore lacks in an interesting heritage. Some of you may have noticed “The Last Page” in the May 2014 TAO issue. But in case you missed it, it gives us some bragging rights with regard to having a somewhat colorful history here on...
Treasurer’s report November 2014: SOME CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP FACTS
Interested persons are able to join our AGO chapter at any time by visiting our excellent website www.northshoreago.org or the national website at www.agohq.org This year's dues cover the period from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015. The new national ONCARD system is...
North Shore members play Bach for WFMT!
Cheer for your fellow chapter members on Friday evening, October 24 at Alice Millar Chapel in Evanston. North Shore Chapter members are welcome for no admission charge to WFMT's Bach Organ Project Concert No. 9. Tickets for the general public are $25, students $15. ...
Treasurer’s Corner: NSAGO Special Contributors
Twenty-seven chapter members have made very special financial contributions. In all, at least $2225 additional funds beyond annual dues have been donated for chapter programming and operation. Many of the members listed below also contribute substantially to other...
September 2014
35 Years as an NSAGO Member
I joined the American Guild of Organists North Shore Chapter in 1979. I remember being inspired and encouraged by mentors and friends Morgan Simmons, Margaret Kemper, and Lee Nelson.....all of us 35 years older now! Serving on the board several times over the years...
June 2014 Closing banquet and program in Arlington Heights was great fun!
First Presbyterian Church, Arlington Heights hosted this event, the evening beginning with appetizers and dinner in the parlor and narthex of the church, just outside the sanctuary. Moretti’s in Mt. Prospect provided the food for the catered dinner. Three new board...
May 2014 Dean’s Column: A New Website for NSAGO!
Welcome to our new newsletter format – and our new website! This month we are going live with the new NSAGO website, which we encourage you all to explore! One of the benefits of this new site is that you will now be receiving an email notification of our newsletter,...