Dean’s Column

Dean’s Column | March 2024

Beware the Ides of March! So here is the Month of March this year that is the season of Lent, Holy Week and Easter along with the beginning of the month of Ramadan. For many this is the month of hearing a variety of Requiems as similar to the Advent season with hearing so many versions of the Messiah! March is one of the few months that always contained 31 days in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The name March comes from the name Martius or Mars – the God of War. Obviously a very long...
Dean’s Column | April 2024

Dean’s Column | April 2024

Welcome to April! It is just incredible that it is April now! The six weeks of Lent, Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter have now disappeared into History! Lately it has been very interesting in reading the submittals by many musical colleagues worldwide on Facebook to...

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Dean’s Column | February 2024

Dean’s Column | February 2024

Welcome to February! February is such an interesting month for being the shortest month of the year, however it does have an inordinate number of very special days including but not limited to Presidential Birthdays, Ash Wednesday (usually), Valentine’s Day, Leap...

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Dean’s Column: January 2024

Dean’s Column: January 2024

A Very Happy New Year to Everyone! Goodbye to 2023 – Welcome to 2024 A look back to Chapter events in 2023: Indeed the North Shore Chapter AGO had a very busy and exciting year! January – the Chapter met at the home of Andrea and David Handley for the Annual Epiphany...

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Dean’s Column | October 2023

Dean’s Column | October 2023

OCTOBER IS HERE! The leaves are falling! The musical season has begun! Regular church services have returned to some sort of normal status! Choir rehearsals are in full sessions and preparing for the special festivals of this Fall season! Area musical groups including...

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Dean’s Column | November 2023

Dean’s Column | November 2023

November has arrived!November is the month of “Remembrances”! Obviously at the beginning of the month are “All Saints”, “All Souls” and “Day of the Dead”. This is the time of the year when we sometimes say “here comes the Requiems” as I so often see on Facebook and...

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