Dean’s Column

Dean’s Column | May 2024

Welcome to the Merry Month of May! Of course there are actually a few religions with a very significant allegiance to the Virgin Mary! Obviously this is the season of so many events that include graduations including high schools, colleges and universities, closing choral and organ concerts, plays, church choirs are ending the usual choral season with special concerts and Evensongs, church organists are playing recitals, college organists are in the midst of playing their graduate recitals....
Dean’s Column | August 2023

Dean’s Column | August 2023

So welcome to August – August is usually known as the vacation month – it seems as if everyone is on vacation during this month – I tend to think that all organists in the Metro area are on vacation – organist substitutes are really needed at this time and then...

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Dean’s Column | July 2023

Dean’s Column | July 2023

THE CONVENTION IS OVER! THE CONVENTION IS OVER! THE CONVENTION IS OVER! So, it is time to close the book on this exciting week as it now has gone down in the history books except for the thousands of wonderful memories of meeting new and old friends and the incredible...

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Dean’s Column | June 2023

Dean’s Column | June 2023

The Convention Is Coming!! The Convention Is Coming!! Yes, the Great Lakes Regional Convention will soon be here – just about three weeks away!! The thirteen members of the Steering Committee have been furiously working overtime on the thousands of details necessary...

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Dean’s Column | May 2023

Dean’s Column | May 2023

April showers bring May flowers!  It is time to smell the flowers - roses and tulips! Speaking of tulips, there are hundreds of thousands of tulips now blooming in rural suburban Chicago! There are literally hundreds of colors of tulips blooming now through...

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Dean’s Column | April 2023

Dean’s Column | April 2023

Welcome to April – Welcome to April showers! April is commonly associated with the season of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. The Romans gave April the Latin name “Aprilis” with the traditional etymology being from the verb “to open”, an allusion to its being the...

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