North Shore Chapter AGO Board News As noted in the previous issue of the “Overtones” newsletter, Board Member James Janssen was elected to the position of Treasurer for the Chapter – thus leaving his three-year elected term position. Now we need to congratulate and...
The 2022-2023 North Shore AGO Board met for the first time on Sunday August 21st, 2022 at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Evanston with host James Janssen, Organist/Director of the Church. This was a very good and productive meeting with a full Agenda of various...
Sunday, May 22, 2022, 4:30pm Lake Forest Area Churches - listed below Join us for three short organ concerts hosted in succession by three Lake Forest area churches: Church of the Covenants, First Presbyterian Church, and The Church of the Holy Spirit. Recital One –...
From National Headquarters:We are delighted to invite you to register for THE WELL-TEMPERED FUTURE, the American Guild of Organists National Convention, July 3–7, 2022, in Seattle, Washington. https://agoseattle2022.com/ Registration is now open! If you'd like to...
Kirstin is sitting at her 1927 Chickering grand piano; just one of the instruments she loves to play. She also plays a beautiful Martin Ott tracker organ, two manuals, pedal, three couplers, 14 stops, 19 ranks, installed in the 1980s. The sanctuary...
Once again, we’re encouraging each Member to consider teaching 3 free lessons and/or recommending someone who would benefit from our Organ Scholarship Initiative (OSI.) Remember how we began this, and had 7 teachers and 9 students the first Summer?! Don’t you...
From Sharon Peterson and Andrea Handley: This video of their piano duet is on our chapter's YouTube channel: O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus https://youtu.be/rNi66StDWi8 Piano duet performed by Sharon Peterson and Andrea Handley From Royce Eckhardt The below two...
Matthew Doran I wanted you to be aware of an apparent new and fairly convincing spam attempt, apparently targeting some members of the AGO. I received this email and was going to do some more investigation today to see if it was legitimate because it...
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2022 A PREVIEW OF THE COMBINED ORGAN TOURSPONSORED BYTHE NORTH SHORE CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTSAND THE CHICAGO-MIDWEST CHAPTER OF THE ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY 10:00 a.m. | St. Elisabeth Episcopal Church 556 Vernon Avenue,...
On the afternoon of October 23, 2022, the North Shore AGO Chapter in conjunction with the Steering Committee for the 2023 Great Lakes Regional Convention will co-host an exciting program called: ‘Organ and Hors d-oeuvres’: A Taste of the upcoming Great Lakes Regional...
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Announcing our 2021-22 Season Program! View Event Details You will all be receiving an email from National with information regarding Organfest 2021. OrganFest 2021, June 27th-July 3rdhttps://www.agohq.org/organfest-2021/ Submitted byRichard...
Monday, July 12, 2021 | 4 p.m. EDT Returning to the New Normal: Identifying Recovery Processes and Taking the Time to Grieve Where do we go from here? What do we want to recover from our pre-pandemic lives? What must we leave behind? Join Sally Powell, Director of...
The May 16 Virtual Members Concert will be held at 4pm. Instead of virtually dining together, donating to the Greater Chicago Food Depository is encouraged. Members Chris Urban, Matt Doran, Lee Nelson, and Sharon Peterson will perform on three organs in Arlington...
Review of Lenten-themed Organ Recital Friday 2/26/21, 7:30pm On Friday, February 26 our chapter held a Lenten Members’ Recital on Zoom. Organist Brian Schoettler played a new work titled “Elegy for the Time of Change” by Robert Harris. The composer, who was in...
I grew up in Midwest City, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City that was developed in the 40’s around Tinker Air Force Base. My parents were very musical but did not have the opportunity for training. I began piano lessons in 2nd grade and remember that I advanced to...
Join us for two concerts in September and October featuring organist Scott Dettra. Scott Dettra plays The Complete Works of César Franck Friday, September 30th at 7:00pm Glenview Community Church, 1100 Elm St., Glenview IL 60025 Sunday October 2nd at 4:00pm St. Luke’s...
Isza took the time to answer these questions so we can know her just a bit better: Let’s get the music question out of the way so we can learn more about the other aspects of your life. Tell us a bit about what you are doing and what your plans are for the near...
Dear Colleagues, By now, many of you have likely read about the AGO’s “Year of the Young Organist” initiatives through either TAO or the Chapter newsletter. In September’s TAO, Executive Director James Thomashower announced the creation of a new Organ Scholar program...
Please send me your ideas, musical recordings and upcoming recitals you would like us to know about. Email me at: agonorthshore@gmail.com From Royce Eckhardt: Royce is disposing a large portion of his organ music library, containing a wide variety of repertoire. It is...
Did you know that we have a Northshore Chapter Facebook page? This Facebook page is the perfect place for you to view upcoming events and latest updates from our chapter! Connect with us on Facebook Like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/northshoreago Thanks...
Nominating Committee: Jill Hunt (Chair), Bev Sheridan and Rich Spantikow Isabella Wu (Isza - pronounced like ICE cream) Isabella (Isza) Wu is a pianist and organist who hails from Madison, Wisconsin. She is currently in her fourth year at Northwestern University,...
Sharon Peterson My Steinway M, purchased in 1978, is an important part of my life. Charley’s & my parents donated toward its purchase as our wedding gift – although the wedding wasn’t until 1979. When my parents asked Charley if that’s really what he wanted he...