A word from our Great Lakes Regional Councillor - Caron Farmer As Great Lakes Regional Councillor, I look forward to working with your chapter as you prepare for the 2023 Great Lakes Regional Convention. I was on the Steering Committee for the last regional...
So you want to be a substitute organist? As I have found over several years as a substitute organist, this can be a creative challenge as all organs, organ consoles, all pedal boards, all churches and all services/Masses may be quite different! From the very first...
1. What’s sitting on my desk right now: A stack of handbell and choral music I am reviewing for THE DIAPASON magazine. 2 If I weren't doing this I'd: Be checking, commenting of FB, be practicing for a special keyboard piece don weekly devotion at church,...
What’s sitting on my desk right now? Too many papers! I'm determined to go through them before next Wednesday!!! Book 2 of Biblical Word Searches is at the printer, but I'm being lured into roughing out Book 3, when I should be re-mastering my music...
How did I come to the Organ? Nearly 60 years ago I sat in McFarland Lutheran Church at five years old and stared directly forward at a man named Kary Hyre playing an instrument with asymmetric pipes and every week I puzzled over the asymmetry. A few years later in...
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...
NORTH SHORE AGO/CHICAGO-MIDWEST CHAPTER AUTUMN ORGAN CRAWLSaturday, November 7, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. Zoom Link Download Program (PDF) This year’s Autumn Organ Crawl with the North Shore AGO Chapter will be a virtual event that will start at 10:30 a.m. with a Zoom...
Organ Crawl with Organ History Society Saturday, November 7, 2020, 11:00am-4:00pm Skokie and Edgebrook area churches We partner with the Organ Historical Society for an in-person, socially distanced visit to Skokie and Edgebrook area churches with interesting pipe...
Virtual Organ Recital and Welcome Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 7:30pm Zoom - Click here to attend on Zoom Join us on Zoom for a half-hour members recital, an opportunity to make some new friends, and a welcome to our incoming board members and officers. For more...
Chaired by Susan Klotzbach and Derek Nickels The 2020 Autumn Organ Crawl for the North Shore AGO and the Organ Historical Society was a virtual event featuring the organs of four churches in the northwestern area of Chicago. The instruments include the 1981 M. P....
From Michael Gagne: This past week, I had the once in a lifetime honor to perform a virtual organ recital, by invitation of Dr. John Sherer, on the magnificent 5 manual, 143 rank Quimby pipe organ at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. This magnificent pipe...
This month we are happy to more fully introduce to you our new District Convener for the North Shore AGO chapter. We will be hearing from Matthew from time to time, but this will give you a bit of an introduction to his life. "Matthew Doran is a graduate of Northern...
Royce Eckhardt (Editor’s note: Persuaded by a family member, Royce Eckhardt recently agreed to write his memoir, a narrative which in large part describes his journey and adventures in becoming a church musician. I encouraged him to submit a brief excerpt of his life...