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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...