This month's Dean’s Column is a smorgasbord of important news items for our membership: Plans for the Chicago area memorial service for Dick Enright are evolving. The service will be Tuesday, May 9, at 7:00pm at Fourth Presbyterian Church (126 E. Chestnut, Chicago). ...
The board of the North Shore Chapter has begun planning our next season of programs. It’s always an exciting thing to have a blank slate and brainstorm about programs that will meet the needs and desires of our membership. And this year’s planning is particularly...
We had a wonderful Epiphany party last night! (Read more in the Recent Event Review.) Also take particular note of the Other News section this month - there's a lot of important information there about various items. My husband, the preacher, has always been...
Your NSAGO board met last month, and discovered that our recent attention to rebuilding our efforts in the area of chapter scholarships dovetails beautifully with the recent national AGO initiative that I wrote about last month in the Dean's Column - the Committee on...
My dean’s message this month is actually a message from Isabelle Demers – a request I received in an email from her a few days ago on behalf of the newly formed AGO Committee on New Organists: Dear chapter deans, Greetings from Texas! I’m writing on behalf of my...
In a few short days, we begin our 2016-17 program season with a long-anticipated and exciting program by Vincent DuBois, from Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. This program is part of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ernest Skinner,...
There is definitely a cyclical feel to our work, isn’t there? The major change that takes place in most of our lives in September has little to do with the liturgical year, as it falls right in the middle of ‘ordinary time’. But it is definitely a shift. Choirs begin...
Hope you are all enjoying your summer. Not only travel, but hopefully a chance to practice more and plan some exciting things for this coming year at the organ! We just had our final board meeting last night till fall. We had a lovely time enjoying dinner together...
Here we are at the beginning of what is, for most of us, a little lighter schedule for a few months. It’s always nice to have this bit of down-time, but it’s also nice that fall is also always exciting to look forward to fall and the resuming of rehearsals, special...
It's that time of year again! This year, we are replacing 2 people who will be completing their 3-year terms on the board: Lee Nelson and Royce Eckhardt. Thanks to both Lee and Royce, who have added their ideas, energy, and humor to the board. A third board member...
Some of you may notice that while we have had a Calendar tab on the homepage of our website, it’s been pretty empty up till now. Well, no longer! We’ve finally gotten up and running with the Calendar feature. So when you click on Calendar from now on, you will not...
Frequently as organists, we find ourselves being made to feel as if we’re dinosaurs in the musical arena. This article will make you feel good about the future of our instrument. Statements such as: “The organ is probably in the best place it’s ever been”, “As an...