Past Testimonials | North Shore Chapter of the American Guild of Organists

Past Testimonials

June 2018
The Extraordinary Results from Advice Well Received

After 12 years of piano study, it was my senior year in high school when I began studying the organ at the urging of my mother. I decided to major in organ at DePauw University in Greencastle, IN. After 2 years of study I was not accomplishing much, and began thinking that I either had to change my major or change schools. Fortunately I met with my organ professor, Arthur Carkeek and my Advisor, who was the cello professor at DePauw and they encouraged me to stick with it. It was...

October 2014
AGO membership: Sharing the Riches

2014, Past Testimonials

The organ has been part of my life since childhood, when my mother took me with her to Concordia Lutheran Church, for her practice as organist for Sunday afternoon Swedish Services, back in the 1930s. I was allowed to climb aboard, and to explore this marvelous trio...

September 2014
35 Years as an NSAGO Member

2014, Past Testimonials

I joined the American Guild of Organists North Shore Chapter in 1979. I remember being inspired and encouraged by mentors and friends Morgan Simmons, Margaret Kemper, and Lee Nelson.....all of us 35 years older now! Serving on the board several times over the years...

August 2014
Story of a New Board Member

2014, Past Testimonials

When I began organ lessons at age 12 my teacher, Richard Corbin, recommended two things: 1) Bach’s 8 Little Preludes and Fugues and 2) becoming a member of the local (Jamestown, NY) AGO chapter. His advice proved especially helpful when there was a need for my...

July 2014
AGO? Yes! 43 years and counting ….

2014, Past Testimonials

In 1971, I was appointed organist at First Presbyterian Church of Deerfield, and shortly after, got a call from Morgan Simmons, Dean of the North Shore Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. I was familiar with AGO, (I was president of our chapter while a...