On Sunday, May 21, our dean, Bob Woodworth hosted a lovely afternoon banquet at the Course Italian Restaurant at the Glenview Golf Club. We were celebrating the end of the season with about 25 members and board members. Casual conversation ensued with everyone looking...
Recent Event Review: March 2023 Members Concert
North Shore Chapter of the American Guild of OrganistsMembers Recital: Lenten Favorites A Review by Derek Nickels The cold and gloomy weather on Sunday, March 26, 2023 didn’t detract an appreciative audience from enjoying a Members Recital of Lenten Favorites at St....
Recent Event Review: 2023 Epiphany Party
A Happy New Year begins at the annual Epiphany Party! Our sincere thanks go to the Handleys, Andrea, David, and their daughter Rachel, for welcoming North Shore Chapter members into their beautiful Evanston home on Friday night, January 6, for what has become an...
Recent Event Review: Combined Organ Tour
Saturday, November 19, 2022 Members of NorthShore Chapter AGO and The Chicago-Midwest chapter of the Organ Historical Society enjoyed visiting four churches in Glencoe and Winnetka on a cold recent Saturday. We were warmly welcomed by Organists at each church who...
Recent Event Review: Progressive Organ Recital
Thank you to all the artists who played and the Churches who hosted our program on May 22nd. This was a wonderful program that was well attended. The Church of the Holy Spirit was our first host church where Jay Peterson was organist. The First Presbyterian...
Recent NSAGO Events: Colin Andrews plays Olivier Messiaen
An enthusiastic audience gathered at Madonna della Strada Chapel at Loyola University last Friday to hear organist Colin Andrews play Olivier Messiaen’s monumental Livre du Saint Sacrement. This piece is a seldom-performed, eighteen-movement masterwork that Messiaen...