North Shore Chapter of the American Guild of Organists

PRESBYTERIAN HOMES MONDAY RECITAL SERIES, Madeleine Woodworth
2016-06-27 13:30 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) | Elliott Chapel, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
PRESBYTERIAN HOMES MONDAY RECITAL SERIES
Elliott Chapel
3131 Simpson Street
Evanston, IL 60201
June 27, 1:30 p.m.
Madeleine Woodworth
Oak Park, Illinois

Annual Organ Scholar Award Recital
2016-06-05 16:00 - 18:00 | Immanuel Lutheran Church, 616 Lake Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
Immanuel Lutheran Church
616 Lake Street
Evanston, IL
Sunday, June 5th 4:00 pm
Annual Organ Scholar Award Recital. Nicole Simental, a third-year Doctor of Music organ student at Indiana University. The recipient of this year’s Immanuel Lutheran Organ Scholar Award is Nicole Simental, a third-year Doctor of Music organ student at Indiana University. She will be giving her recital at Immanuel Lutheran Church on Sunday, June 5, 4:00 P.M., followed by a reception in the Fellowship Hall. The concert is free and open to the public. For more info, contact Laurie Stivers 847 809 6268.

ORGAN INSTALLATION CONCERT SERIES, Marie Bernadette Duforcet Hakim
2016-06-05 16:00 - 17:30 | ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 393 n Main St, Glen Ellyn, I, 60137, United States
ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH ORGAN INSTALLATION CONCERT SERIES
393 N. Main Street
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Sunday, June 5, 2016, 4:00pm
Marie Bernadette Duforcet Hakim, Paris

Nathan Laube and Opus 327 - St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Evanston
2016-05-27 20:00 - 22:00 | St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, IL, 60202, United States
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
939 Hinman Avenue
Evanston, IL 60202

Friday, May 27, 2016, 8:00 pm, Nathan Laube and Opus 327.
Nathan Laube, organist, Eastman School of Music. Organ recital to benefit St. Luke’s 1922 E.M. Skinner pipe organ, Skinner’s Opus 327. For more information go to www.stlukesevanston.org or call 847-475-3630.

PRESBYTERIAN HOMES MONDAY RECITAL SERIES, Phillip Kloeckner
2016-05-23 13:30 - 14:30 | Elliott Chapel, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
PRESBYTERIAN HOMES MONDAY RECITAL SERIES
Elliott Chapel
3131 Simpson Street
Evanston, IL 60201
May 23, 1:30 p.m.
Phillip Kloeckner
Chicago, Illinois

Pentecost Celebration and Dinner
2016-05-22 16:00 - 20:00 | Trinity United Methodist Church, 1024 Lake Avenue, Wilmette, IL, 60091, United States
Join us for our annual closing member’s recital of Pentecost and Trinity music for organ, and a delicious dinner at nearby restaurant Gusto afterward. Contact: Laurie Stivers (stiversl@ameritech.net).

FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CHICAGO Dedication of the New Andrew Pipe OrganAaron David Miller, Recitalist
2016-05-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut, Chicago, 60611, United States
FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CHICAGO
126 East Chestnut Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Monday, May 16th, 7:30 p.m.
Dedication of the New Andrew Pipe Organ
Aaron David Miller, Recitalist; Director of Music, House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, MN

The impressive improvisation skills of organist Aaron David Miller meet the new Andrew Pipe Organ (Quimby 2014). Winner of numerous international awards for performance as well as composition, Aaron has been heard in concert across the country as well as on radio and television. A native of Chicago, Aaron served as Organist at Fourth Presbyterian from 1999 to 2000. Now he returns to introduce the Andrews organ to all of Chicago. Event Co-Sponsored by Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago and the Chicago Chapter AGO.

For additional information as well as Aaron’s complete May 16th program, visit:ChicagoAGO.com

THIRD SUNDAY @3 ORGAN CONCERT SERIES, Gabriel Mayhugh, organist
2016-05-15 15:00 - 16:30 | MADONNA DELLA STRADA CHAPEL, 1032 W Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL, 60660, United States
MADONNA DELLA STRADA CHAPEL THIRD SUNDAY @3 ORGAN CONCERT SERIES
1032 W Sheridan Road Chicago, IL 60660
May 15, 2016, 3:00pm
www.luc.edu/organ
Gabriel Mayhugh, organist
Chicago, IL
Free Admission and Free parking in the main garage.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CONCERT SERIES, Tom Trenney, Organist
2016-05-13 19:00 - 20:30 | FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 302 N. Dunton Avenue, Arlington Heights, IL, 60005 , United States
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CONCERT SERIES
302 N. Dunton Avenue
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
May 13, 2016 7:00PM
Tom Trenney, Organist
Nationally renowned concert organist, Tom Trenney, plays the soundtrack to the silent movie ‘The Mask of Zorro’.

The Complete Organ Works of Maurice Duruflé: Celebrating his music 30 years after his death. Erik Wm. Suter
2016-05-01 16:00 - 17:30 | GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL, 7300 Division Street, River Forest, IL, 60305, United States
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL
7300 Division Street
River Forest, Illinois, 60305
Sunday, May 1, 4:00 p.m.
The Complete Organ Works of Maurice Duruflé: Celebrating his music 30 years after his death. Erik Wm. Suter, Gaithersburg, Maryland. In commemoration of Maurice Duruflé’s death in 1986, Erik Wm. Suter will perform the composer’s complete organ works. Suter, a native of Chicago, served as organist at Washington National Cathedral from 1998 to 2007. He holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and Yale University, where he studied with Haskell Thomson and Thomas Murray respectively. He has held positions at Trinity Church, Copley Square, and at the Parish of All Saints, both in Boston; and at Trinity Church on the Green in New Haven, Connecticut.

"French Connections: Music of Guilmant, Ravel, and Widor", Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble. Phillip Kloeckner, organist
2016-04-30 19:30 - 21:00 | ST. JOHN CANTIUS CHURCH, 825 N. Carpenter St., Chicago, IL, 60642, United States
ST. JOHN CANTIUS CHURCH
825 N. Carpenter St.
Chicago, IL, 60642
Saturday, April 30, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
“French Connections: Music of Guilmant, Ravel, and Widor”
Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble. Phillip Kloeckner, organist
Program features a new organ and brass arrangement of late-Romantic French composer Félix-Alexandre Guilmant’s Symphony No. 1, Op. 42, for organ and orchestra. For more information, visit gargoylebrass.com.

PRESBYTERIAN HOMES MONDAY RECITAL SERIES, Timothy Spelbring
2016-04-25 13:30 - 14:30 | Elliott Chapel, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
PRESBYTERIAN HOMES MONDAY RECITAL SERIES
Elliott Chapel
3131 Simpson Street
Evanston, IL 60201
April 25, 1:30 p.m.
Timothy Spelbring
Mount Prospect, Illinois

Spring Conclave (First Congregational, St. Luke's, Music Institute, Evanston): Celebrating Ernest Skinner (1866-1960)
2016-04-25 | First Congregational, Music Institute, St. Luke’s
Monday, April 25 at First Congregational Church, 1445 Hinman, Evanston:
8:30 am coffee; 9:15 am lecture by Stephen Schnurr “Skinner in Chicago”; 10:45 am recital by Andrew Schaeffer; 12 noon box lunch $10 reservation required; 1:15 pm lecture by Joyce Robinson “Skinner and The Diapason”
2:45-4:15 pm open console at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston and Music Institute, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston
5 pm recital by David Jonies at First Congregational, Evanston.

Spring Conclave (St. Luke's Evanston): Celebrating Ernest Skinner (1866-1960)
2016-04-24 19:00 - 21:00 | St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, IL, 60202, United States
Bella Voce concert of Anglican repertorie with organ at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston 60201; reception following hosted by NSAGO. Sponsored by The Diapason; the Chicago, Fox Valley and North Shore AGO chapters; and OHS Chicago-Midwest chapter. Contact: Christine Kraemer (ckraemer@stlukesevanston.org).

Senior Organ Recital, Matthew Doran
2016-04-24 19:00 - 20:30 | SCHOOL OF MUSIC NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, 551 Lucinda Avenue, DeKalb, IL, 60115, United States
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
551 Lucinda Avenue
DeKalb, IL 60115
Sunday, April 24, 7:00pm
Senior Organ Recital
Matthew Doran
Works by Bach, Part, Bolcom, and Messiaen. Organ by Martin Ott, Op. 17 (1983). Free admission. For more information, contact James R. Brown at 815-753-7975.

ORGAN INSTALLATION CONCERT SERIES, Raul Prieto Ramirez
2016-04-24 16:00 - 17:30 | ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 393 n Main St, Glen Ellyn, I, 60137, United States
ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH ORGAN INSTALLATION CONCERT SERIES
393 N. Main Street
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Sunday, April 24, 2016, 4:00pm
Raul Prieto Ramirez, Barcelona

Graduate Organ Recital, Marianne Kim
2016-04-23 17:00 - 18:30 | ﻿SCHOOL OF MUSIC NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, 551 Lucinda Avenue, DeKalb, 60115
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
551 Lucinda Avenue
DeKalb, IL 60115
Saturday, April 23, 5:00pm
Graduate Organ Recital
Marianne Kim
Works by Buxtehude, Bach, Schumann, Widor, Demessieux, and Messiaen. Organ by Martin Ott, Op. 17 (1983). Free admission. For more information, contact James R. Brown at 815-753-7975.

THIRD SUNDAY @3 ORGAN CONCERT SERIES, Derek E. Nickels, organist
2016-04-17 15:00 - 16:30 | MADONNA DELLA STRADA CHAPEL, 1032 W Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL, 60660, United States
MADONNA DELLA STRADA CHAPEL THIRD SUNDAY @3 ORGAN CONCERT SERIES
1032 W Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60660
April 17, 2016, 3:00pm
www.luc.edu/organ
Derek E. Nickels, organist
Round Lake Beach, IL
Free Admission and Free parking in the main garage.

"French Connections: Music of Guilmant, Ravel, and Widor", Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble. Phillip Kloeckner, organist
2016-04-10 14:00 - 15:30 | ST. PAULS UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 2335 N. Orchard St., Chicago, IL, 60614, United States
ST. PAULS UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
2335 N. Orchard St.
Chicago, IL 60614
Sunday, April 10, 2016, 2 p.m.
“French Connections: Music of Guilmant, Ravel, and Widor”
Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble. Phillip Kloeckner, organist
Program features the Chicago premiere of an organ and brass arrangement of late-Romantic French composer Félix-Alexandre Guilmant’s Symphony No. 1, Op. 42, for organ and orchestra. For more information, visit gargoylebrass.com.

Performance by Christ Church Cathedral Choir/Oxford, Stephen Darlington, Director
2016-04-05 19:30 - 21:00 | ST. PAUL & THE REDEEMER EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 4945 S Dorchester Ave, Chicago, IL, 60615, United States
ST. PAUL & THE REDEEMER EPISCOPAL CHURCH
4945 S Dorchester Ave
Chicago, IL 60615
Tuesday, April 5, 2016, 7:30 PM
Performance by Christ Church Cathedral Choir/Oxford
Stephen Darlington, Director
Concert will include sacred choral masterpieces including music by Tallis, Parsons, Byrd, Grieg and Hadley. Tickets $43.43 purchased through the parish website’s “events” page www.sp-r.org or by phone: 773/.624.3185 x 223

Performance by Christ Church Cathedral Choir/Oxford, Stephen Darlington, Director
2016-04-04 19:30 - 21:00 | EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 203 S Kensington, LaGrange, IL, 60525, United States
EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH
203 S Kensington
LaGrange, IL 60525
Monday, April 4, 2016, 7:30 PM
Performance by Christ Church Cathedral Choir/Oxford
Stephen Darlington, Director
Concert will include sacred choral masterpieces including music by Tallis, Parsons, Byrd, Grieg and Hadley. Tickets $41.50 purchased through the parish website’s “events” page eeclg.org or by phone: 708/352-1275 x 0

Performer's Certificate Organ Recital, Joshua Ring
2016-04-04 18:30 - 20:00 | SCHOOL OF MUSIC-Northern Illinois University, 551 Lucinda Avenue, DeKalb, IL, 60115, United States
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
551 Lucinda Avenue
DeKalb, IL 60115
Monday, April 4, 6:30pm
Performer’s Certificate Organ Recital
Joshua Ring
Works by Bach, deGrigny, Boehm, Brahms, Franck, and Reger. Organ by Martin Ott, Op. 17 (1983). Free admission. For more information, contact James R. Brown at 815-753-7975.

Clergy-Musician Relationships, Part 2: Rivals or a Team?
2016-02-28 15:00 - 18:00 | Garrett Seminary, 2121 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
Collegial collaboration between clergy and musicians is vital to the ministry of the church. Whether it is a change in worship style or in music, significant challenges face both clergy and musicians. A panel discussion will offer ways to address and/or avoid conflict situations and suggest ways of building supportive relationships. Refreshments following. Recommended reading prior to event: Rivals or a Team? Clergy-Musician Relationships in the 21st Century by Eileen Guenther; MorningStar Music Publishers. Contact: Royce Eckhardt (royceeckhardt@sbcglobal.net).

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY THIRD SUNDAY ORGAN CONCERT SERIES
2016-02-19 15:00 - 16:00 | MADONNA DELLA STRADA CHAPEL, 1032 W Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL, 60660, United States
Organ Concert Series
Loyola University Chicago
Madonna della Strada Chapel
1032 W Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60660
February 19, 2017, 3:oopm
Grant Nill, organist
Junior Recital, featuring the Schola Cantorum of MDS Chapel
Free parking, enter off of West Sheridan Road and Kenmore Avenue. Free admission for all concerts, no offering taken. For more information, call 773-508-2195. For program, stoplists, and other information, visit www.LUC.edu/organ.

Second Annual Epiphany Party
2016-01-03 17:00 - 21:00 | North Shore AGO Contributors
Join us for an Epiphany party at our dean’s festively decorated home! Appetizers and wine at 5, dinner at 6, with program following of Christmas and holiday favorites. Contact: Jill Hunt (huntjills@aol.com).

Beginning on the Right Foot
2015-11-07 09:30 - 12:15 | Elliott Chapel, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
We will begin at 9:30am downstairs in Elliott Hall with refreshments. The workshop, 10am-12:15pm in Elliott Chapel, will be taught by Maggie Kemper. Richard Enright’s book, Fundamentals of Organ Playing, will be used. Participants will play hymns and organ repertoire. Attendees are encouraged to bring along their own copies of Dr. Enright’s book (which can be purchased at OHS’s Online Catalog, item #99-1277, at the cost of $24.99). Parking available off Grant Street through the McGaw entrance. Contact: Sharon Peterson (speterson@igc.com).

NSAGO board meeting
2015-10-25 13:00 - 15:00 | IL
October board meeting.
