North Shore Chapter of the American Guild of Organists

FVAGO Annual Chapter Meeting, Dinner, and Program
2018-05-01 08:00 (America/Chicago) | IL
Location, date, and time to be announced at a later date. Info: foxvalleyago.org

CAGO Members' Recital and Banquet, Grace Episcopal Church
2018-05-01 08:00 | IL
Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake St, Oak Park. Time to be announced at a later date. Info: chicagoago.com

NSAGO 60th Anniversary Season: Deans' Recital and Gala Banquet
2018-04-29 16:00 - 20:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Evanston, 1427 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
Sunday, April 29, 2018, 4:00pm
First Presbyterian Church
1427 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201
FINAL ANNIVERSARY GALA CELEBRATION:
DEAN’S RECITAL AND BANQUET
Come hear former deans of this chapter perform on the 64-rank Aeolian-Skinner that hosted the very first program of our chapter in 1958. Then celebrate our 60 years together at a gala banquet following the recital at Pete Miller’s Steakhouse, a short walk just east of the church. For more information contact Steve Folkers (swf12262@aol.com).

FVAGO Members' Recital - Music of Living Composers, St Matthew UCC
2018-04-29 16:00 | IL
St. Matthew United Church of Christ, 1420 S. Gables Blvd, Wheaton. Info: foxvalleyago.org

Jackson Borges, Organist, Elliott Chapel Recital Series
2018-04-23 13:30 | IL
Elliott Chapel at Presbyterian Homes, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston. Jackson Borges is Organist and Director of Music at All Saint’s Church and St. George’s Chapel, Rehoboth Beach and Harbeson, Delaware.

Christine Kraemer, Organist, & The Musical Offering Quartet, St. Luke's Episcopal, Evanston
2018-04-22 15:30 | St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, IL, 60202, United States
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Ave, Evanston. Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time (Quator por la fin du temps) played by The Musical Offering Quartet and his organ masterpiece, Diptyque, played by Dr. Christine Kraemer on E.M.Skinner’s OPUS 327 pipe organ.
One performance only on Sunday, April 22 at 3:30 PM
Tickets are available at www.OPUS327.org.
$30/$25/$15

RAGO Improvisation Workshop - Bruce Bengston, Emmanuel Episcopal Church
2018-04-21 09:30 | IL
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 412 N. Church Street, Rockford.

RAGO Concert & Workshop - Bruce Bengtson, Organist, First Lutheran Church
2018-04-20 19:30 | IL
First Lutheran Church, 225 S. Third Street, Rockford.

FVAGO Competition Winners' Recital, Sacred Heart Catholic Church
2018-04-20 08:00 | IL
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 114 S. Elizabeth Street, Lombard. Time to be announced at a later date. Info: foxvalleyago.org

Vincent Warnier, Organist, Winnetka Congregational Church
2018-04-11 19:30 | Winnetka Congregational Church, 725 Pine Street, Winnetka, IL, 60093, United States
Winnetka Congregational Church, 725 Pine St, Winnetka. Warnier, widely acclaimed Parisian organist, is the successor to the Durufle’s at Saint-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris and a winner of the Grand Prix de Chartres.

Phone: (847) 441-3400

Chelsea Chen, Organist, Trinity International University
2018-04-07 15:00 | Trinity International University, 2065 Half Day Rd, Bannockburn, IL, 60015
Olson Chapel, Trinity International University, 2065 Half Day Road, Deerfield. Chelsea Chen is Artist-in-Residence at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 3:00 pm.
$12 General Admission / $8 Students and Seniors
For more information call (847) 317-7035

Malcolm Archer, Organist, St. Luke's, Evanston
2018-04-02 19:00 - 20:00 | St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, IL, 60202, United States
Opus 327 recital series. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston.
Malcolm is currently Director of Chapel Music at Winchester College in the heart of England, where he trains and conducts the Quiristers and Chapel Choir and teaches organ in the College. He has enjoyed a distinguished career in cathedral music, which has taken him to posts at Norwich, Bristol, and Wells Cathedrals, as well as Director of Music at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.
Tickets and information at www.opus327.org
Premium: $30
Adult: $25
Student: $15
Children under 18: Free
Church Phone (224) 307-4327

RAGO St. Patrick Dinner & Program, Emmanuel Episcopal Church
2018-03-19 18:30 | IL

David Schrader, Organist, Elliott Chapel Recital Series
2018-03-19 13:30 | IL
Elliott Chapel at Presbyterian Homes, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston.

Brian Schoettler, Organist, Organ Day Concert, FUMC Evanston
2018-03-18 13:00 | First United Methodist Church Evanston, 516 Church Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States

CAGO Organ Experience VI
2018-03-17 08:00 | IL
Locations, instruments, and time will be announced in early 2018. Info: chicagoago.com

NSAGO 60th Anniversary Season: The Organ - Then and Now
2018-03-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Church of the Holy Comforter, 222 Kenilworth Ave, Kenilworth, IL, 60201, United States
Sunday, March 4, 2018, 5:00pm-7:00pm
Church of the Holy Comforter
222 Kenilworth Avenue, Kenilworth, IL 60043

Our instrument has undergone many changes in the last 60 years. Join us for wine and cheese, and a panel discussion about the changes in the organ in the past 60 years. Hear our panel of organ builders and professors, as well as church musicians discuss those changes, and cast a vision for the future of our instrument as well. For more information, contact Sharon Peterson (speterson@igc.org).

Andrea Handley, Organist, Elliott Chapel Recital Series
2018-02-26 13:30 | IL
Elliott Chapel at Presbyterian Homes, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston. Andrea Handley is Organist and Director of Handbells at Trinity United Methodist Church in Wilmette.

RAGO Choir Festival, Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center
2018-02-24 09:00 - 17:00 | IL
Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center, 406 N. Main Street, Rockford.

AGO Great Lakes Region - January Jubilee (February, Columbus, OH
2018-02-24 09:00 - 16:30 | IL
Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2070 Ridgecliff Road, Columbus, OH. Info: agocolumbus.org

FVAGO Young Organists Competition, Sacred Heart Catholic Church
2018-02-24 08:00 | IL

CAGO Crista Miller, Organist, Madonna della Strada Chapel
2018-02-18 15:00 | MADONNA DELLA STRADA CHAPEL, 1032 W Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL, 60660, United States
Madonna della Strada Chapel, Loyola University, Chicago. Info: chicagoago.com

Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble
2018-02-10 19:30 | First United Church of Oak Park, 848 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL, 60301, United States
“Shakespeare Valentines” concert. Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble, with The Oriana Singers and City Voices.
First United Church of Oak Park, 848 Lake Street, Oak Park.
Mark Sudeith, organist
Stephen Squires, conductor, for the principal work, “Love Songs (Shakespeare).”
William Chin, choral conductor
The concert will feature the world premiere of British-born composer Peter Meechan’s “Love Songs (Shakespeare).” Commissioned by the Gargoyle ensemble, it’s a half-hour neo-Romantic work in four movements for brass quintet, pipe organ, mixed-voice chorus, and narrator, inspired by Shakespeare’s love poems, specifically, four of his sonnets.
Tickets are $20 general admission, $15 senior 55 and older, free for those under 18. For more information: gargoylebrass.com. Phone: (708) 975-0055.

FVAGO Pedals, Pipes, & Pizza, Chapelstreet Church
2018-02-10 09:00 - 12:00 | IL
Chapelstreet Church, 2300 South Street, Geneva. Info: foxvalleyago.org

FVAGO Members' Hymn Festival, Western Springs Christian Reformed Church
2018-01-28 16:00 | IL
Western Springs Christian Reformed Church, 5140 Wolf Road, Western Springs. Info: foxvalleyago.org

AGO Great Lakes Region - January Jubilee, Lexington, KY
2018-01-27 | IL
Christ Church Cathedral, 166 Market Street, Lexington, KY. Info: agolexington.org

RAGO Choral Workshop, Trinity Lutheran Church
2018-01-22 19:00 | IL
Trinity Lutheran Church, 200 N. First Street, Rockford. Workshop clinician is Andy Bruhn, Director of Choral Music at Rockford Christian Schools and choir director at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Rockford. Info: 815-963-4446.

Timothy Spelbring, Organist, Elliott Chapel Recital Series
2018-01-22 13:30 | IL

Stephen Buzard, Organist, St. Luke's Episcopal
2018-01-19 19:30 | St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, IL, 60202, United States
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman, Evanston, IL 60202. Stephen Buzard is organist/choirmaster at St. James Episcopal Cathedral in Chicago. His program includes Sowerby Pageant, Dupre Variations on a Noel, and Elgar Sonata.
Information and tickets at Opus 327.org
847-475-3630

NSAGO 60th Anniversary Season: Epiphany Party
2018-01-05 18:00 - 21:00 | Andrea Handley’s home, 516 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
Friday, January 5, 2018, 6:00 pm
Dean Andrea Handley’s home
516 Greenwood St, Evanston, IL 60201
FOURTH ANNUAL EPIPHANY PARTY
Join us for our fourth Epiphany party at our dean’s festively decorated home! Appetizers and drinks at 6, dinner at 6:30, with program following of Christmas and holiday favorites. Contact: Andrea Handley (andrea.handley@gmail.com).
