Someone You Should Know

Read why these members value the American Guild of Organists and the North Shore Chapter.

 

Someone You Should Know: Padraig McGuire

Padraig McGuire is Cantor at Augustana Lutheran Church of Hyde Park.  An ordained pastor in the ELCA, he has credentials shared with the Philippine Independent Church (Anglican) and serves a Priest Associate to the Congregation of the Good Shepherd in Lincolnwood, IL....

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Someone You Should Know: Paul Vanderwheele

No stranger to the North Shore AGO,  Paul has belonged to the chapter since the late 60s. You will enjoy learning more about him through his short bio. For my college training I was fortunate enough to be accepted into the Eastman School of Music where I studied with...

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Someone You Should Know: George Karst

George L. Karst's musical training includes music theory, composition, pipe organ, and conducting. He is the organist-choirmaster of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Dixon, IL. In the past, he has served churches in Indianapolis and Northwest Indiana. George teaches...

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Someone You Should Know: Matthew Doran

Someone You Should Know: Matthew Doran

This month we are happy to more fully introduce to you our new District Convener for the North Shore AGO chapter. We will be hearing from Matthew from time to time, but this will give you a bit of an introduction to his life. "Matthew Doran is a graduate of Northern...

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Someone You Should Know: Kevin Burrows

My life as a musician began as a journey of self-discovery. You see, I come from a family in which only my great aunt, Ruth, was a hobbyist organist. She and her husband lived down in Pekin, IL during the summer months, which meant that our visits to her home were...

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Someone You Should Know
April 2020

Pat Radosavlijevic I have been playing the organ for church every Sunday since 5th grade, a little over fifty years. Having church closed on March 15 was extremely eerie! We didn’t have enough time to prepare a service for the 15th so our Pastor decided to record the...

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Someone You Should Know: John Mackey

Someone You Should Know: John Mackey

Like so many of us, I first heard the organ in church and was captivated with the sound. When I was a high school sophomore, my music teacher got me studying organ at Sherwood Music School (later Sherwood Conservatory) with Dr. Herbert White. He introduced me to the...

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Someone You Should Know: Kirstin Synnestvedt

What led me to the organ? Well, I studied piano and dance intensively in Philadelphia while I was growing up.  And one day I just put my hands and feet together on the organ.  The first two organs I played around on were a reed organ in a Granny's very old...

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Someone You Should Know: Sharon Philips

Someone You Should Know: Sharon Philips

How did I come to the Organ? Nearly 60 years ago I sat in McFarland Lutheran Church at five years old and stared directly forward at a man named Kary Hyre playing an instrument with asymmetric pipes and every week I puzzled over the asymmetry. A few years later in...

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Someone You Should Know
December 2019

Davis Redman I learned about the Organ Scholarship Initiative from a Northshore AGO member and was very interested in applying for the program, but a little hesitant thinking that I was outside of the ideal age range, even though there wasn’t a specific range...

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