Upcoming NSAGO Events
Upcoming Events
Tom Trenney Hymn Festival
May 18: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202
We partner with the Chicago AGO chapter and Opus 327 to host renowned church musician Tom Trenney at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston for a hymn festival and masterclass. The event is free but you must reserve your tickets in advance using this link: https://bit.ly/trenney
NSAGO members and friends will gather after the hymn festival for our annual banquet. If you have not already RSVPed, please email dean@teal-ostrich-479748.hostingersite.com.
There will be a cash bar at 5:30pm prior to our buffet dinner being served at 6:00pm. The cost is $40/person. Firehouse Grill is located at 750 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60202.
May 19: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
A Gift of Music
Elliott Chapel 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston, IL, United States
As a Gift of Music in May, Dr. Dana Robinson will present a program of Bach’s organ music. Please feel free to join us and immerse yourself in the beauty of Bach’s music this Monday afternoon!
Free
Upcoming NSAGO Events
Despite our loss, we gather this Sunday afternoon in Arlington Heights to join as a chapter to celebrate women composers and women organists. Be sure to join us March 9 at 4:00pm at First Presbyterian Church in Arlington Heights when North Shore chapter members present a program in observance of Woman Composer Sunday – the same weekend as International Women’s Day. Our organists include Meg Cutting, Marianne Kim, Christine Kraemer, Hyunah Lee, Sharon Peterson and our featured woman composers are Marilyn Biery, Jeanne Demessieux, Marianne Kim, Fanny Mendelssohn, Shirley Munger, Florence Price, Elizabeth Stirling, and Rebecca te Velde.
Looking ahead, be sure to save the date for our upcoming chapter events:
May 18 – 4pm
Tom Trenney Hymn Festival & 6pm Chapter Banquet
Details for NSAGO and community events can be found on the Events page of our website.
Upcoming Event: Woman Composer Sunday Members’ Recital
First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights
302 N. Dunton Ave. Arlington Heights, IL 60004
North Shore chapter members present a program in observance of Woman Composer Sunday – the same weekend as International Women’s Day. We’ll celebrate some familiar composers and learn some new pieces we might add to our own repertoire.
Upcoming Events: 2025
We gather at the home of Andrea Handley for our 10th annual post-Christmas, Epiphany party. Enjoy a wonderful dinner and drinks with colleagues followed by dessert, carols, and Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride.” Free street parking is available on Greenwood and in the lot across the street at First Presbyterian Church.
A suggested donation of $15-20 helps cover the cost of this event. Cash at the event is easiest but you may also donate via Zelle using treasurer@teal-ostrich-479748.hostingersite.com
Please RSVP before the end of 2024 by completing this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ew4RUrGj8Ci0Qy9-7Ndn83AMbNLLkQB7l92XN0U69WU
Upcoming Event: David Schrader Workshop
April 21, 2024 – 3:00pm – David Schrader Workshop
Well-known around the Chicago Metropolitan area – David Schrader will do a reprise of his workshop “Continuo Playing for Organists” that he presented this past June during the Great Lakes Regional Convention that was based in Evanston. Please join him at the First United Methodist Church in Evanston to learn some new tips and tricks in playing a continuo when organists are presented music with continuo figuration!
Upcoming NSAGO Event: Philip Kloeckner
Save the date for our September event!
Date: Sunday, September 24
Time: 3:00pm
Location: St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
205 N. Prospect Ave.
Park Ridge, IL 60068
Details: Phillip Kloeckner of the Chicago International Organ Academy will present a
workshop on Techniques for AGO certification. The focus will be split between
hymn introduction improvisation and hymn transposition.
Following the workshop we will have a reception in the church’s atrium to welcome new
members to our chapter. Hope to see you all there as we kick off our 2023/2024 season!
Learn more: http://www.phillipkloeckner.net/
AGO Regional Convention Update
There’s still time!
The AGO Great Lakes Regional Convention is a little over 3 weeks away! There’s still time to register to hear some amazing artists on some amazing instruments, to attend the array of practical workshops planned, and to connect with colleagues and friends old and new.
Find more information here:
Schedule | Northshore AGO Convention 2023 (nsago2023.org)
OR, if you’re not able to attend the entire convention, you can attend all the major recitals.
Find the schedule of concerts and pricing here:
Individual Tickets | Northshore AGO Convention 2023 (nsago2023.org)
And lastly, you may also attend the post-convention event “A Taste of Chicago: Visiting Four Major Instruments in Chicago”. Information on that event is available here:
“A Taste of Chicago” Tour of Four Organs in Chicago | Northshore AGO Convention 2023 (nsago2023.org)
We hope to see many of you at some or all of the convention in a few weeks!
Andrea Handley
Upcoming NSAGO Events | February 2023
Coming North Shore Chapter Programs
Please check out the next issues of “Overtones” for the next Chapter programs and the final end of the season Banquet.
North Shore Chapter AGO Regional Convention – June 25-28
First, a heartful thanks for your response to our 2022 Fundraising efforts for the Great Lakes AGO Regional Convention 2023. Thanks in large part to all of you, we are in a sound position financially and are now able to turn out full efforts to planning the many details of the convention.
We are looking forward to registration for the Great Lakes Regional Convention 2023 being open very soon! Please check our website in the next week or so (nsago2023.org) and register for what proves to be a very exciting convention featuring many world-renown artists, practical and interesting workshops, inspiring worship experiences, and great fellowship with organists throughout our region and beyond. See you all There!
Andrea Handley
Convention Coordinator
Great Lakes AGO Regional Convention 2023
Upcoming Event: Combined Organ Tour on November 19
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2022
A PREVIEW OF THE COMBINED ORGAN TOUR
SPONSORED BY
THE NORTH SHORE CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS
AND THE CHICAGO-MIDWEST CHAPTER OF THE ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
10:00 a.m. | St. Elisabeth Episcopal Church
556 Vernon Avenue, Glencoe, Illinois
M. P. Möller, Op. 10012, 1965; III/27
11:00 a.m. | Glencoe Union Church
263 Park Avenue, Glencoe, Illinois
Casavant Fréres Op. 3465, 1980; II/29
NOON – Lunch on your own (suggestions will be provided)
1:00 p.m. | North Shore United Methodist Church
213 Hazel Avenue, Glencoe, Illinois
John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, Op. 24, 2001; III/17
2:00 p.m. | Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Divine Mercy Parish)
1077 Tower Road, Winnetka, Illinois
Wicks Organ Company, Op. 3958, 1959; III/18
The Chicago-Midwest Chapter of the Organ Historical Society is the local chapter of the Organ Historical Society which celebrates, preserves, and studies the pipe organ in America in all its historical styles, through research, education, advocacy, and music. Founded in 1980, the Chicago-Midwest Chapter has grown in size and prominence and has hosted national OHS conventions in 1984, 2002, and 2012. The chapter typically hosts and organ tour in the Autumn and Spring to see and hear organs in several different churches throughout the greater Chicago area. Unlike AGO chapters where members automatically become members of the national organization, the National Organ Historical Society is a separate entity from the local chapters throughout the country.
If you would like more information about the Chicago-Midwest OHS Chapter and becoming a member, please visit: https://cmwohs.org.
Upcoming Event: Scott Dettra in Concert
Join us for two concerts in September and October featuring organist Scott Dettra.
Scott Dettra plays The Complete Works of César Franck
Friday, September 30th at 7:00pm
Glenview Community Church, 1100 Elm St., Glenview IL 60025
Sunday October 2nd at 4:00pm
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Ave., Evanston, IL 60202
Co-Sponsored by North Shore and Chicago Chapters