Events
~AGO Sponsored Events/Chapter Meetings~
09.12.09 – Vineville United Methodist Church;
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Workshop on hymn playing and recent repertoire by Ken Cowan, concert organist and assistant professor at Westminster Choir College
Host: Dennis McCleary
10.05.09 – First Presbyterian Church;
“A Bicentennial Tribute to William Walker, The Singing School Musician Who First Published Together the Words and Music of ‘Amazing Grace’ ” by Harry Eskew
Host: Sandy Smith
11.08.09 – Christ Episcopal Church; 7:30 pm
The Organ Studio of Mercer University will present the complete organ works of Felix Mendelssohn in two recitals in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn’s birth. This is the first of the two recitals. A reception sponsored by the AGO will follow the recital.
Host: Bob Parris
01.26.10 - Dinner and a Concert at Christ Church; 6:00 pm
Hosted by John Simons and The Townsend-McAfee Institute for Graduate Church Music Studies. Robert Parris will conclude the evening with a performance of Leo Sowerby’s Symphony in G Major for Organ.
02.14.10 - Vineville United Methodist Church; 4:00 pm
Hymn Festival featuring Al Travis, former Distinguished Professor of Organ at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Vineville UMC’s new Goulding and Wood organ.
Host: Dennis McCleary and Vineville and the Arts
03.22.10 through 03.26.10 – Mulberry Street United
Methodist Church; 12:00 p.m. daily
Cherry Blossom Organ Recital Series
Host: Cam Bishop
04.12.10 – Mercer University, McCorkle Music Building,
Choral Room; 7:30 pm
Workshop with John Dickson, dean of Townsend School of Music
05.03.10 – Mulberry Street United Methodist Church;
12:00 pm
Annual Clergy/Musician luncheon with guest speaker Brock Bingaman, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Wesleyan College
~Other Area Events~
08.28.09 – Mercer University, Fickling Hall; 7:30 pm
Faculty Recital: Bob Parris, organ. Music of the Renaissance and Baroque
11.15.09 – Christ Episcopal Church; 7:30 pm
The second concert of Mendelssohn’s complete works for organ presented by the organ studio of Mercer University’s Townsend School of Music.
03.21.10 – St. Joseph’s Catholic Church; 2:00 pm
Organ Rectial: Gail Archer, Professor of Organ at the Manhattan School of Music
03.22.10 – St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 7:30 pm
Music for Organ and Brass: A Cherry Blossom Event
Nelda Chapman, organ and the Colony IV Brass
04.11.10 – Wesleyan College, Porter Auditorium; 4:00 pm
Faculty Recital: Michael McGhee, organ
Featuring music for organ and strings by Handel, Mozart, and Saint-Saens and solo organ works by Charles-Marie Widor, Edwin H. Lemare, and James Hewitt
~Third Tuesday Organ Interludes~
A monthly series of midday half-hour pipe organ concerts held October-May at four historic downtown churches. Click for the schedule.