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 Programs 2008-2009
Celebrating the International Year of the Organ
as designated by the American Guild of Organists,
July 2008 - June 2009
Erik Goldstrom, Haesung Park, and James
Taulbee in Recital
 Monday, October 6, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
St. John's Episcopal Cathedral
514 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles
Admission: Free, open to the public.
Parking: Free in church lot, in clinic lot
behind church, and on local streets
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map and directions.
Organists Erik Goldstrom, Haesung Park, and James
Taulbee will be featured in a program of music of the French tradition
played on the 1923 Skinner organ in splendid architecture and warm
acoustics.
Music of Duruflé, Jongen, Tournemire, with works
of
Messiaen in observance of the centennial of his birth.
1923 Skinner pipe organ, 4 manuals.
Chapter dinner meeting precedes (by reservation); see newsletter for
details.
Organist Sun Kyoung Kim in Recital
 Monday, November 3, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
First German United Methodist Church (Christuskirche)
556 W. Glenoaks Blvd., Glendale
Admission: Free, open to the public.
Parking: Free in church structure and on local streets
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Sun Kyoung Kim, a native of Seoul, South Korea, is a doctoral
student at Claremont Graduate University, where she studies organ with Dr. Carey Robertson.
Her program will include works by Buxtehude, Bach, Widor, Locklair, and
Messiaen.
Reuter organ, 2 manuals, 20 ranks of pipes.
Chapter dinner meeting precedes (by reservation); see newsletter for
details.
Growing Young Organists: Great Ideas from San
Diego
Saturday, November 22, 2008, 10:30 a.m.
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
540 S. Commonwealth Ave. (at 6th St.), Los Angeles
Admission: Free, open to the public.
Parking: Free in church lot.
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Leslie Wolf Robb, Christopher Cook, and Lea
Schmidt-Rogers
introduce the San Diego chapter's very successful education
program and lead a discussion. An opportunity for our chapter
to consider how we might implement a similar program. If you teach
piano or organ to children or young people, this is for you.
This workshop
will take place in Shatto Chapel.
Duane Prill in a
Program of Christmas Music
 Monday, December
1, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
First Lutheran Church of Venice
815 Venice Blvd., Venice
Admission: Free, open to the public.
Parking: Free in church lot.
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Duane Prill is principal organist of Asbury First United
Methodist Church in Rochester, New York. He holds degrees from Ohio
Wesleyan University and The Eastman School of Music. As tonal director for
Parsons Pipe Organ Builders, he was involved in the voicing of this small
but versatile organ.
Parsons/Rosales organ, 2 manuals, 8 ranks of pipes
Chapter holiday gathering precedes (by reservation). See newsletter for
details.
Teaching Beginning Organ to Children and Adults
Saturday, January 17, 2009, 1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
St. James Presbyterian Church
19414 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana
Admission: Free, open to the public.
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map and directions. Publisher and educator Wayne Leupold
leads a workshop presenting recruitment ideas, teaching advice, and a
review of teaching materials for piano/organ teachers and students. The
focus will be teaching organ to beginners, both children and adults.
Presidents Day Organ Festival in
Pasadena
Monday, February 16, 2009, 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Admission: Free, open to the public.
Parking: Free at First Church of Christ, Scientist, 80 S. Oakland Ave.,
Pasadena.
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map and directions.
This event will include visits to three architecturally significant
churches in downtown Pasadena, each with an important pipe organ, and all
within one block of each other:
9:30 - First Church of Christ, Scientist - Harris/Simpson organ
11:00 -
First United Methodist Church - Skinner/Rosales/Schweitzer organ
1:30 -
Pasadena Presbyterian Church - Aeolian-Skinner/Casavant organ
There
will be a slide show of area historic instruments and lectures by guest speakers
Manuel Rosales and Jonathan Ambrosino, and performances by organists
John West, Zeljko Marasovich, Frances Nobert,
James Walker, Ae-Kyong Kim, James Hopkins, Elizabeth
Lenti, and Timothy Howard, including music by Pasadena
composers. Please join us for all or any part of this day.
Click for a pdf
flyer with more details.
We will be joined by members of some
neighboring chapters - an opportunity to
meet colleagues from other AGO chapters in our area.
Susan Jane Matthews in Recital
 Monday,
March 9, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
St. Therese Catholic Church
510 N. El Molino Ave., Alhambra
Admission: Free, open to the public.
Parking: Free in church lot and on local streets.
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Bay-area organist Susan Jane Matthews, former principal organist
of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, plays a varied program on a large
instrument in friendly acoustics. Dr. Matthews is currently director of music at St.
Paul's Episcopal Church in Burlingame. Visit her website.
The recital will include works of Bach, Demessieux, and Halley, and
Widor's Symphony No. 6 for organ.
2004 rebuild and expansion by Douglas Cable of combined Schantz and Wicks organs, 3 manuals, 72
ranks of pipes. Read
more about the organ.
Chapter dinner meeting precedes (by reservation); see newsletter for
details.
Craig Phillips and Friends
 Monday,
May 4, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Church of the Angels
1100 N. Avenue 64, Pasadena
Admission: Free, open to the public
Parking: Free in lot next to parish hall,
across Church St.
Click for map and directions.
Member Craig Phillips and a group of friends present a program
of chamber music for organ with other instruments on a historic organ in a historic
building. The program includes works by Telemann, Heinichen, Mendelssohn,
Sanders, Lemmens, Handel, and Phillips.
1889 Roosevelt organ, 1 manual (divided stops) and pedal, 6 ranks of
pipes.
Chapter dinner meeting precedes (by reservation). See newsletter for
details.
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