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Programs 2009-2010
Organist Michael Unger in Recital
 Monday, Oct. 5, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
St. Edmund's Episcopal Church
1175 San Gabriel Blvd., San Marino
Admission: Free, open to the public.
Parking: Free in church lot
Click for
map and directions,
church website
Organist Michael Unger, first-prize
winner of the 2008 National
Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance (NYACOP), is featured
in a recital on the Aeolian-Skinner organ recently renovated and enlarged
by Rosales Organ Builders.
Aeolian-Skinner/Rosales organ, 1957/2008, 3 manuals, 41 ranks of pipes.
Chapter dinner meeting precedes (by reservation); see newsletter for
details.
Organist Robert Huw Morgan in Recital
 Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Vallejo Drive Church
300 Vallejo Dr., Glendale
Admission: Free, open to the public.
Parking: Free in church lot
Click for map and directions,
church website.
Robert Huw Morgan, organist of Stanford University, plays a
recital of some familiar works as well as some unfamiliar ones by Buxtehude,
Bach, Vierne, Karg-Elert, Norman Cocker, and José Río-Pareja. See
program.
Casavant pipe organ 1965/2005.
Chapter dinner meeting precedes (by reservation); see newsletter for
details.
Holiday Season
Program
Monday, Dec.
7, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Neighborhood Church
301 N. Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena
Admission: Free, open to the public.
Parking: Free in church lot.
Click for map and directions,
church website.
A holiday season program will be provided by organist Sean O'Neal with guests
Caroline McKenzie, soprano, and Kathy Moon, harp.
William Johnson/Bozeman pipe organ, 3 manuals.
Chapter holiday gathering precedes (by reservation). See newsletter for
details.
Organist James Welch in Recital
 Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Holy Family Catholic Church
1527 Fremont Ave., South Pasadena
Admission: Free, open to the public.
Parking: Free in church lot
Click for map and directions,
church website.
James Welch, University Organist of Santa Clara University and
organist of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto, performs a varied
program including a piece by chapter member Robert Tall and the First
Symphony of Louis Vierne. See
program. 1994 Schoenstein organ, 3 manuals, 46 ranks of pipes. Chapter dinner meeting precedes (by reservation); see newsletter for
details.
 Presidents Day Organ Festival in
Westwood
Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, 9:00 a.m.
Admission: Free, open to the public.
Parking and lunch: See flyer.
Maps: See below.
Visits to four organs in the Westwood district of Los Angeles with
performances by organists Christoph Bull, James Casey, Peter Fennema,
Patricia Hannifan, Mary Lee Mistretta, Darren Motise, and David
York, and guest speakers Barbara Owen and Jonathan Ortloff
of the Organ Historical Society. Locations will be (click
name for map): UCLA
Organ Studio, St. Alban's Episcopal Church,
Westwood United Methodist
Church (pictured), and St. Paul's Catholic
Church.
For details, schedule, parking information and optional lunch
reservation, see the flyer.
We will be joined by members of some
neighboring chapters - an opportunity to
meet colleagues from other AGO chapters in our area.
Organs by Noack, Aeolian-Skinner, Schantz, Reuter.
Choral and Organ Program
 Monday,
Mar. 1, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Northridge United Methodist Church
9650 Reseda Blvd., Northridge
Admission: Free, open to the public.
Parking: Free in church lot.
Click for map and directions,
church website.
Joseph Lee, organist, and the Choir of Northridge United
Methodist Church
led by Larry Jarvis present a choral and organ
program featuring the church's new
organ.
Schantz organ, 2009.
Chapter dinner meeting precedes (by reservation); see newsletter for
details.
William Whitehead Workshop
Monday, Mar. 15, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Organ Studio, Schoenberg Music Building
at UCLA, Westwood
Near the Hilgard/Westholme campus entrance.
Admission: Free, open to the public.
Parking: Paid parking in UCLA Parking Structure #2.
Click for
map and directions, campus map.
Concert organist William Whitehead discusses and
demonstrates pre-1850 British organ music. Noack organ.
 Raymond Egan
Workshop
Monday,
Apr. 12, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Pasadena Presbyterian Church
585 E. Colorado Blvd. (at Madison
Ave.), Pasadena
Admission: Free, open to the public.
Parking: Free in lot one block north; enter
from Union Ave. west of Madison Ave.
Click for
map and directions,
church website
Raymond Egan presents an educational session entitled "Church
Music at the Level of Our Gratefulness."
Aeolian-Skinner/Turner/Schantz organ,
4 manuals, 112 ranks of pipes.
Chapter dinner meeting precedes (by reservation); see newsletter for
details.
The Organ Symphonies of Charles-Marie Widor
 Sunday, May 2, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Church
15520 Ventura Blvd., Encino
Admission: Free, open to the public
Parking: Free in church lot.
Click for
map and directions,
church website.
Chapter members William Beck, S. Wayne Foster, Namhee Han, Timothy
Howard, Elizabeth Lenti, Frances Nobert, Jelil Romano, Samuel Soria, James
Walker and Ty Woodward perform all ten organ symphonies of Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), who was organist at Saint-Sulpice in Paris.
Click for more details about the composer and the day's schedule,
including performer name and start time for each symphony, and a form for
ordering dinner.
Rosales organ 1998, 3 manuals, 45 ranks of pipes.
Chapter Centennial Celebration
Sunday, June 6, 2010, 4:00 p.m.
First Congregational Church
540 S. Commonwealth Ave. (at 6th St.), Los Angeles
Admission: Concert free, open to the public.
Reception by reservation (see below).
Parking: Free in church lot.
Click for
map and directions, church
website.
Members and friends will celebrate the centennial of this chapter's founding
on June 6, 1910. The free Gala Concert will feature organists Christoph
Bull, S. Wayne Foster, Namhee Han, Cherry Rhodes,
Carey Robertson, Frederick Swann, Ladd Thomas, and
John West, with Kimberlea Daggy of KUSC as master of ceremonies. The concert will include the première
of Musica Festiva for two trumpets and organ, composed by chapter
member Zeljko Marasovich. See the
flyer.
A Gala Reception will follow by reservation; use the mail-in
form
in the flyer.
Reservation deadline is May 24, 2010.
Skinner/Schlicker organ, 5 manuals, 345 ranks of pipes.
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