programs0506

The American Guild of Organists
Evansville Chapter
Programs for Fall 2007-Spring 2008
Additional Community Events Program Archives Home

September 10, 2007: “In Search of J.S. Bach” Presentation by UE students on their organ study trip to Germany, at Methodist Temple; 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. program. The dinner menu: tossed salad, pork loin, oriental rice, green beans with water chestnuts and red peppers, dinner roll and dessert. Deb Deering is the caterer. Fee is $10.00. For reservations please contact Tricia Clark at tclark4525@yahoo.com or 812-490-3538 by September 5th.
October 13, 2007: Joy A. Schroeder, DMA, FAGO, AGO Region V Coordinator, will do workshop on Service Playing and Colleague certifications. 10:00 a.m. to noon at St. John’s East UCC. Registration and Refreshments at 9:45 a.m. No charge for this event.. Contact Helen Reed (hsr@evansville.net) for more information.
November 11, 2007: Milton Z. Tinker Memorial Recital, Neu Chapel, 4:00 p.m. This event is co-sponsored with the UE AGO Chapter and will include the North High School Concert Choir along with other performers. Contact Tom Drury (ceol88@yahoo.com) for more information.
January 13, 2008: "Organ Marathon" from 3:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Evansville. This is a fund raiser for our chapter's Dufford Scholarship Fund, sponsored by the Evansville AGO and by the Christianity and the Arts Committee of Eastminster Presbyterian. Donations will be accepted. It will also be a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the installation of the Casavant organ at Eastminster. Contact Helen Reed (hsr@evansville.net) or one of the performers for information on making a donation. Performers include local chapter members Kristin Jones, Mark X. Hatfield, Robert Nicholls, Tom Drury, Bret Rauscher and Neal Biggers.
February 18, 2007: “Pedals, Pipes and Pizza.” at First Presbyterian Church, Evansville, 9:30-12:30. Sponsored by the Evansville AGO, this event is for young pianists (ages 10 and up) to experience the organ. Click here for more information.
March 9, 2008 Concert by Scott Montgomery, 2006 winner of the AGO National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance, at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 3: PM. Contact Tom Drury (ceol88@yahoo.com) for more information.
April 26, 2008: Potluck Choral Reading Session at Trinity United Methodist Church, Evansville, 9 AM- 12 Noon.

May 2008: May Dinner, Installation and Service

Related Community Events for Fall 2007 - Spring 2008
(Details may have changed since events were posted here. You might want to confirm details with hosting venues or local media.)

University of Evansville Music Department Concert Web Page: http://music.evansville.edu/concerts.htm

September 23, 2007 Organ Lecture Recital, Demonstration of the Noack Organ, UE, WCH, 4:00 p.m.
October 14, 2007 at 3:30 pm: Travis Evans will perform organ music by Bach, Boellman, Vaughan Williams, Karg-Elert, Widor, Durufle', etc., at Holy Name Catholic Church in Henderson, KY. Evans is Director of Music at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in O'Fallon, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, and has studied with Charles W. Ore, Theodore Beck and John Romeri.
October 21, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. University of Evansville organ and harpsichord students will perform a concert at First Christian Church, Vincennes IN. The concert will celebrate the life and music of the great north German composer, Dieterich Buxtehude who died 300 years ago. Performance will be on the Taylor & Boody organ, Opus 4, built for First Christian Church in 1981.
October 26, 2007: UE Organ Series, Paul Hale, First Presbyterian Church, Evansville, 7:30 p.m., contact: dr5@evansville.edu.
October 27, 2007: Choral Workshop with Philip Scriven of Lichfield Cathedral, UK, at First Presbyterian Church in Evansville, 1-4pm on Saturday. Presentation of choral pieces at Sunday morning worship service at 10:30 am. Contact Robert Nicholls at the church for more information.
October 28, 2007: UE Organ Series, Paul Hale, Salem United Church of Christ, Huntingburg, Indiana, 4:00 p.m., contact: dr5@evansville.edu
November 4, 2007, "It's the Gospel": An organ and organ/piano concert featuring voluntaries on familiar hymn tunes, Sunday, November 4 at 2:00 pm, First Presbyterian Church, Mt. Vernon, IN. Performers will be Dennis Carr, Donna Hedges, and Doug & Lynta Carter.
November 18, 2007: Chamber Music of Buxtehude, Evansville Baroque Soloists Chamber Ensemble, Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Evansville, 3:00 p.m.; Carrie Cimildoro-Beem, cello; Carol Dallinger, violin; Elizabeth Grondin, violin; Helen Skuggedal Reed, Harpsichord and organ; Roberta Veazey, soprano
January 27, 2007, Sunday at 3:00 pm. Andrea Drury, soprano; Thomas Drury, organ and piano, at St. Mark's Lutheran Church on Washington Avenue.
March 18, 2008: Douglas Reed, Organ and Harpsichord, Wheeler Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m., contact: dr5@evansville.edu
April 5, 2008: Hatsumi Miura, organist from Yokohama, Japan will perform at First Presbyterian Church at 7:30 p.m. This concert is part of the University of Evansville Organ Series. She will also give a lecture on Pipe Organs in Japan on Wednesday, April 2, at 3:00 p.m. in Wheeler Concert Hall at the University of Evansville.
April 19, 2008: Senior Recital, Charles Leferink, Piano, WCH, 2:30 p.m. (UE Department of Music: 812-488-2754)
April 26, 2008: Zach Guenzel, Student Organ Recital, WCH, 1:00 p.m. (UE Department of Music: 812-488-2754)
June 1, 2008: Choral and organ concert at First Presbyterian Church in Evansville, 2pm, featuring the church's RSCM-affiliated Choir School, Robert Nicholls, Director. Program includes works by Rutter, Fricker, Chilcott, Wood, Tallis, Byrd, Wesley, Bruckner, Burnam and Nicholls.
June 10, 2008: Mark Hatfield, Organist; Gina Moore, Gospel Singer; Jennifer Korba, Soprano and the St. John's East Choir, 7PM at St. John's East United Church of Christ (Kallenbach Concert Series).

nealbiggers@yahoo.com