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American Guild of Organists Binghamton, New York Chapter |
Coming up!
Saturday,
January 14
10:30AM
Ogden-Hillcrest
United Methodist Church
10:30AM
Ogden-Hillcrest
United Methodist Church
Music
for the
Funeral Service
Funeral Service
2012 National
Convention
Nashville, Tennessee
Early Registration Deadline
February 14, 2012
Click here for more info
Nashville, Tennessee
Early Registration Deadline
February 14, 2012
Click here for more info
 he Binghamton
Chapter was founded in 1929 and supports the goals of its
parent organization, the American Guild of Organists. As part of our
history we
hosted the 2001 Regional Convention and participated in the October 16,
2008
Organ Spectacular with our own well-attended members recital.
Our small but active group of approximately 55 members plans a variety
of events to serve a diversity of needs. Some of us are organists, some
of us
build organs, and others are simply happy listeners. Most
importantly, we enjoy getting together
and supporting one another in our musical endeavors.The welcome mat is extended to new members. If you are interested in joining our chapter, you may download a membership form or contact one of our co-deans or the registrar for further information. |
 Polly Wendling, dean |
|
Happy
Birthday!
Two
turn 100
 Two iconic examples of
American
organbuilding are celebrating their centennials this year.On September 11 Craig Williams played a recital at the West Point Cadet Chapel. His program commemorated the centennial of the organ, the tenth anniversary of the events of 9/11/2001, the bicentennial of Liszt's birth and the fiftieth anniversary of the death of York Bowen, an English composer influenced by the works of Wagner and Liszt. Surprisingly, there seems to be no website dedicated to this organ, said to be the world's largest church organ.  October 1 saw the celebration in fine
style of the centennial of the Wanamaker organ in the now Macy's store
in Philadelphia. Store organist Peter Richard Conte was joined by
members of the Symphony in C, conducted by Rossen Milanov, in a program
of pieces for Organ and Orchestra. The organ is now billed as the
world's largest fully playable organ. A very active organization, Friends of the
Wanamaker Organ lends its support to that of the Macy's chain. A
review of the event in the Philadelphia Enquirer is available here.
 West
Point
and Wanamaker/Macy's photos
courtesy of Joe Routon
(Roll mouse over organ images to enlarge) |
Go Green, Save Green
Like all of us as individuals, our executive board is struggling to stretch our limited resources. One quite significant expense has been the printing and cost of distribution of Mixtures, our chapter newsletter.  Many have
already expressed their willingness to receive Mixtures via
Email as a
PDF attachment. Although the newsletter is also available here on the
website, we can't conveniently include hyperlinks for Email as these
would almost certainly result in spam for you. The web version of the
newsletter also deletes job postings, as these are a perquisite of
membership.This convenient link will open a preformatted Email in your mail client that you can send to let us know that you're willing to receive Mixtures in this manner.  Polly is continuing as this
year's dean. She would very much like to find
someone else to be the editor of Mixtures.
Familiarity with Word or Publisher would be helpful, but we'd be very
happy to help anyone willing to assume this task get started.
Please
Polly if you're interested or can think of someone
you
think might be willing to undertake this. |
Broome
County Arts Council Newsletter
It
is very easy to get the BCAC Weekly Newsletter, which
is literally packed with all that is happening in the local and area
arts world. Individual members of Binghamton AGO
Chapter can sign up to receive the newsletter of the BCAC by going
to the Web Site http://www.bcartscouncil.com,
clicking on Get Our Newsletter, and entering one’s
email address.
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organ music in its infinite variety on PIPEDREAMS
from American
Public Media, broadcast each week on WSKG Binghamton 89.3 fm* on Sunday
at 6:00am. Each week a new two-hour program also appears online, and
hundreds of past broadcasts are continuously accessible in the PIPEDREAMS
program archive at www.pipedreams.org
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