Binghamton AGO Photo Galleries

On this page we share a photographic potpourri of chapter events and other happenings that we think may be of interest to our members and friends.

Click on the thumbnails below to go to that gallery.

	Odds and ends - an album of individual photos of chapter events and miscellaneous mementos of member meanderings.
	For our May meeting we travelled north to the Dryden United Methodist Church for an Organ Plus Workshop. There we were introduced to pieces with flute(s), horn, clarinet and cello.
	On April 27,2010 Jean Henssler, John Holt, Richard Hedgebeth and Paul Stapel piled into Paul's van and headed off to the big city for a most enjoyable day. We visited the large French romantic style Mander organ at St. Ignatius RC Church, enjoyed excellent dinners, and were treated to a fine recital by Daniel Roth, Titulaire du Grande-Orgue, Sainte-Sulpice, Paris at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine.
	An open house was held April 24, 2010 in Annabel Taylor Chapel, Cornell University for the GoArt project to reconstruct an organ by the renowned German organbuilder Arp Schnitger that was lost in World War II.
	On April 17, 2010 we met at Tabernacle United Methodist Church for a workshop, Finding the Perfect Registration. The workshop was led by Richard Van Auken.
	Our very well attended February 1, 2010 event was an organist/clergy dinner - our first since the early 90's. This was held at the First Presbyterian Union Church in Owego. Following an excellent dinner catered by the ladies of the church we proceeded to the sanctuary where we were introduced to several new hymns being used in various denominations. The event closed with an evensong utilizing the Holden Evening Prayer by Marty Haugen.
	October 10, 2009 occasioned an organ crawl to four organs in Norwich. We visited the organs of Emmanuel Episcopal, UCC 1^st Congregational, Saint Bartholomew RC and Saint Paul RC with organs by Skinner, Wicks et al, Verschueren and Casavant respectively. An excellent luncheon at the Coffee Connection provided a break in the day's events, beautifully organized by new member of the Binghamton chapter Susan Tinknor. This outing was shared with members of the Oneonta chapter.
	On September 18, 2009 we kicked off the new year with a potluck dinner that celebrated our 80th anniversary. Our new chaplain, Pastor David Werly, was introduced, we enjoyed a presentation of Regional Convention highlights and viewed a portion of the Methuen Memorial Music Hall DVD.
	The 2009 convention for regions I & II was held in Boston July 1-4. Roberta Rowland-Raybold, Polly and Bruce Wendling, Jean Henssler and Paul Stapel attended.
	Several of us traveled to the Palatine Church on June 21, 2009 for a delightful program by past dean of our chapter and District Convener of the AGO Roberta Rowland-Raybold and Katie Boardman of the Oneonta Chapter.
	June 7 saw many of us at St. Mark's Episcopal, Chenango Bridge, for an open console presentation by several members, ending with an impromptu anthem reading session led by Jean Henssler. We then adjourned for dinner and the installation of our new officers and board.