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Program SeriesThe Los Angeles Chapter of the American Guild of Organists is pleased to present a number of concerts and educational events each season, centered around organ and choral music. Most of these programs are open to the public, with free admission; we invite members and non-members alike to attend our public events. If you would like to receive e-mail notification of our public programs, sign up below. Because all program information is subject to change, please check here for the latest details before each event. If you have questions about our programs, contact our sub-dean, . For education events, contact our education chair, . For a more extensive listing of organ recitals, choral concerts, chamber music, festival services, and other musical events in the Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Orange County areas, see the AGO Calendar. See also our programs from some previous seasons: Programs 2012-2013
Organ and Instruments Stewart W. Foster, Organist Monday, October 1, 2012, 8:00 p.m.Cathedral Center of St. Paul 840 Echo Park Ave., Los Angeles Co-Sponsored with the Cathedral Center of St. Paul Admission: Free, open to the public Directions: Click for Google map, or directions and parking on the LA Diocese web site. Two levels of secure parking are available at no charge. The parking levels are entered off both Echo Park Ave. and Laguna Ave. Chapter dinner meeting precedes (by reservation); see newsletter for details.  Organist Stewart W. Foster joins a string quartet to perform
Handel's organ Concerto No. 4 in F Major,
Four Noels for Organ and Strings arranged by Albert Zabel,
and "Meditation" by Peter Mathews.
Solo works by Dietrich Buxtehude, Philip Glass and Maurice Duruflé will also be presented.
This varied repertoire will be enhanced by the crisp and clear voicing of the
Beckerath tracker organ in the Episcopal Center.S. Wayne Foster is one of the nation’s most accomplished organists, winning numerous prizes and performing recitals on some of the world’s most prestigious pipe organs. In his role as Organist-in-Residence of First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, he continues to amaze audiences every week with his vast repertoire and artistry in playing one of the world’s largest pipe organs. Mr. Foster completed a double major in French and Organ/Church music and later studied in Paris with Suzanne Chaisemartin. While in Paris he also worked in a French organ-building firm. Mr. Foster also completed an advanced degree in Early Music and Harpsichord Performance. In 1997 he won both the Gold Medal and the Audience Prize at the First Triennial Dallas International Organ Competition. Mr. Foster has toured both the U.S. and Europe playing organ and harpsichord performances to great critical acclaim. Mr. Foster Organist-in-Residence of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles. Organ: Beckerath tracker (2001/2004 - 3 manuals). Originally built as a house organ in 2001, this instrument was moved to the Cathedral Center in 2004. Click here to visit the Beckerath web site. The event will be preceded by a music sale. See chapter newsletter for details. Master Class with Jean Guillou  Saturday, November 10, 2012, 3:00-5:30 p.m.Pasadena Presbyterian Church 585 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena Co-sponsored with Pasadena Presbyterian Church Los Angeles Chapter AGO Education Event Admission: Free, open to the public. Directions:
 Organist Jean Guillou returns to Southern California to share creative insights with local organists on registration, interpretation, and technique. Organ: Aeolian-Skinner, 1961, 4 manuals. Jean Guillou, Organist Monday, November 12, 2012, 8:00 p.m.First United Methodist Church 134 N. Kenwood St., Glendale Co-Sponsored with the First United Methodist Church of Glendale and the University of Southern California  Admission: Free, open to the public.  Directions: Click for Google map, church websiteChapter dinner meeting precedes (by reservation); see newsletter for details. Organist Jean Guillou, master performer, composer, improvisor, and innovator, consistently delights audiences with unique repertoire choices, unusual registrations, and phenomenal technique. Following studies in piano and organ performance, Jean Guillou became organist at the church St. Serge in Angers at the age of 12. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Marcel Dupré, Maurice Duruflé and Olivier Messiaen. He has been Titular Organist at Saint Eustache in Paris since his appointment in 1963 when he succeeded André Marchal. He has a worldwide reputation as a brilliant concert organist and improviser. Additionally, he often performs as pianist. As a composer, he has written more than 80 works for organ, chamber and orchestral music, as well as numerous transcriptions for organ. Organ: Schantz, 1962 
Christmas Party Monday, December 3, 2012, 8:00 p.m.All Souls Chapel, Good Samaritan Hospital 637 Lucas St., Los Angeles 90017 Co-Sponsored with Hospital of the Good Samaritan/Chaplain Offices  Admission: Free, open to the public. Directions: Click for Google map. The chapel is located between Wilshire Blvd and 6th street. The garage is directly across Lucas. Free parking provided by the hospital. Organ: Skinner, Opus 701, 1928/Rosales, 2 manuals, 6 ranks.
Su-Ryeon Ji, Organist Monday, January 7, 2013, 8:00 p.m. Pasadena Presbyterian Church Chapter dinner meeting precedes (by reservation); see newsletter for details. 
Presidents' Day A Showcase of Organs Monday, February 18, 2013 Click here to open a printable version of this information. Click here to view the program brochure.
Diane Belcher, Organist Sunday, March 17, 2013, 4:00 p.m.All Saints' Church Beverly Hills 504 N. Camden Drive, Beverly Hills Co-sponsored with All Saints Church Admission: Free for AGO members with coupon. Please see latest newsletter and bring coupon to concert. Directions: Click for Google map, church website. Street parking. Chapter dinner meeting follows concert (by reservation); see newsletter for details. Organist Diane Meredith Belcher brings to the music world performances of rare artistry; her stirringly expressive, dazzlingly clear, and astoundingly virtuosic playing has thrilled audiences throughout the United States, in Europe and Canada since her solo debut at age fifteen. Among her many recital credits are Grace Cathedral, San Francisco; the opening concert  of The Wanamaker Organ's 100th anniversary, Philadelphia; Saint Thomas Church, New York; The Oregon
Bach Festival; Woolsey Hall, Yale University; The Cleveland Museum of Art; West Point Cadet Chapel;
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia; Girard College, Philadelphia; The Wildwood Festival, Little Rock;
Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago; Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City; First Congregational
Church, Los Angeles; The Auditorium, Independence, Missouri; Ned Rorem's 80th birthday celebration,
Philadelphia; Portland City Hall, Maine; and the Crystal Cathedral, Los Angeles. In 2006 she performed
solo recitals at all three of the major new American concert halls with pipe organs: Disney Hall,
Los Angeles; Verizon Hall, Philadelphia; and Benaroya Hall, Seattle, as well as the 50th anniversary
convention of the Organ Historical Society, and the national convention of the Royal Canadian College
of Organists.Ms. Belcher studied organ with David Spicer, John Weaver, Clarence Watters, David Craighead, and Wilma Jensen; she graduated from The Curtis Institute of Music, and earned her master's degree at The Eastman School of Music. A laureate of both the Saint Albans (England) and Chartres (France) international organ competitions -- two of the world's most prestigious such events -- she also took top prize in the American Guild of Organists' professional certification examinations. Organ: Casavant/Rosales/Schlicker Simon Johnson Master Class   Saturday, April 13, 2013, 10:30 a.m.First Congregational Church of Los Angeles Shatto Chapel 540 S. Commonwealth Avenue, Los Angeles Admission: Free, open to the public. Co-Sponsored with First Congregational Church of Los Angeles Los Angeles Chapter AGO Education Event Recital - 3:00 p.m. As part of the FCCLA 44th Annual Organ Concert series - free admission Click for recital flier Directions:
Simon's recordings have attracted widespread critical acclaim. As director, accompanist and soloist, Simon's work has taken him to France, Germany, Holland, Italy and the USA and has been broadcast on BBC television and radio. He has also worked as soloist and continuo player with the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Mozart Players, City of London Sinfonia, London Baroque and The Cardinall’s Musick. Most recently, Simon has made a DVD about the St Paul’s Organ, an excerpt which can be viewed online. Future plans include more work in the field of organ transcription, the first performance of a new piece for organ by Peter Maxwell Davies and an appearance at the Fagersborg Organ Festival in Oslo in 2012. Simon's master class will focus on British music. He will present a recital as part of the church's 44th Annual Organ Concert Series at 3:00 p.m. on the same day. Organ: E.M. Skinner/Schlicker. Click here for organ details 
Guild Service Robert Hovencamp, Recitalist Ty Woodward, Service Organist Monday, May 20, 2013, 8:00 p.m. The service wil begin with a 20-minute concert presented by the church's Organist/Choirmaster Robert Hovencamp Admission: Free, open to the public.Directions:
Chapter dinner meeting precedes (by reservation); see newsletter for details. Robert is currently the organist and choirmaster at St. Edmund’s Episcopal Church in San Marino, organist at Stephen S. Wise Temple in Los Angeles, and is a frequent guest organist at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. Previous posts include Associate Organist of Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church, and Interim Organist and Choir Director at Wilshire United Methodist Church in Los Angeles. At St. Edmund’s Episcopal Church, Mr. Hovencamp oversaw the restoration and expansion of the Aeolian-Skinner/Rosales pipe organ, and instituted their Sunday Afternoon Recital Series. Now in it’s fourth year, the series presents recitals by Southern California’s finest local organists. Robert has also appeared as a vocal soloist with the Los Angeles Opera, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Grant Park Symphony, as well as numerous other US opera companies.
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Robert Hovencamp began his musical studies at an early age, then began studying at the University of Cincinnati’s prestigious College-Conservatory of Music in the preparatory department. He later earned his bachelor’s degree there, studying piano, organ, and opera performance. He also studied organ and liturgical music at the Cincinnati Bible Seminary. His organ teachers were W. Edwin Domb, and E. Wayne Berry. He continued his post graduate studies at Northwestern University, and the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists in Chicago.
St. James Cathedral, Toronto and the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles to
Shea’s Theatre, Buffalo; the Byrd Theatre, Richmond; the Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids;
the Alabama Theatre, Birmingham and the outdoor pipe organ in Balboa Park, San Diego where
his July 2012 concert was attended by over 2,300 people. He has played several major works with
orchestra including the Symphonie Concertante of Joseph Jongen and Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3.