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Program Series
The 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
events 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 schedule 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,
Manuel Rosales.
For education events, contact our education
chair, Christoph Bull.
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.
Programs and Educational Events for 2007-2008
Buxtehude 300th Anniversary Concert
Monday, October 1, 2007, 8:15 p.m.
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
1031 Bienveneda Ave. (near Sunset Blvd.), Pacific Palisades
Admission: Free, open to the public.
Parking: Free in church lot
Click for
map and directions.
 Pre-concert talk by KUSC-FM's Kimberlea Daggy at 8:00 p.m.
See a pdf flyer for this program
Organists Roger Daggy, Thomas Neenan, and Karen
Reinhard will be featured in a program of Baroque delights. This program of
solo organ works, cantatas, and
chamber music by Dieterich Buxtehude (ca. 1637 - 1707) will include two
organs, harpsichord, and an ensemble of voices and strings.
The program is in observance of the 300th anniversary year of
Buxtehude, who was organist of St. Mary's Church (pictured) in the north German city
of Lübeck. Come early to enjoy St. Matthew's beautiful campus and hear a
pre-concert talk by KUSC-FM morning host Kimberlea Daggy at 8:00
p.m. This event is co-sponsored with St. Matthew's Music Guild; see their
website for more information,
including works to be performed.
See a pdf flyer for this program.
C.B. Fisk organ, 2 manuals and pedal, 37 ranks of pipes
Greg Harrold organ, 1 manual, 6 stops
John Phillips harpsichord, 2 manuals
Chapter dinner meeting precedes (by reservation) on St. Matthew's patio
(weather permitting); see newsletter for
details.
Lecture/Demonstration
with Sven-Ingvart Mikkelsen:
Scandinavian Organ Music
Saturday, October 6, 2007, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
UCLA Organ Studio, Schoenberg Music Building
Westwood
Admission: Free, open to the public. Click for map and directions.
Parking: $8 in UCLA Parking Structure 2, or free on some local
streets (but watch for permit restrictions).
Click for
map and directions.
See a pdf flyer for this event.
Sven-Ingvart Mikkelsen, organist of Fredericksborg Castle in Denmark,
will survey Scandinavian organ music from Buxtehude to the present,
including such composers as Bruhns, Hartmann, Gade, Olsson, Grieg,
Lindberg, and Møller.
Organist Clay Christiansen in Recital
Monday, November 5, 2007, 7:30 p.m. (Note earlier time than usual)
Wilshire Boulevard Temple
3663 Wilshire Blvd. (3 blks east of Western Ave.), Los Angeles
Admission: Free, open to the public.
Parking: Free in temple lot on Harvard Blvd. and on local streets
Click for map and directions.
 One of four full-time organists of the world-famous Mormon
Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah, Clay Christiansen brings his
virtuosic artistry to the 1929 Kimball organ in the Wilshire Boulevard Temple.
This is an opportunity to hear a vintage instrument not often heard in
recitals.
The program will include music by Mendelssohn, Reger, Reubke,
Schreiner, and Sowerby. Organ builder Manuel Rosales will speak about the
Kimball organ and the revival of expressive Romantic organ building. A
reception will follow the program.
Kimball organ, 4 manuals, 61 ranks of pipes
(No chapter dinner meeting this month - note earlier program time.)
 Organist Philip Allen Smith in Recital
Monday, December 3, 2007, 8:15 p.m.
First United Methodist Church
500 E. Colorado Blvd. (at S. Oakland Ave.), Pasadena
Admission: Free, open to the public.
Parking: Free in church lot.
Click for
map and directions.
Los Angeles organist Philip Allen Smith performs on the organ
in the chapel of First United Methodist Church in
Pasadena. Don't miss the opportunity to enjoy this recently renovated chapel
and vintage organ that are not familiar to
most of us. The program will include seasonal music by Bach, Buxtehude, Dandrieu,
Distler, Barber, and Myron Roberts. Phil Smith is Organ Conservator of
Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner organ, 3 manuals, 29 ranks of pipes
Chapter dinner meeting precedes (by reservation). See newsletter for
details.
Presidents' Day in Claremont:
Celebrating Claremont Organists, Organs, and Composers
Monday, February 18, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Various locations in Claremont
Admission: Free, open to the public. Please join us for all or any
part of this day.
For times, locations, directions, parking, lunch, see schedule.
Also see a flyer for this
event.
We will be joined by members of the Inland
Empire, Long Beach, and Orange County chapters - a fine opportunity to
meet colleagues from other AGO chapters in our area.
We will visit
Claremont Presbyterian Church, Claremont United Church of Christ
Congregational, and Lyman Hall and Bridges Hall of Music (pictured) at Pomona College. William Peterson, Carey
Robertson, and Geri DeMasi will
perform and demonstrate instruments, and Orpha Ochse will speak about the
history of organs in Claremont. Dr. Ochse has organized this event.
An optional box lunch is available by advance paid order. See the pdf
flyer for schedule, locations,
instruments, recitals, directions, parking, and optional box lunch. (Lunch
orders must be received by Thursday, Feb. 14.)
Organs by Aeolian-Skinner, Beckerath, Glatter-Götz/Rosales,
and Fisk
 AGO Honors Frederick
Swann
Sunday, April 13, 2008, 4:00 p.m.
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
540 S. Commonwealth Ave. (at 6th St.), Los Angeles
Admission: See below.
Parking: Free in church lot.
Click for map and directions.
The American Guild of Organists honors international concert artist and
current AGO president Frederick Swann for his distinguished
musical career and his service to AGO. A national event including a recital and a gala
reception to benefit the AGO Endowment Fund. You may attend the recital
only, or both the recital and the reception.
Tickets for the recital only are $20 in advance until April 11 and are available from First
Congregational Church of Los Angeles. Contact
musicadministrator@fccla.org
or 213.385.1345. Recital tickets will be $25 at the door.
Combined tickets for the recital and the gala benefit reception are
$100 and are available until March 14 from the AGO On-Line Store ($75
of this is a tax-deductible donation). Combined tickets will not be
available at the door.
To advertise in the souvenir program book, and/or to make a
tax-deductible contribution to AGO in honor of Mr. Swann, please contact F. Anthony
Thurman by March 14: 212.870.2311 ext. 4308 or e-mail
gala@agohq.org.
For information, see www.agohq.org
or the January issue of The American Organist, page 17.
Master Class with Frederick Swann
Saturday, April 19, 2008, 9:00 a.m. to Noon
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
1920 W. Glenoaks Blvd. (between Alameda and Western), Glendale
Admission: $10 (benefits Los Angeles Chapter AGO)
Parking: Free in church lot and on local streets
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map and directions.
Social hour and used music sale at 9:00 a.m.
(Bring and donate all that music you're never going to play.)
Master class with Frederick Swann from 10:00 a.m. to noon.
Co-sponsored by Robert Tall & Associates
 Organist Marija Lončar Strohm in
Recital
Monday,
May 5, 2008, 8:15 p.m.
First Baptist Church of Los Angeles
760 S. Westmoreland Ave. (at 8th St.),
Los Angeles
Admission: Free, open to the public
Parking: Free in church lot.
Click for
map and directions.
Organist Marija Lončar Strohm plays a
varied recital using both the chapel and sanctuary organs at First Baptist
Church of Los Angeles. The program includes familiar works by French
composers, as well as works by less-familiar (to us) Croatian composers Luka Sorkočević and Albe Vidaković. Also on the program will be a Fantasia for
Two Players by Josef Labor, played by Ms. Strohm and her husband Lawrence
Tudor Strohm.
Ms. Strohm is a native of Croatia and holds a
master's degree in organ performance from the University of Southern
California. She is organist and music director of New Hope Presbyterian
Church in Pasadena.
Sanctuary: W.W. Kimball/Ken Simpson organ, 3 manuals, 92 ranks of pipes
Chapel: Ken Simpson organ, 2 manuals, 17 ranks of pipes
Chapter dinner meeting precedes (by reservation). See newsletter for
details.
Next Event: Lecture/Demonstration
with Maxine Thévenot:
Canadian Organ Music
Saturday, June 7, 2008, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
UCLA Organ Studio, Schoenberg Music Building
Westwood
 Admission: Free, open to the public.
Parking: $8 in UCLA parking structure, or free on some local
streets (but watch for permit restrictions).
Click for map and directions.
Maxine Thévenot, a native of Canada, is Associate Organist-Choir
Director at the Cathedral Church of St. John in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Visit her website.
The UCLA Organ Studio is on the second floor of the Schoenberg Music
Building near the campus entrance at Hilgard and Westholme.
Click for a pdf flyer with
more information.
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Subscribers
We are most grateful to all those who by their generous contributions
help to make our programs available to the public without
admission charge. This is done in support of the Guild's mission "to
promote the organ." To see our subscriber list in PDF format, click here.
If you would like to contribute in support of our
programs, please contact our
fundraising chair,
Robert Tall.
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