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P ITTSBURGH P IPELINES N EWSLETTER OF THE P ITTSBURGH C HAPTER OF THE A MERICAN G UILD OF O RGANISTS 108 North Dithridge Street, Pittsburgh PA 15213-2608 www.pitago.org March 2016 Volume 96, Number 3 Dean’s Notes By Edward Alan Moore, DMA - Dean ([email protected]) On Monday, March 28, instead of heading off to our monthly guild dinner and meeting, many of us will be basking in the glow of another glorious Easter celebration. Even though we will not have a regular dinner meeting due to Easter, there is still a fantastic opportunity to gather as a chapter and support the Organ Artists Series on March 13 th , at 4:00 PM, at Westminster Presbyterian Church. The featured performer is one of our profession’s finest young performers and teachers, Isabelle Demers from Baylor University. We can be very proud of the Organ Artists Series and the Pittsburgh Organ Academy, two important programs of the AGO Chapter. Thirty‐seven continuous seasons of bringing the finest organists to Pittsburgh is remarkable and unique in our profession and to the Guild. In an attempt to attract younger audiences, OAS has instituted free admission to all OAS concerts for students with ID this season! Unfortunately, this fantastic deal has been greatly underutilized in the first two concerts of the season. In lieu of our regular March meeting, I hope to see you at Westminster Presbyterian on March 13 th . Please spread the word to your students and other students you know about the free admission to this concert for students. Those students who are already organists will hear a fabulous concert. And one of those students who is not an organist might be inspired to learn more about the organ! You never know until you ask! See you on March 13 th ! Organ Artist Series Concert – Isabelle Demers – March 13 th By John Henninger – OAS Director ([email protected]) The Organ Artists Series will be presenting Isabelle Demers in concert on Sunday, March 13 at 4:00 pm at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Upper St. Clair. This concert is being co‐presented by Westminster Church’s Music & Arts Series. The church is located on Route 19 about 10 miles south of the Liberty Tunnels; and ½ mile south of the South Hills Village. The church features an Austin organ of 81 ranks built in 1991. Isabelle Demers is Organ Professor and Head of the Organ Program at Baylor University in Texas where she teaches applied organ and courses in the organ curriculum. A native of Québec, she is rapidly becoming recognized as one of North America's most virtuosic organists. Her concert at the 2010 national convention of the American Guild of Organists, in Washington, D.C., was received with great acclaim not only by critics, who deemed it “one of the most outstanding events of the convention” (The American Organist), but also by the standing‐room‐only audience, which called her back five times. A review of her concert for the joint ISO‐AIO convention in 2010 said that “she enchanted the entire audience with her virtuoso performance,” leaving the entire congress in an atmosphere of “Demers fever.” She began piano and organ study at age eleven at the Montréal Conservatory of Music. After graduation in 2003 she studied on scholarship for a year in Paris at the École Normale de Paris‐Alfred Cortot. She received her Master's and Doctoral degrees from The Juilliard School in New York City where she studied with Paul Jacobs. The concert will be followed by a reception at the church. Please plan on attending and inviting a friend, colleague and choir member! Inside this issue: Noteworthy Events p4 Dean’s Notes p. 1 Positions p. 5 Substitutes p. 6 AGO Directory Updates George Harpster‐Edmonds Apartment #8 212 East 7 th Avenue Homestead, PA 15120‐1512 New phone: 412.368.8406 [email protected]
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PITTSBURGH PIPELINES N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E P I T T S B U R G H C H A P T E R O F T H E A M E R I C A N G U I L D O F O R G A N I S T S
108 North Dithridge Street, Pittsburgh PA 15213-2608 www.pitago.org
March 2016Volume 96, Number 3
Dean’s Notes By Edward Alan Moore, DMA - Dean ([email protected]) On Monday, March 28, instead of heading off to our monthly guild dinner and meeting, many of us will be basking in the glow of another glorious Easter celebration. Even though we will not have a regular dinner meeting due to Easter, there is still a fantastic
opportunity to gather as a chapter and support the Organ Artists Series on March 13th, at 4:00 PM, at Westminster Presbyterian Church. The featured performer is one of our profession’s finest young
performers and teachers, Isabelle Demers from Baylor University.
We can be very proud of the Organ Artists Series and the Pittsburgh Organ Academy, two important programs of the AGO Chapter. Thirty‐seven continuous seasons of bringing the finest organists to Pittsburgh is remarkable and unique in our profession and to the Guild. In an attempt to attract younger audiences, OAS has instituted free admission to all OAS concerts for students with ID this season! Unfortunately, this fantastic deal has been greatly underutilized in the first two concerts of the season.
In lieu of our regular March meeting, I hope to see you at Westminster Presbyterian on March 13th. Please spread the word to your students and other students you know about the free admission to this concert for students. Those students who are already organists will hear a fabulous concert. And one of those students who is not an organist might be inspired to learn more about the organ! You never know until you ask!
See you on March 13th!
Organ Artist Series Concert – Isabelle Demers – March 13th By John Henninger – OAS Director ([email protected]) The Organ Artists Series will be presenting Isabelle Demers in concert on Sunday, March 13 at 4:00 pm at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Upper St. Clair. This concert is being co‐presented by Westminster Church’s Music & Arts Series. The church is located on Route 19 about 10 miles south of the Liberty Tunnels; and ½ mile south of the South Hills Village. The church features an Austin organ of 81 ranks built in 1991.
Isabelle Demers is Organ Professor and Head of the Organ Program at Baylor University in Texas where she teaches applied organ and courses in the organ curriculum. A native of Québec, she is rapidly becoming recognized as one of North America's most virtuosic organists. Her concert at the 2010 national convention of the American Guild of Organists, in Washington, D.C., was received with great acclaim not only by critics, who deemed it “one of the most outstanding events of the convention” (The American Organist), but also by the standing‐room‐only audience, which called her back five times. A review of her concert for the joint ISO‐AIO convention in 2010 said that “she enchanted the entire audience with her virtuoso performance,” leaving the entire congress in an atmosphere of “Demers fever.”
She began piano and organ study at age eleven at the Montréal Conservatory of Music. After graduation in 2003 she studied on scholarship for a year in Paris at the École Normale de Paris‐Alfred Cortot. She received her Master's and Doctoral degrees from The Juilliard School in New York City where she studied with Paul Jacobs.
The concert will be followed by a reception at the church. Please plan on attending and inviting a friend, colleague and choir member!
Inside this issue:
Noteworthy Events p 4
Dean’s Notes p. 1
Positions p. 5
Substitutes p. 6
AGO Directory Updates George Harpster‐Edmonds Apartment #8 212 East 7th Avenue Homestead, PA 15120‐1512 New phone: 412.368.8406 [email protected]
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Short Fantasy On "O Sacred Head"
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Music has the power of producing a certain effect on the moral character of the soul, and if it has the power to do this, it is clear that the young must be directed to music and must be educated in it. ‐ Aristotle Contributed by Chapter Member Wilberta Pickett
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Noteworthy Events Please submit new events online. Go to www.pitago.org,
select "Noteworthy Events" and then select "Submit An Event". Day Date Time EventSu 6‐Mar 3:00pm Essence of Joy from Penn State University in East Liberty ‐ Dr. Anthony Leach, music director ‐
choral ensemble in the Penn State School of Music, organized 1991 performs sacred and secular music from the African and African‐American choral traditions. ‐ East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA ‐ 15206 ‐ free ‐ freewill offering‐ 412.441.3800, ext. 24 ‐ [email protected] ‐ www.elpc.church
Su 6‐Mar 4:00pm Folk Music Concert ‐ The Early Mays ‐ Central Presbyterian Church presents this event as part of its concert series. The Early Mays are Pittsburgh radio station WYEP's Artists of the Year for 2014, and ranked #2 on the National DJ Folk Music Charts in 2014. ‐ Light reception after the event ‐ Central Presbyterian Church, 305 Allegheny Street, Tarentum, PA ‐ 15084 ‐ Goodwill offering ‐ 724.224.9220 ‐ theearlymays.com
Sa 12‐Mar 7:30pm Mendelssohn’s Elijah ‐ Pittsburgh Concert Chorale ‐ This oratorio has been moving people for 170 years as the story of the prophet Elijah comes to life through tender, lyrical solos, soaring choruses and moments of intense drama. Featuring Katy Williams, soprano, Eva Rainforth, mezzo‐soprano, Adam Bonanni, tenor, John Dooley, baritone, and the PCC Orchestra. ‐ Ingomar United Methodist Church, 1501 West Ingomar Road, Pittsburgh, PA ‐ 15237‐1664 ‐ Adults $20 ($22 door) Students $8.00 Children 11 and under free ‐ 412.635.7654 ‐ [email protected] ‐ www.pccsing.org
Su 13‐Mar 4:00pm Mendelssohn’s Elijah ‐ Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church, 384 Fox Chapel Road, Pittsburgh, PA ‐15238‐2343 (see 12‐Mar above for info)
Su 13‐Mar 4:00pm Organ Artists Series Concert ‐ Co‐presented with The Westminster Music & Arts Series‐ Isabelle Demers, Head of Organ Department, Baylor University, Waco, TX ‐ Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2040 Washington Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15241‐1543 ‐Admission $12, students free‐ 412.242.2787 (arts) ‐ info@oas‐series.com www.oas‐series.com
Su 13‐Mar 4:00pm Saint Paul's Episcopal Friends of Music Guild Concert ‐ Washington and Jefferson Jazz Ensemble Concert ‐ Under the direction of Kyle Simpson with special guest jazz artist, Lee Robinson, present a concert of jazz standards and new arrangements ‐ Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, 1066 Washington Road, Mount Lebanon, PA ‐ 15228‐1119 ‐ $10 dollar donation ‐ 412.855.0591 ‐ [email protected] ‐ www.stpaulspgh.org
Su 20‐Mar 4:30pm Vespers for Palm Sunday ‐ Schola Cantorum Franciscana ‐ Choral expressions of the Passion’s sorrow and Easter’s promise of redemption to begin the Church’s most Holy Week ‐ Free ‐ freewill offerings most gratefully accepted ‐ Saint Bernard Roman Catholic Church, 311 Washington Road, Pittsburgh, PA ‐ 15216‐ Free ‐ 412.531.7412 ‐ [email protected] ‐ www.stbernardchurch.com/MusicMinistry
We 23‐Mar 7:00pm Tenebrae ‐ Schola Cantorum Franciscana ‐ Nicholas Will directs the Schola Cantorum Franciscana in Tenebrae for Holy Thursday. Featuring the Lamentations of Jeremiah and Responsories by Victoria ‐ Christ the King Chapel, 1235 University Boulevard, Steubenville, OH ‐ 43952‐1792 ‐ Free ‐ 740.284.5884 ‐ [email protected] www.franciscan.edu/sacredmusic
Th 24‐Mar 7:00pm Maundy Thursday ‐ The Choirs of the Pittsburgh School for the Choral Arts ‐ A Communion service includes the Lord's Supper and musical offerings‐ Shadyside Presbyterian Church, 5121 Westminster Place, Pittsburgh, PA ‐ 15232‐2116 ‐ Free ‐ 412.682.4300 ‐ [email protected] ‐ www.shadysidepres.org
Fr 25‐Mar 7:00pm Good Friday Service of Music and Readings ‐ The Shadyside Chancel Choir, Strings, and Soloists ‐Service of Music and Readings includes portions of Ēriks Ešenvalds' cantata, Passion and Resurrection. Movements will be interspersed with Scripture readings, homilies, and periods of silence to allow for individual contemplation. (see 24‐Mar above for info)
Su 27‐Mar 9:00am & 11:00am
Easter Services of Worship ‐ The Shadyside Chancel Choir ‐ Celebrating the joy of the Resurrection with two identical services including music from the Chancel Choir, organ, and brass. ‐ (see 24‐Mar above for info)
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Planning Ahead For April and May Joint Chapter Meeting By Nathan Carterette - Sub-Dean ([email protected]) With no meeting scheduled for March we can all focus our energies on Holy Week and Easter. In April, Bruce Stevens will make a presentation on Bach at Saint Paul Cathedral. Our final meeting in May will be very special as we will gather in Latrobe at Saint Vincent to see and hear the new Buzard organ. We will be joined
by the Indiana and Greensburg Chapters. It might be helpful to think ahead as this is a large event and a bit of a drive. We are planning on renting at least one bus for transport to Latrobe for the dinner meeting. But you should know there is a whole day of events open to the public that you may want to attend beforehand. This includes an hour of "open console" at 2 P.M. when anyone can try the organ; a video presentation of the brief history of the organ; an organ crawl; and Vespers. This is all before the dinner meeting. If you want to get the full experience, consider making a day of it. If not, the rental bus will most likely depart to arrive in time for the dinner meeting unless there is enough demand for an earlier bus. I hope this information helps you to plan. If you have more questions or want more specifics, please email me or Rev. Cyril Hurnyak at [email protected].
Positions (substitutes or placement @pitago.org)By Nicholas Will - Coordinator 814.460.1446 Positions Open: as of February 2016
Only current members of the AGO may be on the substitute list. AGO assumes no responsibility for the musicianship, reliability, or conduct of substitute organists. Background checks are the responsibility of the employer. Churches may contact organists directly or ask the coordinator for assistance.
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Name Phone Zipcode Services Name Phone Zipcode Services
Bedford, Clark 412.364.4756 15237 WFES Aikins,Candace 724.568.2640 15690 WF
Cafaro, Ross 412.885.1625 15236 WFESL Bruhn, Lynn 724.733.8111 15632 WFE
DuBois, Jr., Ronald 740.282.6671 43952 WFES Carterette, Nathan 203.668.4370 15201 WFES
Earnest, Dr. Wayne N. 724.206.8854 15301 WFESLN Daugherty, Jamie 412.292.1970 15056 WFES
Janko, Ray 724.325.7449 15668 WFES Daniels, J. R. 412.389.6658 15212 WF
Justham, Mary Ann 724.335.7792 15068 WFES English, Daniel 412.889.2681 15209 WFESL
Hill, Thomas 512.421.1484 15217 WFES Gordon, Jacob 412.243.4483 15221 WFES
Kohl, George 412.523.7765 15207 WFES Lipisardi, Emily 304.216.0302 15401 WFES
Lindsey, III, C. Dennis 918.409.6467 15224 WFES Miller, Jane 412.526.6618 15139 WF
Mislin, David W. 617.223.1270 15206 WFES Pinkerton, Richard 412.561.2015 15243 WFE
Piszczek, Greg 610.406.3577 15213 WFE Reiland, Michael 412.882.5521 15227 WFE
Rasely, Don 724.487.7303 15226 WFES (Day) Spencer, George 412.731.3324 15147 WFE
724.283.4829 WFES (Eve.) Strobel, Joyce Moon 412.366.0074 15237 WFES
Roederer, Charlotte 412.780.7445 15213 EFS Schulz, Ronald 412.512.4987 15226 WFES
Rollet, Tony 412.726.8569 15217 WFES Wallace, Justin 412.531.0525 15216 WFES
Rubright, Sandy S. 724.994.8872 15668 WFE
Services: W‐Weddings, F‐Funerals, E‐Eveinings, S‐Saturdays, L‐Liturgical Only, N‐Non‐Liturgical, *‐New addition to list
Szeremany, Richard 412.327.6254 15146 WFES
Vanderlaan, Brett A. 301.919.1835 15419 WFES
Wannamaker, CAGO, Keith 650.210.6574 15101 ES
