Pittsburgh Chapter
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American Guild of Organists

Pittsburgh Chapter American Guild of Organists

Pictures Of Recent Events

22-Apr-2016 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Christian Lane, Concert Organist, Vice President, American Guild of Organists, performing at Saint Paul Cathedral in cooperation with Saint Paul Cathedral Concert Series.

13-Mar-2016 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Isabelle Demers Head of Organ Department, Baylor University, Waco, TX, performing at Westminster Presbyterian Church.

23-Oct-2015 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Jonathan Rudy Organist, Church Musician, Conductor, Educator Organist, Central Presbyterian Church, Terre Haute, IN, performing at Shadyside Presbyterian Church in cooperation with Music in a Great Space.

23-Oct-2015 - Organ Artists Series Concert in memory of long time donor Hugh Young, featuring Scott Dettra of Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, TX, performing at Calvary Episcopal Church.

25-Apr-2015 - 25-Apr-2015 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Eric Plutz, University Organist at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, performing at Calvary Episcopal Church.

22-Mar-2015 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Barbara Bruns, Concert Organist, The Parish of Christ Church, Andover, MA.

23-Nov-2014 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Kevin Jones John Cummins &  Michael Messina, International Concert Organists.

26-Oct-2014 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Cherry Rhodes, International Concert Organist.

27-Apr-2014 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Arehum Han, International Concert Organist.

16-Feb-2014 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring John Scott, Organist and conductor, Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York, New York.

17-Nov-2013 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Robert Nicholls, noted improvisor, in cooperation with Calvary Episcopal Church.

20-Oct-2013 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Olivier Latry, titular organist, Notre Dame, Paris, France, in cooperation with Calvary Episcopal Church and the Donald C McVay Fund.

21-Apr-2013 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Martin Neary,Former organist, Westminster Abbey, London, England in cooperation with Calvary Episcopal Church and the Donald C McVay Fund.

17-Mar-2013 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Robert McCormick, Performer and improviser, Director of Music at Saint Paul's Parish, K Street, Washington, D.C at East Liberty Presbyterian Church in cooperation with East Liberty Presbyterian Church Music Ministries.

18-Nov-2012 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Joan Lippincot, Professor Emerita of Organ at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ, in performance at Shadyside Presbyterian Church in cooperation with Music In A Great Space; and masterclass.

28-Oct-2012 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Christopher Herrick, international concert organist, in performance at Saint Paul Cathedral.

29-Apr-2012 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Christopher Houlihan, in concert at Saint Bernard Roman Catholic Church in the south hills section of Pittsburgh.

18-Mar-2012 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Ken Cowan, of Westminster Choir College, at Saint Paul Cathedral in Oakland co-sponsored by Dr. Ross P. Cafaro in memory of his brother, Dr. Frank R. Cafaro.

20-Nov-2011 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Dongho Lee 2010 American Guild of Organists National Young Artist Competition Winner at Shadyside Presbyterian Church; presented in cooperation with Music In a Great Space.

30-Oct-2011 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Jeremy Filsell Artist-in-Residence, Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D. C. at Calvary Episcopal Church in the Shadyside section of Pittsburgh. This was made possible in part by the generosity of the Donald C McVay concert fund of Calvary Episcopal.

1-May-2011 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring John Schwandt, at East Liberty Presbyterian Church performing both classical repertoire as well as accompanying silent films.

27-Mar-2011 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Jonathan Biggers- Concert Organist Chair of the Department of Music and Professor of Organ at Binghamton University at Shadyside Presbyterian Church in cooperation with Music In A Great Space.

27-Dec-2010 - Pittsburgh Chapter Holiday Party at Calvary Methodist Church, catered by Cindy Bowen and hosted by music director of the church, Brian Burns.

21-Nov-2010 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Todd Wilson, head of the Organ Department at The Cleveland Institute of Music, Curator of the E.M. Skinner pipe organ at Severance Hall (home of The Cleveland Orchestra), and serves as Artist-in-Residence at Cleveland's Trinity Cathedral (Episcopal).

24-Oct-2010 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Renée Anne Louprette, international career as organ recitalist and choral conductor in cooperation with Saint Paul Cathedral Cathedral Concert Series.

25-Apr-2010 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Nigel Potts, international concert organist in cooperation with Music in a Great Space at Shadyside Presbyterian Church. (Clive Driskill-Smith was originally scheduled, but a volcano explosion interrupted his flight plans!)

21-Mar-2010 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring international concert organist Jane Parker Smith at East Liberty Presbyterian Church in cooperation with East Liberty Presbyterian Church Music Ministries.

15-Nov-2009 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Michael Unger, Winner of the American Guild of Organists’ National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance at Heinz Memorial Chapel.

27-Sep-2009 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring super-star Cameron Carpenter at Saint Bernard Roman Catholic Church.

26-Apr-2009 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Bruce Neswick, Organist & Composer Director of Music, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City in performance at Calvary Episcopal Churchs.

22-Mar-2009 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Harald Vogel, international authority on German organ music, in performance at Saint Paul Cathedral.

23-Apr-2009 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Marilyn Keiser - Chancellor's Professor of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN - In memory of AGO Chapter Member Louise Larson McGeary.

19-Oct-2008 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Joseph Nolan Organist and Master of The Choristers Saint George’s Cathedral, Perth, Australia. Celebrating the International Year of the Organ with world-wide organ concerts everywhere on the October 19th.

27-Apr-2008 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Rachel Laurin, Canadian organist and composer, in concert at Shadyside Presbyterian Church in cooperation with Music in a Great Space.

06-Apr-2008 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Patrick Kabanda, School Organist & Instructor of Music Phillips Academy, Andover MA. Presented in cooperation with the Calvary Episcopal Church supported by the Donald C McVay, Jr. fund.

24-Feb-2008 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Scott Montgomery, AGO 2006 National Young Artists Competition Winner, in concert at Heinz Memorial Chapel on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.

30-Sep-2007 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Aaron David Miller, American Guild of Organists improvisation winner in concert at Heinz Memorial Chapel on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.

22-Apr-2007 - Organ Artists Series Concert featuring Carol Williams San Diego Civic Organist, Artistic Director, Spreckels Organ Society in concert at Heinz Memorial Chapel on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.

02-Feb-2007 - Organ Artists Series Concert in cooperation with the Shadyside Presbyterian Church Music In A Great Space featuring Carlo Curley, concert artist and J. Christopher Pardini, Music Director, Shadyside Presbyterian Church. Read the review in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette by Andrew Druckenbrod.

19-Nov-2006 - Organ Artists Series Concert in cooperation with the Calvary Episcopal Church Donald C McVay fund featuring Ken Cowan, concert artist and Assistant Professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College in Princeton.

22-Oct-2006 - Organ Artists Series Concert in cooperation with the University of Pittsburgh Center for Latin American Studies featuring James Welch, organist and lecturer at the University of Santa Clara in a program of Latin American organ music .

07-Nov-2004 - Michael Barone of the nationally known Pipedreams radio program stops by for Pipedreams in Pittsburgh at Shadyside Presbyterian Church. Sponsored by the Organ Artists Series Concert in cooperation with Shadyside Presbyterian Music In a Great Space and radio station WQED. The program featured works which all had a "Pittsburgh" connection in some way.

27-Jun-2004 - Pipe Organ Encounter (POE) from June 27th through July 27th. Forty students from across the USA come to Pittsburgh to receive masters classes from professional organists.

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