Auditions for
Summer Organ Study Scholarships

Sunday, May 20, 1:00 pm

in the Chapel at Eastminster Presbyterian Church

1958 N. Webb Road

All our Chapter members, plus all organ and piano teachers too, are invited to hear the auditions of our young scholarship applicants.   Park in the lot to the north of the Church, and at the bell tower enter the doors on the left to reach the Chapel.

Progress on New Pipe Organ Teaching Unit

Demonstrations for USD 259 Music Teachers This Week

At in-service meetings on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, May 1-3, USD 259 music teachers are being introduced to the new POPs for KIDs teaching unit.   Although work on the new, technologically empowered unit is not yet complete, a full trial version is expected to be available to teachers this coming fall.   From the lead page of a PowerPoint presentation (shown below*), displayed on a touch-sensitive SmartBoard at the front of the classroom, teachers can touch on links that will help explain the specific parts of the pipe organ, and show videos of the instrument being built.   In addition, from the Composer Time Line on that page, teachers will be able to access videos of the organ and organists playing works of various organ composers, as well as brief composer biographies and pictures.

The unit will be divided into a presentation for classroom use, and a version with further information for students wanting to learn more — some of which may also be useful for older students and other interested musicians.   For this purpose, parts of the unit will be on our Chapter web site.

(*Click to open the May Newsletter at the left:  see page 1 for the illustration at bottom right;  and page 3, column 3, for pictures of the teacher sessions.)

AGO Membership: Choose your Category and Join Us!

For information on membership categories, read more by clicking (HERE). 

To access a PDF copy of the membership form itself,

click the link on the left above ("AGO_Membership...").