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ENCHAMADE THE CHARLOTTE CHAPTER OF THE FEBRUARY 2015
AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS
THANK YOU
SHIRLEY & BOB IVEY
FOR HOSTING OUR
ANNUAL
JANUARY SOIRÉE
AT THE CYPRESS
OF CHARLOTTE!
Make plans now for
A
CHORAL
MUSIC
SURVEY Friday, February 20, 2015
David Pegg, presenter
Myers Park Baptist Church
1900 Queens Road
6:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Punchbowl: drink and hors d'oeuvre
6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
mixed greens, beef tenderloin, garlic potatoes,
haricôt vert, yeast rolls, and pecan pie
7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
A CHORAL MUSIC SURVEY
with the Renaissance Singers of Charlotte
Dinner is $10 with reservations required at
IN THIS ISSUE
DEAN’S MESSAGE
2015 PROGRAMMING
2015 SUMMER RECITAL
SERIES INVITATION
EMPLOYMENT
AREA EVENTS
NOMINATIONS
MATTHEW MICHAEL BROWN, DEAN
E-MAIL: [email protected]
OFFICE: (704) 636-3121, EXTENSION 104
Please contact me with any questions, concerns, or joys to share.
DEAN’S MESSAGE
Dear Chapter Friends,
2015 is off to a grand start! Thank you to everyone who attended our recent January Soirée at The
Cypress of Charlotte. Kudos to Sub-Dean Timothy Belk for also providing a spectacular overview of
our forthcoming Southeast Regional Convention. There were several opportunities presented for our
membership to show support for this important endeavor. If you have any questions, please contact
Timothy Belk directly.
I look forward to seeing many faces for the wonderful choral music survey later this month presented
by David Pegg and the Renaissance Singers of Charlotte. Many of you affiliated with the United
Methodist Church or ACDA will know David Pegg. He has led many all-state choirs, conducted the
renowned Greensboro-based Bel Canto Company for well over 20 seasons and was for many years
Director of Music at Winston-Salem’s Centenary United Methodist Church. Mr. Pegg now serves the
congregation of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem and conducts the High Point
Community Chorus. I have known David for many years, and I can assure you this is an event you
will not want to miss!
Included in this issue is important information for voting members of our local chapter regarding
nominations for this year’s election. Upon reviewing our slate of candidates, please carefully follow
the directions and mail your ballots as directed when received in the mail. A REMINDER THAT A
30-DAY WRITE-IN PERIOD is available for members in good standing.
As always, please contact any member of your executive board if you have an idea to share or would
like to volunteer your time and talents in facilitating chapter opportunities.
I look forward to seeing you later this month!
Onward,
Matthew
2015 SUMMER RECITAL SERIES
This annual tradition is one of our
chapter’s hallmarks. The calendar for
the 2015 Summer Recital Series is
now open for active Charlotte AGO
members to play.
Please contact the series coordinator
Jane Cain at [email protected] with
your first, second and third choice of
dates.
You must have these dates approved
at the church where you intend to
play before submitting them.
All recitals must meet the following
criteria: maximum 1-hour in duration,
including any spoken notes and the
collection. All printed programs are
the responsibility of the performer
and must include the calendar of the
entire series.
An offering for the
Ann & Robert Stigall Scholarship
Fund will be received at each recital.
MAKE PLANS NOW TO ATTEND
AS MANY RECITALS AS POSSIBLE!
M E M B E R R E C O M M E N D A T I O N S
‘Nimrod’
From Elgar’s Enigma Variations
Arranged for Brass Quintet and Organ
Arr. Scott Hyslop
Published by MorningStar
IF YOU HAVE OTHERS,
PLEASE SHARE FOR OUR MARCH ISSUE.
AREA EVENTS Sunday, March 1, 4:00 p.m. Dr. Greg Thompson, pianist First Presbyterian Church 249 W. McLelland Avenue Mooresville, NC Works of Rachmaninoff and Mozart, and others.
Friday, March 20, 7:00 PM Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church 249 East Main St., Brevard, NC Dr. John Schwandt, organist, will accompany a showing of the 1927 classic silent movie, King of Kings, the perfect movie to see prior to Holy Week!
Saturday, March 21, 10:00 AM-Noon
Dr. Schwandt will present a workshop on hymn improvisation, co-sponsored by the Blue Ridge Chapter of the AGO, which will also be held at Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church.
Friday, March 27, 7:30pm A Concert of Psalms and Spirituals First United Methodist Church 217 South Church Street Salisbury, NC Psalm Settings by John Weaver, Felix Mendelssohn, John Rutter, Carlyle Sharpe, and W.A. Mozart. Spirituals by Edward Boatner, Margaret Bonds, Moses Hogan, William Dawson, and others.
The choir of First Church will be joined by members of the Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestra. An offering will be received for the Music Memorial Fund.
N O M I N A T I O N S
f elected, the individuals below have agreed to faithfully serve our organization as members of the Executive Board for the Class of 2017-2018. These individuals were
nominated by our 2015 Nominations Committee for their leadership abilities and commitment to the vision and mission of the American Guild of Organists. Individuals wishing to add their names as write-in candidates are asked to do so in writing between February 1 and March 2.
A word of gratitude is expressed to the following individuals who dutifully served as this year’s nominating committee:
DR. GAY PAPPIN, CHAIR MR. STEVEN AYCOCK MR. ROBERT STIGALL
ROBERT IVEY Robert Ivey has been a full time church musician since 1960, having graduated from Westminster Choir College with a BMus in organ and MM in choral conducting. He served on the Board of Handbell Musicians of America (formerly AGEHR) for twelve years and was national president for two. He has directed numerous handbell festivals throughout the United States, Europe and Japan, and with his wife, Shirley, has taken young people on concert tours for forty-six years. He has chaired the Mid-Carolinas Handbell Festival for 19 years. He is Minister of Music Emeritus at First Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North Carolina where we served for twenty-four years, retiring in 2006. He was organist/music associate at Providence United Methodist
Church in Charlotte for six years, retiring in 2012. Following that, he served as interim in the same capacity at Sardis Presbyterian for a year. What has been your involvement in the local Charlotte AGO chapter?
I have served on the Executive Committee of the Charlotte AGO from 2007 to 2009. Shirley and I currently serve with others as Co-Chairs of the Finance Committee for the chapter’s forthcoming regional convention. I have also served on the Board of the Charlotte Oratorio Choir for six years and have been a long-standing committee to obtain an organ for the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center.
How would you like to see our chapter move forward?
I would like to see the Chapter explore ways of reaching more of the current members, involving them with their support and participation in the programs offered by the AGO.
I
JAMES JONES James Jones is now in his fifth year as Director of Music at Myers Park United Methodist Church. In organ recital, Jones has appeared as soloist all across the country including the Kotzschmar Organ series in Portland, Maine, and “Piccolo Spoleto” Festival in Charleston, SC. He has performed as organist with the Memphis, Portland, and Winston Salem Symphony Orchestras. With the Winston Salem Symphony he performed the world premiere of PHOENIX for Orchestra, by composer Dan Locklair. Mr. Jones was directly responsible for the commissioning and realization of this much-lauded work. Under his leadership at MPUMC, the music program has grown to over 250 participants. He has led in the commissioning of six new works for chorus and/or instrumental ensemble, created a new all-music-ministry
Christmas concert, and twice led worship at Duke Chapel in Durham, NC. The Chancel Choir enjoyed a highly successful eight-day performance tour of England in May 2013, and embarks on a tour of Salzburg and Vienna, Austria, and Prague, Czech Republic in May of 2015. A Kenan Organ Scholar, Mr. Jones completed his Bachelor of Music Degree at the North Carolina School of the Arts under Dr. Jack Mitchener. He completed a Master of Music Degree in Choral Conducting at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, where he studied with Dr. Welborn Young and Dr. Carol Ott. What has been your involvement in the local Charlotte AGO chapter?
I have performed solo and duet recitals for the Charlotte AGO as well as putting together innovative programs that include choirs and orchestra.
How would you like to see our chapter move forward?
I would like to see our chapter continue to find ways to engage the "non-organist" through concerts, programing, and community events. I also think it's very important for our community to see folks and organizations in our chapter collaborating together.
HARRIETT STODDARD It was only recently that I began learning to play the organ, but I spent a good bit of my adult life as a professional musician. I was a bass player in the North Carolina, Oklahoma and Charlotte Symphonies for about 20 years. Fearing that I would end up as a bag lady in my old age, I left music and became a computer programmer. I have attended organ recitals for years because I love organ music, and when I came across a spinet organ in a used goods store I bought it for $100, with the intention of playing Bach chorales. I now have an Allen organ and study with Susan Talley, but I am not up to Bach chorales yet. I do play a lot of easy Bach, however. I have enjoyed being in the AGO for several years now and have attended two POE+’s and one regional convention. I am signed up for the Charlotte Regional Convention and am looking forward to it with
great excitement. What has been your involvement in the local Charlotte AGO chapter?
I have attended nearly all of the organ concerts, recitals, and master classes in or near Charlotte. I go to most of the meetings. The ones I do not attend are either those with which I have a date conflict, or those that are related to choral music, conducting, etc. I attended the regional convention in Columbia in 2013, the POE+ in Charleston in 2012, and the POE+ in Seattle in 2014.
How would you like to see our chapter move forward? I like the way the AGO is headed with new events, such as the Northern Pipes Tour last fall. There are never too many concerts! When I read through The American Organist I am struck by the closeness that the chapters appear to have, and I see increasing member closeness as a good direction.
GINGER WYRICK Ginger Wyrick, conductor, author, clinician, lecturer, teacher, and performer, serves on the music faculty at UNC Charlotte. Ms. Wyrick frequently leads workshops and lectures on music education and church music, serves as an adjudicator, and appears as guest conductor for honor choirs, music festivals and camps. She has served the local church for over 35 years in music ministry and remains active as a liturgical arts consultant, choir director, and organist. Ms. Wyrick has
authored 16 books and numerous periodicals on music and curriculum development. She leads training events for all ages and has appeared at national symposiums presenting her research on the changing role of music in the United States and the local church. Conducting engagements include national, regional, and local events in 17 states, the District of Columbia, and 4 foreign countries. Beginning in 2010, Ms. Wyrick has served as the invited guest conductor at the Charlotte Music Club's annual performance of Messiah. She is a former president of the North Carolina American Choral Director's Association. Ms. Wyrick earned music degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Southern Methodist University. A native North Carolinian, she calls Charlotte home with her husband, Richard.
What has been your involvement in the local Charlotte AGO chapter? * Member since 1995 * Substitute Organist/Director providing resources to our membership * Summer recital series coordinator 2012 and 2013 * Stigall Scholarship Student Recital Coordinator 2012 and 2013
How would you like to see our chapter move forward? I would like to see our chapter expand its visibility in the Charlotte region as advocates for organ repertoire, organ study, and for the professional organist. The Guild has a unique responsibility to make the organ accessible through exposure and knowledge to our congregations, audiences, students and colleagues.
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Dedicatory recital by Prof. Ulrik Spang-Hanssen, June 9, 2013
This was our first overseas project with which we broke a historic barrier – we became the
first ever American firm to build an instrument in Denmark, a country famous for consistently great organs
and meticulous builders. We were deeply honored to have been chosen, and were excited to deliver a one of
a kind instrument. The specification called for 26 stops, including a 32’ Contra Bourdon in the pedal. The
church building offered excellent acoustics with approximately four seconds of reverberation in an intimate,
not-too-large room of very modern design. Key action is mechanical and stop action is electric with elec-
tronic memory. This organ was featured on the cover of The American Organist magazine in August of 2013.
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Covenant Presbyterian Church
1000 East Morehead Street, Charlotte, North Carolina www.covenantpresby.org Contact Person Chair, Transition Search Committee, Email: [email protected] Interim Full-Time Music Director & Organist 2 Weekly Services; 1 rehearsal; 2 ensembles Organ 1953 Aeolian Skinner Opus 1196 (96 ranks) Open Date mid-April 2015 Applic Date Now Addtl Info Responsibilities also include: Providing and coordinating wedding and funeral
music as needed; Meeting each week with the senior pastor and overseeing and scheduling choir section leaders, carillon players and guest musicians. Applicants should be experienced in playing instruments similar to Covenant’s 96 rank Aeolian Skinner Chancel organ, its 36 rank Gallery Schlicker organ and its 32 rank Chapel Schlueter organ.
#PEEKWEEKEND
Betty & Richard Peek Memorial co-sponsored by Covenant Presbyterian Church Saturday, March 14, 2015 Jonathan Dimmock, Organist Covenant Presbyterian Church 1000 East Morehead Street 9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. continental breakfast 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Master Class 12:15 pm.-1:00 p.m. Lunch Three entrée selections ($10 all-inclusive) Morehead Street Tavern 300 East Morehead Street
Sunday, March 15, 2015 Jonathan Dimmock, Recitalist Covenant Presbyterian Church 1000 East Morehead Street 5:00 p.m. Recital, followed by a reception hosted by our chapter.
M E E T C O M P O S E R K E N T O N C O E
A resident now of Johnson City, Tennessee, Mr. Coe’s exquisite A Quiet Alleluia will be featured at the opening worship service of the 2015 AGO Southeast Regional Convention by the Clover Choraliers. Mr. Coe studied in Paris alongside Ned Rorem with Nadia Boulanger and in Germany with
Paul Hindemith. He is the first American to have an opera produced by the Paris Opera House. Introduce yourself to his work and music by via his website www.kentoncoe.com
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