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October 24, 2013
From the Dean    

 

Jennings, Fern
Fern Jennings

 

 

I hope to see many of you at our October Chapter Recital this coming Sunday. It is our Young Organist Showcase featuring our 2012 Chapter Quimby competition winner  Mitchell Miller, and our 2012 Scholarship winner Emily Meixner. Mitchell is a second year undergraduate student at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, studying with James David Christie. Emily is a second year Masters student at the Cleveland Institute of Music studying with Todd Wilson. We will hear both of the Fairmount Church organs in this concert which begins at 4:00 pm.

 

The concert is co-sponsored by Fairmount Church and is open to the public. Robert Moncrief, Fairmount Church's Director of Music, has generously designated that the free-will offering will go to the AGO Scholarship Fund. If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution to the Chapter Scholarship Fund at this event, write a check to Fairmount Church and put "AGO" in the memo line. Thanks, Bob!

 

-Fern

 

 

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CHAPTER OCTOBER PROGRAM   

Young Organist Showcase

Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 - 4 pm
Fairmount Presbyterian Church
2757 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights
Miller, Mitchell
Mitchell Miller
 

Meixner, Emily
Emily Meixner
Competition winner,
Mitchell Miller - Oberlin Conservatory and 
Scholarship
winner,
Emily Meixner - Cleveland Institute of Music, play the Ruggles tracker organ in the Chapel and the Schantz pipe organ in the sanctuary.



Program:

Trio Sonata III - J.S. Bach

Variations on a Polish Allemande - Sweelinck
Praeludium in f# - D. Buxtehude

Evocation, Op. 37 - M. Dupré
Chorale II - C. Franck
Prelude and Fugue on ALAIN - M. Duruflé

plus an organ duet with both players

Free-will offering to benefit the Cleveland AGO Organ Scholarship Fund.

Greet-the-artists reception follows the concert.

For further information contact Robert Moncrief, Minister of Music, Fairmount Presbyterian Church (music@fairmountchurch.org) (216) 321-5800  
Fairmount Pres Ruggles
Fairmount Presbyterian Ruggles Organ

 

Fairmount Pres Schantz Organ
Fairmount Presbyterian Schantz Organ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHAPTER NOVEMBER PROGRAM

Organ Artist Recital - Thomas Trotter, UK
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 7:30 pm
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
1007 Superior Ave. Downtown Cleveland
Acclaimed British concert organist, Thomas Trotter plays the 72-rank Holtkamp pipe organ in the magnificent setting of St. John's Cathedral.

Organ Master Class with Thomas Trotter   

Monday, November 18, 2013, 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Fairmount Presbyterian Church
2757 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights
Cleveland Institute of Music organ students perform 

 

 

 

THIS WEEK IN CLASSICAL MUSIC HISTORY

On this date in the year 1633 French composer Jehan Titelouze died. He was considered the first composer of the French organ school. In the year 1588 he was appointed organist of the Cathedral in Rouen. Work on the organ in 1600 by the organ builder Crespin Carlier resulted in what was considered the best organ in France. This instrument came to define the French classical organ. The year 1623 saw publication of Titelouze's Hymnes de l'Eglise, a collection of organ settings of various plainchant hymns to be used during the liturgy. The same year, due to health problems, Titelouze partially retired from his organist position (although he kept the post until his death). In 1626 he published a second organ collection, Le Magnificat, that contained eight Magnificat  settings. Here is Robert Bates playing on a 1630 French organ.  And anther of  Dupre's "Le Tombeau de Titelouze" played at St. Eustache. 
Robert Bates plays Titelouze in Bolbec
Robert Bates plays Titelouze in Bolbec

Le Tombeau de Titelouze from St Eustache Part 1
Le Tombeau de Titelouze from St Eustache Part 1





Concerts and Events of Interest

  

Remember to send us your concert listings for our Google calendar and weekly updates. Send them to  newsletter@agocleveland.org. Some of our concert listings have been gleaned from ClevelandClassical. For a complete list of concerts plus previews, reviews and more from Cleveland's classical music scene click the link www.clevelandclassical.com.   

 

  

 

Roberta Gary Celebration. October 25 and 26, University of Cincinnati. Roberta Gary has retired after a long and distinguished teaching career as Professor of Organ at the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati. In celebration of her many contributions to the university and to the profession at large, CCM alumni and colleagues of Roberta Gary announce: For the Love of Teaching: A Conference in Honor of Roberta Gary on the occasion of her retirement from the University of Cincinnati. This event will be held in Cincinnati on October 25 and 26, 2013. It will include recitals, lectures, workshops, and a banquet. To register for this conference or for further information, please contact jasongunnellccm@gmail.com, or call (208) 403-6716.

 

Africa West Percussion Trio. Saturday, October 26, 7:00 pm An ensemble-in-residence at BW University, Africa West performs African and Afro-Caribbean styles of music as well as Western music for percussion. Their unique compositions and arrangements of folkloric styles are influenced by the members' studies with master musicians in African and Afro-Cuban genres, as well as by their backgrounds as classical and jazz musicians. Dover UCC,  2239 Dover Center Rd., Westlake, Ohio.

  

Nicholas Capozzoli, organ (Oberlin Conservatory). Tuesday, October 29 12:15 pm - Program to be announced. 12 Noon carillon recital by George Leggiero. Newberry (Richards, Fowkes & Co.) and Skinner/Holtkamp organs.Lunches welcome. Church of the Covenant, 11205 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free.


Brian Wentzel, Organ. Wednesday,  October 30 12:15 pm. "Strange and unexpected," featuring music by Matthias, Distler, Sandresky, Hilden, and Michel. Trinity Lutheran Church, West 30th Street at Lorain Avenue, Cleveland.


Trinity Lutheran Annual All Saints' Day Concert. Friday, November 1, 7:30 pm  city-wide singers and instrumentalists conducted by Linda Kempke, Robert Myers, organ. Fauré's Requiem. Trinity Lutheran Church, W. 30th & Lorain, Cleveland. Freewill offering.


Fauré Requiem sung by the Fairmount Church Choir. Sunday, November 3, 11:00 AM , Fairmount Presbyterian Church, 2757 Fairmount Blvd. Cleveland Heights


Five @ Five Series: Festival Chorus and Orchestra. Sunday, November 3, 5:00 pm, James Mismas, conducting. John Rutter's Requiem. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1250 W. Exchange St., Akron. Freewill Offering.

  

 

 
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