I have received some communication from Brian Wentzel about the musician/clergy relations workshop for our upcoming Professional Concerns Chapter program on February 10. Brian writes, "In general, we will be talking about working and personal relationships between church musicians and clergy - best practices, common pitfalls, ideas, strategies, goals, etc. There will certainly be time for conversation among those present, and perhaps even some group problem solving of current situations." I hope this will whet your appetite for attending the meeting. I hope we will engage in some stimulating and enriching conversation at that time. I hope to see you at the meeting.

Best to you,

Fern 

 

 

 

 

What is Pedals, Pipes and Pizza? It is a National AGO program to introduce young piano students to the organ. Our chapter is co-sponsoring this event with the Conservatory Outreach program of Baldwin Wallace. The program will be Saturday, March 8, from 10 am to 2 pm in the Chapel at BW. It is geared toward Middle School and High School students, ages about 11 to 16, and is free - teachers and parents of the participants are also welcome. AGO is providing pizza and beverages for the for the participants. If you have piano students in your church or friends who teach piano we would be most appreciative if you could email to them the flyer announcing the event and registration form, which can both be downloaded as PDF files at the bottom of the chapter's home page. 

Questions? please contact Barbara MacGregor, macmus@roadrunner.com or Nicole Keller, organ Instructor at BW, at nkeller@bw.edu or by phone at 216-310-1694.

With appreciation,

PPP committee: James Buncher, Sue Huszai, Annie Kaschube, James Leek, Brian Wentzel; Nicole Keller and Barbara MacGregor, co-chairs

We have received word that Dr. Warren L. Berryman has passed away early on Saturday morning January 18th. Dr. Berryman was a longtime member of the Cleveland Chapter of the AGO. He taught organ at Baldwin-Wallace College and his last church position was at The United Methodist Church of Berea. The memorial service will be in Denver, Colorado, on Saturday morning.

Our national organization has a new website running. Take a look at it here: http://www.agohq.org/

Gerry Mass, our Cleveland Chapter Placement Officer collects and updates job openings in the area.  Although they are not listed in the weekly updates, there is a link in the "Quick Links" section every week that will take you to the updated list on the chapter website.  Questions or need help finding a position? Email: placement@agocleveland.org

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American Guild of Organists Cleveland Chapter
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