Utah Valley Chapter 2008-2009 Activities
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
Other Events and Recitals
June
20:
Come share one or two pieces you
are working on with the rest of us who like to practice learning to enjoy
performing at the “Informal” Friday at the church east of Dixon Middle School
in Provo (4 North 7 West) Come in through the south “funeral the door”
directly into the chapel.
June
27:
The Mormon Tabernacle organ staff
will be featured in “Organ Fest” at 8:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of the
Madeleine, 331 E. South Temple, SLC. Organists Richard Elliott, Clay Christiansen,
Andrew Unsworth, Bonnie Goodliffe, and Linda Margetts will perform a program
including works of Bach, Franck, Vaughan Williams, Vierne, and Wagner. The
concert is free.
2008 Hymn Society Annual
Conference Comes to Berkeley
July 13-17
Singers, composers, writers, analysts, arrangers and
all users of hymns eagerly anticipate the 2008 annual conference of The Hymn
Society in the United States and Canada, being held in Berkeley, July 13-17,
having waited since the 1995 conference in San Diego for The Hymn Society to
return to California. Many organists
will attend, as many are members of both The Hymn Society and either the AGO
or the Royal Canadian College of Organists.
The theme of the conference is
"Congregational Song and the Arts: Gifts for Worship and
Ministry." Plenary speakers,
worship and workshop leaders, performers and hymn festival designers include
not only musicians but persons who will bring perspectives from the visual
arts, dance, drama and architecture.
Over 30 of them are California-based, including the organists Sandra
Soderlund, James Welch, Larry Marietta, Beverly Howard, Gerald Asheim and
John Walko, giving the conference a distinctive California flavor. Leaders and participants will also come
from trans-Pacific nations.
The conference offers registrants some 40 choices
of Sectionals, several publishers' showcases, plenary presentations by Don
Saliers, Carla de Sola, Thomas Troeger and Sally Ann Morris and daily Morning
Prayer and Night Prayer liturgies which honor the ethnic and denominational
diversity of California congregations.
But some of the most enjoyable events at a Hymn Society conference are
the ones that are free. This year
those include a Sunday afternoon recital by Sandra Soderlund on the
Petty-Madden organ at First Congregational Church, Berkeley, a liturgical
arts show and sale, also on Sunday afternoon, and four evening hymn
festivals, each having a very different theme and held in a different
historic Berkeley church. These will
draw members of local congregations who will join conference attendees to
lift their voices in glorious song.
Detailed information about the conference, including the full
schedule, descriptions of the conference venues in Berkeley and the
registration form are displayed on the Hymn Society website: www.thehymnsociety.org.
The Local Committee invites your email inquiries at hsberkeley08@gmail.com
and looks forward to welcoming AGO and RCCO members, pastors, choir directors
and hymn-singers to Berkeley in July.
Donna Hamilton
HS Berkeley '08 Local Committee Chair
BYU Organ Workshop
August 5-8, 2008
The public is invited to the evening
performances without charge, so please put the following dates on your
calendars:
Tues. - 7:30 p.m.:
Organ Concert - Workshop Instructors Madsen Recital Hall
Wed. - 7:30 p.m.
Hymn Sing - Daniel and Elizabeth Berghout - Madsen Recital Hall
Thurs. - 7:00 p.m.
Recital - Douglas Bush Assembly Hall, SLC
Dr. Bush has also invited the public to
his Pre-Workshop Seminar: A “Thumbnail Sketch” of the Organ and its History (Monday, Aug. 4 - 3:00-7:00 p.m. -
Madsen Recital Hall)
Fall 2008 15th Annual Eccles Organ Festival
.
Sunday
evenings at 8:00 p.m. All performances are free of charge and open to the
public. Please call 328-9941 for more concert information.
September
7 - Cristina
Garcia Banegas, University Music School of Uruguay
September
21 - Daniel Kerr,
Brigham Young University –Idaho
October
5 - Todd Wilson,
Cleveland Institute of Music
October
19 - Delbert
Disselhorst, University of Iowa
November
2 - Olivier
Vernet, St. Nicholas Cathedral, Monaco
BYU Recitals / Lectures
Please mark Wednesday, October 22 , 7:30 p.m., on your calendars. Dr. Bush has arranged to have a friend of
his, Thomas Dahl, organist of the Petrikirche in Hamburg, come to Utah to
play a concert while he is concertizing in the states this fall. Richard
Elliott, Tabernacle organist, has graciously arranged for the use of the Salt
Lake Tabernacle that night for his recital.
Salt Lake Chapter Events
For information about chapter events, go
to: www.slcago.org
Miscellaneous
News/Announcements
“The International Year of the Organ
is a year-long celebration of the organ. The
year will include various events
in this country and abroad and will entertain, inform,
and engage new audiences for organ
music, while giving seasoned listeners a fresh
perspective on the organ’s
expansive repertoire. Included in the events will be
Organ Spectacular! on Sunday, October 19, 2008 when AGO chapters
will present
more than 200 family-oriented
concerts involving more than 2000 performers in this
country. Similar events will also
be held abroad. Other events suggested for the
2008-09 program year include
educational events (including the AGO’s Pedals,
Pipes, and Pizza), visits to organ
building shops, and concerts featuring the organ
with other musical ensembles.”
On
the local level we will not participate on Sunday, 10/19/08, because one of
the Eccles Recitals will be on that night. Watch for activities listed in
upcoming
newsletters.
New Organ Music - David Chamberlin
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