Performers: The Joe Gransden Band Location: Hyatt Regency - Centennial IV Join us for a special dessert reception with a performance by Joe Gransden and his Band.
Read MorePresented by: The Rev. Beth Brown Shugart, MM Location: Hyatt Regency - Inman Serving as a church organist requires working with clergy and church members! This session will address the challenges of doing so effectively, as well as the extra responsibilities that are a part of working in a church.
Read MoreLocation: Hyatt Regency Date Time 7/5/2020 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM 7/6/2020 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM 7/7/2020 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM 7/8/2020 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM 7/9/2020 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 7/10/2020 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Read MoreLocation: Hyatt Regency Map of the Exhibits Hall and a List of Exhibitors Exhibits Hall Schedule Date Time 7/5/2020 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 7/6/2020 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 10:00 PM - 11:59 PM 7/7/2020 11:00 AM - 6:30 PM 9:00 PM - 11:59 PM 7/8/2020 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 9:00 PM […]
Read MorePresented by: Charles Tighe, MM Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover B How to utilize the Orff process in working with inexperienced musicians. Topics addressed include warm-ups; using rote to develop vocal technique, ear training, and interval recognition; incorporating movement into rehearsal; and how music games in rehearsal can help develop inner hearing, note recognition, intervals, […]
Read MorePresented by: Ulrike Theresia Wegele Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover E This trilingual organ method (English, German, French) is for beginners age 8+ and for autodidacts. It comes in three volumes and proves that one can learn the organ right from the beginning without knowing notes or having played a keyboard instrument. This totally new […]
Read MorePresented by: David Bower, PhD and Panel from the AGO Committee on the New Organist Location: Hyatt Regency - Courtland This informative presentation will focus on the resources the AGO Committee on the New Organist offers local chapters as they reach out to pianists inviting them to take part in chapter workshops. A panel of […]
Read MorePresented by: Wilma Jensen, MM, DMus (Hon.) Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover C The ability to perform music of different historical periods with "verve, passion, and authority," as George Houle said, requires an understanding of musical techniques and styles across different musical periods. Key components for each period from Medieval/Renaissance chants through Baroque, Classical and […]
Read MorePresented by: Barbara Adler, DMA, Councillor for Finance and Development Location: Hyatt Regency - Learning Center In this workshop, you will learn how to create wealth for yourself - if you start at a young age. In addition to learning about stocks, bonds, and mutual funds, you will discover how time is on your side […]
Read MorePresented by: Herb Buffington, MM Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover F This workshop is open to organists who seek tools to develop greater creativity and confidence in improvisation. Attendees will be encouraged to explore a number of logics (ideas) at the keyboard as they learn techniques to improvise hymn introductions, preludes, postludes, and interludes in […]
Read MorePresented by: David Lamb, DMus, CAGO, Councillor for Membership, Elizabeth George, Director of AGO Membership Services, and members of the AGO Committee on Membership Development and Chapter Support Location: Hyatt Regency - Dunwoody This presentation will focus on ideas and suggestions for building chapter membership by expanding the current chapter programming ideas.
Read MorePerformer: Monica Czausz Location: Spivey Hall at Clayton State University Transportation Information 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Buses depart from the Hyatt Regency Program Composer: Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) Work: Sinfonische Kanzone, Op. 85, No. 2 Movement: II. Fantasie, Kanzone, Passacaglia und Fuge (C minor) Composer: Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Work: Vingt-quatre pièces de fantaisie, […]
Read MoreLocation: St. Luke's Episcopal Church Transportation Information 8:30 AM - 11:45 AM Continuous shuttle between the Hyatt Regency and St. Luke's Episcopal Church About the Event The National Competition in Organ Improvisation (NCOI) seeks to further the art of improvisation by recognizing and rewarding superior performance in the field. A flourishing tradition of […]
Read MoreWorship at the Cathedral of Christ the King – Piety and Reverence: Loving Neighbor Transportation Information 8:45 AM = 9:00 AM Buses depart from the Hyatt Regency About the Event Since the 6th century, the Stations of the Cross have served as a personal meditation for journeying with Jesus on the Via Dolorosa. […]
Read MorePresented by: Faythe Freese, DM Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover E The year 2020 marks the quasquicentennial of Leo Sowerby, the American organist, composer, and church musician often referred to as the "Dean of American Church Music" in the early to mid-20th Century. This workshop will focus on the three compositional periods of organ plus […]
Read MorePresented by: Jillian Gardner, MM, Convener of AGOYO Location: Hyatt Regency - Learning Center Mental wellness is a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and can make a positive contribution to his or her community. […]
Read MorePresented by: Sarah C. Harr, DMA, FAGO Location: Hyatt Regency - Courtland Join us as we discuss the step-by-step process and multiple benefits of pursuing AGO certification at any age or skill/education level. We will outline the prerequisites and common procedures for all levels of AGO certification, discuss effective preparation techniques for both the prepared […]
Read MorePresented by: Clair Maxwell, MM, AAGO Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover C Today’s parish church musician is expected to do it all. The staff music professional must be able to conduct the various ensembles in the church, play the accompaniments, and make it all work together successfully in the context of the worship service. In […]
Read MorePresented by: Dr. Linda Patterson Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover F Flor Peeters was a distinguished composer, teacher, cathedral musician, concert organist, and musicologist whose students included Paul Manz, Kathleen Thomerson, and Charles Callahan. Composer of the largest published collection of American organ chorales, Peeters’ works include Gregorian Chant accompaniment, a collection of early music […]
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Read MorePresented by: Richard Webb, PhD Location: Hyatt Regency - Inman Framed in the context of his era through anecdotes, reviews, quotations from his writings, rare photographs, excerpts from documentary films, and other archival material, this workshop offers unique perspectives on the life of Max Reger, the obsessive workaholic many considered the "second Bach of Leipzig," […]
Read MorePresented by: Faythe Freese, DM Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover E The year 2020 marks the quasquicentennial of Leo Sowerby, the American organist, composer, and church musician often referred to as the "Dean of American Church Music" in the early to mid-20th Century. This workshop will focus on the three compositional periods of organ plus […]
Read MorePresented by: Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Location: Hyatt Regency - Regency VII There was only one Robert Shaw. His supreme intellect, his force of personality, his musicianship, his standards for study and performance, and his dynamic vision for the place of the arts in modern society literally transformed the lives of […]
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Read MorePresented by: Alexander Meszler, MM Location: Hyatt Regency - Learning Center Secularity in the United States is on the rise. Though the organ faces many obstacles in the twenty-first century — a shortage of organists, financial troubles and declining interest in classical music, among others — no other issue is as all-encompassing and as serious […]
Read MorePresented by: Steven Young, DMA, AAGO Location: Hyatt Regency - Dunwoody The year 2020 will commemorate the 170th anniversary of the birth of Aloÿs Claussmann (1850- 1926). Claussmann, a student of Eugene Gigout, spent his career in a province outside of the mainstream musical life of Paris and devoted himself to performing and teaching the […]
Read MorePresented by: David Pickering, DMA Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover F Icons Harold Gleason and Catharine Crozier used their gifts as teachers, performers, and scholars to contribute significantly to raising the standard of organ performance and teaching in the United States. This workshop will give brief biographical synopses, discuss the similarities and differences of both […]
Read MorePresented by: Leslie Wolf Robb and Dr. Zach Klobnak, members of the Committee on Pipe Organ Encounters Location: Hyatt Regency - Courtland This presentation will focus on teaching strategies for working with pianists transitioning to the organ, a brief introduction to the four types of Pipe Organ Encounters (POE,) reasons a chapter should consider hosting […]
Read MorePresented by: Charles Tighe, MM Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover B Explore ways to use pitched and unpitched instruments to supplement choral instruction in a liturgical setting. Topics addressed: working with beat; rhythm, rhythmical stress, and meter; and teaching pitch and intervals using movement, body percussion, and pitched instruments. This program is particularly useful to […]
Read MorePresented by: Julian Wachner Location: Johns Creek United Methodist Church Transportation Information 6:00 PM - 6:40 PM Buses depart for the Hyatt Regency Program Julian Wachner will provide a post-concert lecture about his composition and performance by Trinity Wall Street Choir.
Read MoreLocation: Hyatt Regency - Inman The Great Lakes Region includes the states of Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
Read MoreLocation: Hyatt Regency - Courtland The Southeast Region includes the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Read MoreLocation: Hyatt Regency - Hanover B The Mid-Atlantic Region includes the states of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Read MoreLocation: Hyatt Regency - Hanover E The North Central Region includes the states of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, as well as the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Nunavut.
Read MoreLocation: Hyatt Regency - Hanover C The Northeast Region includes the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec, the country of Finland and the continent of Europe.
Read MoreLocation: Hyatt Regency - Hanover F The Southwest Region includes the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Read MoreLocation: Hyatt Regency - Dunwoody The West Region includes the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, Oregon and Washington, the Canadian provinces Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan and Yukon, as well as Korea, Shanghai, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Sydney, Australia.
Read MorePerformers: Trinity Wall Street Choir Accompanists: Avi Stein and Janiet Yieh Conductor: Julian Wachner Location: Johns Creek United Methodist Church Transportation Information 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Buses depart from the Hyatt Regency 6:00 PM - 6:40 PM Buses depart for the Hyatt Regency Program Fanfare: Improvisation HYMN with audience participation: Nicaea – […]
Read MoreLocation: Johns Creek United Methodist Church Note: This event is optional. Several other dining options are available within 5-10 minute walking distance of Johns Creek UMC. These include Fresh to Order, Longhorn Steakhouse, Starbucks, Le Mekong (Vietnamese), Grecian Gyro, Kani House (Japanese), Mavericks Cantina (SoCal + Mex), Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Moe's Southwest Grill, Burger 21, […]
Read MorePerformer: Alan Morrison Location: Johns Creek United Methodist Church Transportation Information 4:40 PM - 4:55 PM Buses depart from the Hyatt Regency 8:15 PM - 8:45 PM Buses depart for the Hyatt Regency Program Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) trans. Colin MacKnight Work: Partita in D minor for solo violin (BWV 1004) Movement: […]
Read MoreLocation: Hyatt Regency Map of the Exhibits Hall and a List of Exhibitors Exhibits Hall Schedule Date Time 7/5/2020 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 7/6/2020 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM 10:00 PM - 11:59 PM 7/7/2020 11:00 AM - 6:30 PM 9:00 PM - 11:59 PM 7/8/2020 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 9:00 PM […]
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