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2014-2015 Chapter Events

Schedule of Chapter Events -- view calendar for full listings
Date & Time
Event Details
Location
September 14, 4:30pm
Young Organists' Recital
4:30—A private guided tour of the Chagall and Matisse windows,
5:15—A mini organ recital by some of today’s young “Rising Stars,”including NYACOP winner Ryan Kennedy,Daniel Ficarri, CAGO and Nora Dynowski
5:45—Cocktails, heavy hors d’Oeuvres and fellowship
Union Church of Pocantico Hills
55 Bedford Rd, Pocantico Hills, NY
October 21, 7pm
Practical Service Improvisation Workshop with Justin Bishof
7 - 8:15 Workshop
8:15 - 8:30 Improvisation on submitted themes
8:30 - 9 Wine and Cheese
Immaculate Heart of Mary, 8 Carmen Rd (corner of Carmen and Post Road), Scarsdale, NY
November 16, 4pm
Members' Recital
Irvington Presbyterian Church, 25 North Broadway, Irvington, NY
January 4
Twelfth Night Party
Home of Bob and Jenny Chase
March 1, 4pm
Chelsea Chen, Organ Recital
Hitchcock Presbyterian, 6 Greenacres Ave, Scarsdale, NY
April 26, 4pm
Community Hymn Festival with Dr. John Walker, AGO National President
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. rehearsal
4 p.m. service
​5:30 - 6:30 p.m. reception
Hitchcock Presbyterian, 6 Greenacres Ave, Scarsdale, NY

Opening Recital

Westchester County, New York
Sept. 14, 2014 at the Union Church of Pocantico Hills, a Young Artists' Recital was held, hosted by resident organist Samuel Chapin. Participants were Nora Dynowski, Daniel Ficarri, Julian Grondahl, and Ryan Kennedy. Works by Buxtehude, Bruhns, Mendelssohn, and Widor were played. Prior to the recital, concertgoers enjoyed seeing the beautiful stained-glass windows by Chagall and Matisse. A reception followed.

- Joyce Gardner

​As published in the November, 2015 issue of The American Organist
PictureJulian Gröndahl, Ryan Kennedy, Daniel Ficarri, Nora Dynowski, Dr. John King - Dean, Samuel Chapin - Host To see bios of the recitalists, please click on their name.

​Program
 
Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne, BuxWV 137
Dietich Buxtehude (c. 1637 - 1707)
Nora Dynowski

Organ Sonata No. 2 in c minor, OP. 65, No. 2
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
I. Grave
II. Adagio
Julian Gröndahl
 
Prelude and Fugue in e minor ("Little")
Nicolaus Bruhns (1665 - 1697)
Daniel Ficarri 

Symphony No. 6 in g minor, OP 42, No. 2
Charles-Marie Widor (1844 - 1937)
I. Allegro  
Ryan Kennedy


Practical Service Improvisation Workshop

PictureLeft to right: Judy Abel, Terry Flanagan, Dr. Justin Bischof, Dr. Laurie Adamo - Host, Jonathan Riss
Oct. 21, Justin Bischof presented an excellent workshop on "Practical Service Improvisation" to an appreciative and eager crowd at Immaculate Heart of Mary, Scarsdale. Participants in the workshop were chapter members Judith Abel, Terence Flanagan, and Jonathan Riss. Bischof ended the program by improvising a three-movement suite on "Sine Nomine." -- Dale Bonenberger

as published in the January, 2015 issue of The American Organist


Members' Recital

Nov. 16, the chapter presented a members' recital at the Irvington Presbyterian Church hosted by Dr. F. Anthony Thurman and Craig Degener. View the performer bios here.

The Program

Toccata in b minor
Eugène Gigout (1844 - 1925)
Margaret Kim 

 Adagio in E
Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941)
 Edwin Wallace

   from Schübler Chorales, 
J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750) 
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV645)
Wo sol lich fliehen hin (BWV 646)
Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (BMV647)

 Daniel Ficarri 

Elevation pour L'orgue in A-Flat, Op. 25
Alexandre Guilmant (1837 - 1911)
 Craig Degener

Paean from Six Pieces for Organ
Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)
 Jonathan Riss

Intermezzo from Organ Sonata No. 4, Op. 98
Josef Rheinberger (1839 - 1901)
 Sanae Miyazaki 
 
Litanies
Jehan Alain (1911 - 1940)
 Douglas Kostner 

Capriccio
John Ireland (1879 - 1941)
 Ruaraidh Sutherland

Twelfth Night

Westchester County N. Y. January 4
An Epiphany Party was held at the home of Bob and Jenny Chase. 


Chelsea Chen Recital

Picture
The above photo was taken by Chelsea Chen prior to the Concert. It was a very snowy day so many people could not make the event.

Community Hymn Festival with John Walker

Picture
April 26, a Community Hymn Festival was led by AGO President John Walker, accompanied by John King, music minister at Hitchcock Presbyterian Church, Scarsdale. The choir was composed of Guild members and singers from various churches and was joined by an enthusiastic congregation. Hymns were interspersed with lections read by guest pastors and chapter members. King, who is dean of the Westchester chapter, accompanied the singers on the church's 3-manual tracker action Walker organ. Refreshments were served after the program.
- Joyce Gardner 


as published in the November, 2015 issue ofThe American Organist

(correction - John Walker accompanied the choir and John King directed the choir.)
​


Program

 Welcome  
 Organ Prelude: Voluntary on the 100th Psalm Tune     Henry Purcell 

 Reading: Psalm 100 
 Hymn: All People That on Earth Do Dwell Old 100th     Setting by Ralph Vaughan Williams
 
Reading: I Corinthians 3:5-11 
 Hymn 442: The Church's One Foundation     Aurelia

Reading: Revelation 7:9 - 17
 Hymn 151: Crown Him with Many Crowns     Diademata

Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8  
 Hymn 138: Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty     Diademata
 Reading: Isaiah 43:1-7  
Hymn 361: How Firm a Foundation     Foundation

Reading: 
Luke 2:8-20
Hymn 31: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing     Mendelssohn

 Reading: I John 2:24-29 
Hymn 420: Abide with Me     Eventide

Reading: Revelation 21:1-7 
 Hymn 420: God of Grace and God of Glory (verse 1 Hymn setting by Paul Manz)    Cwm Rhondda

 Reading: Acts 2:22-28  
Hymn 83: O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High
(Hymn setting by John Walker, in the style of a French Baroque organ mass)     Deo gratias

Reading: Psalm 90 
Hymn 210: O God, Our Help in Ages Past     St. Anne 

Closing Prayer and Benediction  
 Organ Postlude: Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552b     Johann Sebastian Bach

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