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Internationally known for his innovative and inspiring hymn festivals and for his creative work with children, Dr. Michael Burkhardt is in frequent demand as a clinician, recitalist, and hymn festival leader. He is author of Singing with Understanding, a curriculum utilizing the great hymns, folksongs, and spirituals of the Church to share faith stories and to teach the elements of music and worship; and Part-Singing Global Style, a multi-cultural and educational resource for choirs and choir directors. He currently serves on the faculty of Carthage College (ELCA) in Kenosha, WI, as Director of the Carthage Choir, College Organist, and Director of the Church Music Program.
Issues of performance practice in J.S. Bach's organ music represent a life-time of study and opportunity for all organists. In this workshop, Jeffrey Campbell will examine several issues of importance to players, including instruments, registration, and articulation. The chorales of the Orgelbüchlein will provide the principal music for this workshop. Bring your scores! Dr. Jeffrey Campbell is Associate Music Director and Organist at St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church in Tucson, Arizona. A specialist in the Baroque repertoire, he has performed the organ works of Bach to great acclaim in Arizona and in his native Canada.
The Choral Techniques workshop will include
ways to make any church choir sound better and be more responsive
and expressive. Dr. Elizabeth Schauer, presenter, is Associate
Director of Choral Activities at the University of Arizona and
Chancel Choir Director at St. Mark's United Methodist Church in
Tucson. She is a frequent presenter, guest conductor, clinician,
and adjudicator throughout the United States and her choirs have
been featured at local, state, and regional events of the College
Music Society, Music Educators National Conference, and American
Choral Directors Association. Dr. Elizabeth Schauer is Associate Director
of Choral Activities at the University of Arizona. She holds a
Doctorate in choral conducting from the University of Cincinnati
College - Conservatory of Music. Her Master’s degree in
choral conducting is from Westminster Choir College, and her undergraduate
degree in music education is from University of Michigan. She
has studied conducting with Patrick Gardner, Thomas Hilbish, Joseph
Flummerfelt, Frauke Haasemann, Allen Crowell, Elmer Thomas, Earl
Rivers, John Leman, and Dale Warland.
How do you use bells in worship? Creative uses for processionals/call to worship/bell introits, achieving worshipful musical experiences, and developing musicianship with ringers will be the focus of this workshop. This is a hands-on experience in the art of handbell ringing. Sonoran Bells, a non-profit organization established in 1999, is a community handbell group based in Tucson, Arizona. It comprises experienced handbell ringers chosen by audition. The group performs on a five-octave set of Malmark handbells, a six-octave set of Malmark Choirchimes, and a three-octave set of Petit-Fritsen handbells. Margi Zearley is the Founder and Director of the Sonoran Bells. Her ringing experience has been mainly in directing groups from elementary age through senior citizens and she has done solo/ensemble ringing. Margi received her B.S. in Music Education from Pennsylvania State University and her M.M. in Choral Conducting from the University of Arizona. She has also completed coursework at Concordia Lutheran Wisconsin School of Music and participated in the AGEHR Conducting Masterclass. Margi has been both a choral and handbell clinician, and one of her passions is to bring handbells from the church environment into a variety of performing opportunities with selections featuring many styles of music. Margi teaches chorus and bells at Tortolita Middle School in the Marana School District.
Dr. Kelley will lead a multi-publisher choral
reading session which will focus on music for Lent, Holy Week,
Palm Sunday, and Easter in a variety of styles and varying levels
of difficulty.
Find out everything you want to know about your Guild in sixty minutes. Christopher Cook will discuss the Code of Ethics, salary scales, model contracts, working with clergy, and handling grievance procedures. Linda Margetts will present information on education, certification, and encouraging young organists. Frances Nobert will field questions and will discuss membership development and chapter support. Find out what resources your AGO offers, and let us know what you REALLY need! Christopher Cook, Region IX Coordinator for Professional Development, is organist at Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church in the San Diego area. He holds a B.M. in organ from the University of Tulsa, where he studied sacred music with Dr. Thomas Matthews. He has also earned a California state license in Oriental Medicine/Acupuncture. He is a past dean of the San Diego Chapter and currently serves the chapter as Auditor. Linda Margetts is Temple Square Organist in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is curriculum director and teaches music theory in the training school for new entrants to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and for in-service training for current Choir members. Dr. Margetts is adjunct faculty member and coordinator of the group organ program at the University of Utah and has been on the music faculty at Utah State University. She has lectured at the annual Workshop on Church Music at Brigham Young University for 22 years. Dr. Margetts has performed recitals throughout the United States Canada, Europe and the Middle East. Frances Nobert, Region IX Councillor, is College Organist and Professor Emerita of Music at Whittier College. She earned the degrees B.M from Salem College, M.M. from Syracuse University, and D.M.A. from the University of Southern California. As a recipient of a Fulbright Grant, she studied organ with Helmut Walcha. Her other organ teachers have included John Mueller and Arthur Poister. She has performed for conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the Organ Historical Society, as well as for national and international festivals and conferences related to the position of women in the music profession. She has appeared as recitalist in many American cities and in China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Korea, and Spain.
This presentation will focus on surviving 17th and 18th-century organs in Mexico City, Guanajuato, and Oaxaca, describing their sonorous possibilities in relation to the music that was played on them. Kimberly Marshall maintains an active career as an organist and scholar, performing regularly in the US and Europe. She currently holds the Patricia and Leonard Goldman Endowed Professorship of Organ at Arizona State University, having previously taught at Stanford University and the Royal Academy of Music, London. Winner of the St. Albans Competition in 1985, she has been invited to play in prestigious venues and has recorded for Radio-France, the BBC, and the ABC. Her compact disc recordings feature music of the Italian and Spanish Renaissance, French Classical and Romantic periods, and works by J. S. Bach.
Millennia Too! is the small ensemble of the Millennia Consort. The recital duo consists of Alison Luedecke, organ/harpsichord, and Susan Barrett, oboe/English horn. Dr. Luedecke has a doctorate in organ performance from the Eastman School of Music and is a founding member of the Millennia Consort. She has performed as a solo concert artist across the US, as well as in Canada and Europe, and has performed at Regional and National AGO conventions. Ms Barrett is principal oboe for the San Diego Chamber Orchestra and has performed extensively as solo and chamber musician in New York and most European countries. Millennia Too! will present a workshop focusing on the "how-to" aspects of playing effectively with another musician from the perspectives of both the organist and the instrumentalist (different types of gestures, organ registration settings, etc.). In addition, they will both present some repertoire ideas, including the playing of examples.
This workshop will cover some of the fascinating history of one of America’s great organs installed in one of America’s great spaces. Designed and constructed by E. M. Skinner and installed in the Cathedral in 1910, the organ was renovated and enlarged to 142 ranks by Æolian-Skinner in 1953–54 under the direction of G. Donald Harrison. A fire in the Cathedral gift shop spread to the Cathedral itself and caused smoke, dirt, and debris damage to the instrument. The historic organ is now in the Quimby Pipe Organ shop in Warrensburg, Missouri, undergoing restoration for return to the Cathedral in December 2008. Quimby carefully documented the design and installation, and then supervised the removal in January 2005. Eric Johnson created CAD drawings, as well as taking about 1500 photos of the entire process. He will share some of the history of the instrument as well as some spectacular photos taken from spaces rarely visited by any humans! These are Cathedral views never photographed nor seen by tourists. Photos will include scenes of the organ, removal of the organ by New York City union workers, as well as photos of the fire damage, scaffolding, cleaning, and progress of the restoration. Eric Johnson, Head Voicer, Quimby Pipe Organs, has been involved with organ building for almost 30 years, beginning in his teens. He apprenticed with Lyle Blackinton of San Diego, CA, and joined QPO in 1991. He has broad experience in all facets of organ building in new installations, restorations, and rebuildings from coast to coast. He is the author of a recent paper on chest construction and he has also presented a seminar on reed voicing at the American Institute of Organ Builders mid-winter conference.
Dr. Hughes will lead a multi-publisher choral reading session which will focus on music for Thanksgiving, Advent, and Christmas in a variety of styles and varying levels of difficulty. Dr. J. Edmund Hughes is on the Music Faculty of Chandler-Gilbert Community College where he teaches choir, music theory, and conducting. He is Director of Music at Velda Rose United Methodist Church in Mesa. He has taught at Phoenix College, Tucson Unified School District, and at California State University–Fresno. He has composed and published more than 20 anthems.
2008 marks the 175th anniversary of the birth of Johannes Brahms. This workshop will explore his fascinating life with particular emphasis on his organ and choral music. Dr. John T. Brobeck holds a B. Mus. Degree magna cum laude from Westminster Choir College (1976) and a Ph.D. in the History and Theory of Music from the University of Pennsylvania (1991) and also has done advanced study in choral conducting, organ, and harpsichord. He came to the University of Arizona in 1988 and has coordinated its music history program since 1992. Publications include articles in Musica disciplina (1993), The Journal of the American Musicological Society (1995), The Journal of Musicology (1998), The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, rev. ed. (2002), Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, rev. ed. (2003 ff.), and Notes (forthcoming). He serves on the Board of the Arizona Early Music Society and in 2002–03 was President of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Musicological Society. He also is active as an organ recitalist and holds an appointment as Organist and Assistant Director of Music for Northminster Presbyterian Church, Tucson.
Are you feeling uncomfortable about being asked to play music in styles that are somewhat foreign? … on a keyboard, when you really are an organist? Learning to “cross over” and play in other styles is not always comfortable, but it is necessary if we want to stay employed in the 21st century church. And while we’re doing that, we need to raise the bar on quality. Who better to raise the bar than AGO members? Dr. Walter W. Schurr is the Director of Music at Tucson’s Immanuel Presbyterian Church, where the desire for a contemporary service is virtually unknown. Dr. Schurr is a master at playing and teaching others how to play all styles of church music, from traditional hymns, Taizé songs, and spirituals to praise songs and choruses. You will learn how to recognize the styles, choose the right accompaniment pattern, and create fills that will rival any praise band. Part 1 covers the theory and techniques. Part 2 summarizes them, and moves into a hands-on “master class” approach for those who would like to hone their skills.
In this Master Class, college-level organists will be coached by one of the conclave's featured performers, Dr. Paul Jacobs, Chairman of the organ department at New York's Juilliard School. Dr. Jacobs was appointed to the Juilliard faculty in 2003 at the age of 26, making him one of the youngest faculty appointments in the school's history. He holds the Master of Music and Artist Diploma from Yale and has been given the Distinguished Alumni Award. In 2000 he performed the complete works of Bach in an 18-hour non-stop marathon in Philadelphia, and in 2002 performed the complete works of Messiaen in a series of nine-hour one-day marathons in six American cities.
Director of the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus since
1980, Julian Ackerley has achieved national and international
acclaim as an accomplished conductor and administrator of children’s
choral performing arts organizations. He received his Doctor of
Musical Arts degree from the University of Arizona with special
emphasis in music education, vocal performance, and choral conducting.
His many successes include national and international tours, numerous
critically acclaimed recordings, collaborations with national
symphony orchestras and opera companies, and increased fiscal
stability for the Chorus. He is an experienced teacher, having
taught at all levels, elementary to college, prior to his appointment
with the Boys Chorus.
This workshop will provide an overview of recently published music appropriate for the worship service. A native of the Albany, New York area,
Sue Westendorf has a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman
School of Music and a Master of Music degree from the University
of Notre Dame where she was also organist for the Chapel Choir
and played at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart for Sunday Mass.
She has studied organ at the Church Music Institute of the University
of Erlangen, Germany, and the University of Illinois. |
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