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Congratulations
to Andrew Keiser

who received the Wabash Velley Chapter Scholarship to attend the Pipe Organ Encounter at Indiana University and was recognized as having had an outstandingly successful experience there.  He has also received a Student Membership Award for the 2010 year of the American Guild of Organists.
 

Dean's Message - AGO Website Greeting

Thank you for visiting the website of the Wabash Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
 
We were chartered on April 15, 2002. Our active and vital membership has grown to thirty in one year. A sizeable and comprehensive lending music library has been established; along with a growing scholarship fund for young students of the organ. We sponsor monthly Sunday Afternoon Concerts, during the fall/winter season, at Central Presbyterian Church as well as other local churches. Our chapter has been honored to present two major artists in concert. The late Tom Hazelton and Erik Suter of the Washington National Cathedral both performed at the Hatfield Performing Arts Center at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Workshops have been provided as requested by our members.
 
Our membership is diversified; representing all levels of organ proficiency, as well as those in other areas of music and interest in the organ. Our chapter is active with an excellent Newsletter and many events during the year. We welcome, with all stops out, new members that are interested in liturgical music and/or play the organ.
 
Please contact me with your questions or comments.       Gary L. Jenkins, Dean   Wabash Valley Chapter AGO

 

 The complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, recorded by James 
 Kibbie on original baroque organs in Germany, are now available as free internet downloads.  The University of Michigan's Block M Records label is offering free downloads of all 270 Bach works in MP3 and high audio-quality formats at www.blockmrecords.org/bach.. James Kibbie  recorded the series on seven historic organs by Silbermann, Schnitger,Trost, Bielfeldt, and Hildebrandt.  To date, there have been approximately half a million downloads from the site.
  Dr. James Kibbie, Professor of Organ.     The University of Michigan