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Utah Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
Newsletter • February 2023


Engage, Support, and Uplift Every Organist!
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In this issue:
  • Upcoming Activities
  • Super Saturday Volunteers Needed
  • BYU Organ Workshops
  • Eccles Organ Festival 
  • Tabernacle Virtuoso Performance Series 
  • Piping Up! Online Organ Concerts at Temple Square
  • We Value Your Membership
Upcoming events

RSVP required! Please respond by February 18th 

  • Piano and organ students are invited to attend the annual Pedals, Pipes and Pizza event at the Provo Central Stake Center from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. on February 25. 

  • This event is designed to introduce youth and children to the pipe organ and in a relaxed and safe environment and give them a close-up look at how this instrument works. Our pipe organ guide will be David Chamberlain from Bigelow Organs. 

  • If students have any music they would like to try on the organ, they are encouraged to bring sheet music with them.

  • Following the demonstration, pizza will be served

Pedals, Pipes, and Pizza RSVP
Sign up to play in the Bach & Baroque Recital

Super Saturday is our chapter’s gift to the growing community of church organists in Utah Valley and beyond. This free training day, held April 29, 2023 in the new Music Building on the campus of Brigham Young University, is open to the public to learn more about the organ and to be inspired to improve organ-playing skills. If you are a pianist wishing to try the organ, someone called to play for church services, or an advanced organist with the desire to meet with others who share your love for music, this workshop is for you!

Super Saturday begins with a keynote address by local organist, choral director and composer James Kasen, followed by several break-out sessions, and concludes with a hymn sing. Classes are offered on varied topics geared towards youth, beginning, intermediate and advanced organists. We invite all to come and enjoy!  Admission is free.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Super Saturday would not be possible without volunteers like you! Please consider volunteering your time and talents on April 29th. We are currently seeking volunteers to help with all aspects of Super Saturday, from manning the registration table to teaching lessons and classes. If you are willing to help, please sign up via this link by February 14th:
https://forms.gle/9pRCud635j7bMszd8.

Thank you so much for your willingness to serve the local organ community!

Super Saturday Volunteers Needed

Super Saturday is our chapter’s gift to the growing community of church organists in Utah Valley and beyond. This free training day, held April 29, 2023 in the new Music Building on the campus of Brigham Young University, is open to the public to learn more about the organ and to be inspired to improve organ-playing skills.

Super Saturday would not be possible without volunteers like you! Please consider volunteering your time and talents on April 29th. We are currently seeking volunteers to help with all aspects of Super Saturday, from manning the registration table to teaching lessons and classes. If you are willing to help, please sign up via this link:
https://forms.gle/9pRCud635j7bMszd8.

Thank you so much for your willingness to serve the local organ community!

BYU Organ Online Training Sessions

The BYU Organ Online Training Sessions for Entry-level Organists have been scheduled for the coming season. These webinars are free of charge and available to pianists and organists in any location! 

The presentations will offer a pre-recorded video from 7:00-8:00 pm Mountain Time, with interactive chat with the instructor during the video, followed by a live Question & Answer session until 8:30 pm Mountain Time. Recordings of each class will be available to view for one month following the live presentation.

Additional sessions for Beyond the Basics topics and Individual Feedback will be scheduled soon. We hope to see you at many, if not all training sessions!

Legato Fingering Techniques
Instructor: Kymberly Payne
March 2, 2023
7:00-8:30 pm MT

German Baroque Registration
Instructor: Dr. Daniel Kerr
March 16, 2023
7:00-8:30 pm MT

Register for BYU Online Training Sessions
BYU Traveling Workshops

South Utah County Organ and Choral Workshop
March 18, 2023, 9:00 am-1:00 pm
Free classes for anyone interested in organ playing basics and choral conducting beyond the basics.
Register by March 15
Flyer and registration

Mapleton Organ Workshop
March 24-25, 2023
Register by March 21
Flyer and registration

Sunday 12 March 2023 at 8:00 PM

Adam Brakel
Director of Music for St. James Cathedral and the Diocese of Orlando, Florida

All events are held at the Cathedral of the Madeleine and live-streamed on our YouTube channel. Performances are offered free of charge. Donations are welcome.
The 28th Season Replay! Did you miss a performance or want to enjoy it again? Click the Eccles Festival button below to watch on YouTube.
Eccles Festival
The Tabernacle Organists are pleased to announce that James O'Donnell,
Professor of the Practice of Music at Yale University, will perform the next Tabernacle Organ Virtuoso Performance Series recital on Friday, May 12, at 7:30 PM.

The five accomplished Tabernacle and Temple Square organists, Richard Elliott, Andrew Unsworth, Brian Mathias, Linda Margetts, and Joseph Peeples, plus occasional guest organists, are featured in this online concert stream: 

We Value Your Membership

The chapter appreciates your continued support of its mission to "engage, support, and uplift every organist." If you already have a membership, you may receive an email reminder when it is time to renew it. Your contributions enhance the chapter's ability to sponsor monthly organ events each year. Please reflect on how your associations in the guild have supported and uplifted you, and consider joining or renewing today!. 
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