The 2019 AGO/Quimby Regional Competitions for Young Organists concluded at the 2019 regional conventions. Each of the young organists below was awarded the First Prize in their region.
Top row, left to right: Eddie Zheng, Northeast – Nicholas Stigall, Southeast – Michael Caraher, North Central – Amber Dahlberg, West
Bottom row, left to right: Luke Brennan, Mid-Atlantic –Noah Klein, Great Lakes – Martin Jones, Southwest
AGO is proud to welcome these new members in August, 2019.
Mr. Eber Beck, Jr.
Ms. Paula Dyches
Ms. Kim Jones
Hari Bayani
Mrs. Kyung Hee Kim
Frederick Proulx, III
Erin Blake
Burkard Schliessmann
Michael Simpson
Kevin Gray
Kelly Sharp
Dolores Hicks
Chesna Anderson
Mr. Jacob Dawson
Ms. Robyn Fawson
Ms. Cindy Galbraith
Mr. Jason J. Volovar
Cathi Swanson
Dean Wagner
Mrs. Michele A. Bynum
Molly Berghout
Emily E. Bavaro
Jeanne Elmuccio
Mr. Nelson Cox
Ms. Gabrielle Marie Nervesa
Mr. Owen Salter
Mr. Donovin Joseph Tavares
Matthew C. Cremisio
Vincent V. Pham
Mr. Samuel J. Grosskreuz
Dr. Raphael Bundage
Mr. John J. Kosch
Catherine S. Wilson
Mr. Stephen J. Dierkes
Mr. Ryan Haynie
Sun Chang
John W. Spain
Dr. James M. Harlan
Ammon P. Bratt
Ms. Alaina Aime Backes
Ms. Naomi Rose Bernstein
Mr. Emmitt Delim Choi
Mr. Spencer Dalke
Mr. Kevin Lloyd DeFord
Ms. Abigail Dinsmoor
Ms. Irene Sophie Geng
Mr. Hunter Alan Gensler
Daniil Grechko
Mr. Thomas Hieu-Thien Huynh
Mr. Mason Jones
Abner Gabriel Lumabas
Mr. Tyler Dean Mason
Ms. Estelle McMaster
Mr. Edvard Lee
Carolynn Bailey
Scott D. Vandermyde
Will Stewart
Margaret Zuccarini
Matthew C. Lang
Ms. Carol Ann Mancini
Ms. Marilyn Munson
Ms. Angelina Truong An Nguyen
Mr. Henry Radda
Natsuki Saballos, Jr.
Brenna Schelin
Mr. Justin Edward Shaw
Ms. Maribeth Suganuma
Haleena Thompson
Ms. Alyssa Brianne Tobler
Mrs. Nina Asgeirsson Feeney
Mr. Mark Henry
Mr. Daniel Lotto
Daniel W. Mason
Roy Kroezen
Ms. Emily Gelman
Mr. Richard Duchaine
Jeff Perks
Mary Lou Sallee
Mr. Kell N. Julliard
Aidan Hopwood
Mr. Benjamin J. Becker
Alexander Smith
Sandy Bach
Mr. Dan S. McClendon
Kathy Gillespie
John Martin
Mr. Edward T. Palange, Jr.
Mr. John J. McGraw
Ms. Helen Hakanson
Mr. Jeremy T. Dixon
Dr. Robert Butler
Mr. Gary Chapman
Sarah W. Xu
Kristin L. Lefferts SPC
DeAnna Cree
Demetri Sampas
Mr. Dan Bailey
Ms. Nina Leilani Deering
Capt. Daniel E. Solberg
Mrs. Sarah L. Myracle
Todd Howard
Mr. Burke W. Fox
Caroline M. Neal
Joe Franklin McConathy
Ms. Jody K. Weis
The Rev David C. Dornack
Mr. Andrew Allen
Calista Brunett
Robert Mikulski
Michael G. Kabash
Rev. Fr. Bob Stoeckig
Andrew Jacob
Mrs. Nancy B. Moore
Chip Scire-Perlewitz
J Ashley Burell
Jade Jensen
Benjamin L. Vogan
Mrs. Felicity C. Mazur-Park
Ethan Neal
Mr. James Tews
Ms. Sandra K. Davis
Mr. Steven Begert-Clark
Mr. Nathaniel Gumbs
Sarah Gheorghita
Mr. Lowell Schultz
Blake Bundschuh
Ms. Kathryn Campbell
Ms. Elle Lester
AGO is proud to welcome these new members in July, 2019.
Nicholas Abelgore
Mark Acker
Michael L. Anderson
Kevin Bailey
Beverly Bankert
Elena Baquerizo
JaNae Barnes
Martha Bates
Jo Berg
Alan D. Bondzio
Stephen Brown
Jean Bryan
Stephan Burton
William H. Cavuti
Szu-Ping Chang
Quinton Corwin
Jennifer Coulson
Maggie Dollar
Kristina Driscoll
Mary Jane Driscoll
Wanda Drozdovitch
Jessica Eaton
Klaus Goerke
Rosemary H. Good
Robert W. Griswell-Lowry
Anastasia Gross
Rosemary Guiney
Marietta T. Hardy
Kevin Harris
Katherine Harris
Lance Harvey
Sharon Heinrich
Mary Hirst
Denise Howey
Matthew C. Janssen
Jaana Jokimies
Randy Jones
Mark P. Martin
Katherine Mayfield
Deanna Mellott
Lorraine J. Miller
Julie Nguyen
Karissa Nolte
Gregory H. Otis
Hugo Riffel
Michael Roemer
David K. Ruhf
Peter J. Ryan
Kaleb Schmidt
Gloria W. Scott
Justin Senneff
Rachel Smith
Catherine Smith
Brian Snyder
Karen Speis
Jon Starkey
Donna Thompson
Stephanie Uhl
Mallory Wainwright
John D. Wiseman
Isabella Wu
Joan Hui Yong Qing
Brian Teo Yuzhong
A comprehensive and vitally important new strategic planning survey is being distributed to all Guild members following each regional convention. The National Council enthusiastically encourages everyone to participate. The results will be analyzed by our strategic planning consultants and presented to Guild leaders in seven discrete regional webinars. Findings from the survey will help the National Council set future priorities for the Guild.
Please complete the online survey when it arrives in your Inbox after your region’s convention. (Questions about your regional convention will be available for those who attended one.) If the survey does not arrive in your Inbox immediately following the Regional Convention in your region, please check your junk mail and spam folders. We need to hear from you!
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Shelby Lewis discusses the acoustics of an Italian villa that may have been the venue of the legendary 1634 organ-trumpet concert by Frescobaldi and Girolamo Fantini.
