[last updated 9/26/23]
Attention: This website is no longer being maintained as of September 2023. Please visit our new website at: https://sites.google.com/view/cumberlandvalleyago/home
Message from the Dean
Welcome to the AGO Cumberland Valley Chapter website. We are happy to welcome new members at any time. Our membership covers a wide geographic area including a portion of Central Maryland, Western Maryland, and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. We have meetings, workshops, master classes, and concerts that will interest all involved in organ and sacred music. The mission of the American Guild of Organists is to foster a thriving community of musicians who share their knowledge and inspire passion for the organ. The Guild offers an array of services to support this mission, including regional and national conventions, the monthly publication The American Organist, Pipe Organ Encounters, jobs listings, and a series of certifications. Please visit our parent site at www.agohq.org for information about these services. For information about our chapter, including chapter events, area concerts, current board members, and our substitute list, scroll down!
Deborah Zacher
Chapter Program Schedule 2023-24
*Stay tuned for new program year information in late August – have a great summer!*
Virtual Concert – Music for Comfort and Strength
Please enjoy our virtual concert, premiered in October of 2020.
(Click here for a program: October Concert Program
Recitals and Musical Events in the Region
| Sundays at 7 PM from June 11 through August 20 Hagerstown Municipal Band in their 109th season Hagerstown City Park |
Saturday July 1, 8 PM MSO Presents: Salute to Independence Hagerstown Community College Hagerstown, MD |
To add your event, contact our webmaster Steve Pastena at stephenpastena@yahoo.com, or our chapter email at cumberlandvalleyago@gmail.com |
Newsletter
Our newsletter is “The Chimney Flute”.
Contact information for the Co-Editors:
Elizabeth Krouse
240-267-2173
Email
Mark King
301.733.2560, ext. 108
Email
Membership
For information regarding joining our chapter, please contact Monica Bowen, Membership Coordinator to receive a Membership Brochure and application. Email: Email or call 304.263.6026
Placement
Employers and job seekers are invited to post and search listings of available positions on the Guild’s National Website
Substitute List
Judith Brown – Available for Sunday worship, Temple services, weddings, and funerals. 240-522-5070, Email
Peggy Lacey Craig – Organist/harpsichordist, harpsichord and flute ensemble, available for weddings, funerals, and non-Sunday morning services. home: 304-258-8088,Email
Elizabeth Krouse – Available for weddings and funerals, Sunday worship services, and services during the week. home: 240-267-2173,Email
Tom Lang – Available for weddings, funerals, Sunday worship and service playing. Email
Judith Miller – Available for weddings, funerals, Sunday worship and service playing. 301-223-4211, Email
Bill Moersen – Available for weddings, funerals, services. 304-671-2595, Email
Rick Morrison – Available for weddings, funerals, Sunday worship and service playing. 304-876-6460
Nae H. Pearson – Available for weddings, funerals, Sunday worship and service playing. cell: 703-629-0153, Email
David Smith – Available for funerals and weekday or evening services. 301-992-3000, Email
Nathan Strite – Available for weddings and funerals. cell: 301-491-2868, Email
Jerrold Tidwell – Available for weddings, funerals, and weekday or evening services. cell: 609-992-5158, Email
Erin Petrella – Available for weddings, funerals, some Sunday worship services, special services. Phone: 610-984-5075, Email
*If you would like your name added/removed from this list, please contact our webmaster and newsletter co-editors.
Certification
The American Guild of Organists is committed to:
– improve the proficiency of organists and conductors,
– evaluate by examination attainments in organ playing,
– choral and instrumental training, and the theory and
general knowledge of music, and
– grant certificates to those who pass examinations. Information regarding eligibility, application procedures, examination fees, certificates, exams, free Hymn Booklet, exams for the visually challenged, and individual examination requirements can be found on the American Guild of Organists National website, www.agohq.org
Contact Us
Debbie Zacher, Dean – Email
David Loy, Sub-dean – Email
Judy Miller, Treasurer – 301.223.4211, Email
Monica Bowen, Membership Coordinator – Email
Elizabeth Krouse, Newsletter Editor – 240-267-2173, Email
Mark King, Newsletter Co-Editor – Email
Steve Pastena, Webmaster – Email
Cheryl Wilson, Executive Board Member – Email
Nathan Strite, Executive Board Member – Email
Rick Morrison, Executive Board Member – Email
Links
AGO National website
Chapter Facebook Page