May 15 Monday 7PM   Scholarship Recital and 68th Annual Meeting (6:45), preceded by social time(6PM) with gourmet hors d’oeuvres
First Congregational Church, Shrewsbury   Facilitator/Host:  Malcolm Halliday

Friday, May 12 7:00 p.m.  Katelyn Emerson in concert – Young Artist Showcase.
Part of COURT HILL MUSIC FESTIVAL  —  First Unitarian/Worcester

Sunday, May 7 3:00 p.m.  Organ “Plus” concert – Pipe organ with Instruments presented by Members of WorcAGO

First Congregational Church, 1070 Pleasant St, Worcester

Facilitators: Dorothy Frisch and Kurt Blomstrom

Apr 28 Friday 7PM Young Artist Showcase – Mitchell Miller, organist
St. Joseph Church, Worcester     1928 Casavant Op 1239  III/29   https://organweb.com/specs/st-joes-specs.html
Works by Franck, Vierne, Guilmant       Co-sponsored by Worcester AGO

A native of Cincinnati, OH, Mitchell Miller is currently a fifth-year student at the Oberlin College and Conservatory, pursuing a Bachelor’s of Music in Organ Performance and a Bachelor’s of Arts in German. He studies organ with James David Christie, harpsichord and continuo with Webb Wiggins, and piano with Jonathan Moyer.

Most recently, Mitchell was a finalist in the 2015 Taylor Organ Competition, being one of only five undergraduate organ majors from the US to be selected for the final round. He has also garnered such honors as first place in the 2013 Quimby Competition for Young Organists, and as a finalist in the 2014 Arthur Poister Competition in Organ Performance.

An active recitalist, Mitchell has performed at notable venues including Church of the Covenant (Cleveland, OH), Church of the Advent (Boston, MA), Calvary Episcopal Church (Cincinnati, OH), St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption (Covington, KY), First Congregational Church (Columbus, OH), The Brick Church (New York City, NY), and Musée des Augustins (Toulouse, France).

Wednesday April 12 Noon – Mechanics Hall – Leonardo Ciampa, organist
works by: Bach, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Saint-Saens, and the world-premiere of a new composition by Ciampa

Sunday April 2  3:00PM –   (Co-sponsored WorcAGO)
Holy Cross Chapel Artists Series
St. Joseph Memorial Chapel at College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street, Worcester
Cost: Free
Performing: Edoardo Bellotti, Organist    
Details: Professor of Organ, Harpsichord and Improvisation, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY

Friday March 24 7:30PM   TRANSCRIPTIONS, TIENTOS, AND TOURNEMIRE – Assumption Chapel

– Dr. Loreto Aramendi, Organist of Santa Maria Basilica, San Sebastian, Spain
(co-sponsored by WorcAGO)

Tuesday, March 21 at 7:00 p.m.    (Co-sponsored WorcAGO)     Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester
Worc AGO member Mark Mummert celebrates the 332nd birthday of J. S. Bach with a program of organ works by the master. The program includes the Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major, portions of the Orgelbuchlein, and the Great Eighteen Leipzig Chorales, and his ClavierUbung III. Everyone can help blow out the candles on the birthday cake following the program in Jeppson Hall. The program is part of the Music at Trinity series 2016-2017 NOVUS VETERIS: The New Old. The concert is free; and offering will be received.

WELCOME STUDENTS & PIANISTS

        – “Introduction to the Pipe Organ”  —  Please RSVP  for Free Pizza at noon

Saturday, April 8 10AM-noon PPP- Pedals Pipes and Pizza – an introduction to the pipe organ.  Brett Maguire, presenter & host
Wesley United Methodist, 110 Main St, Worcester  Please RSVP  for Free Pizza at noon

Come see, hear, play, and explore the insides of one of Worcester’s great organs. No previous experience with organs is necessary, though we do ask that you have some background in piano playing. A pizza lunch will be provided afterward.