Workshop

Presented by: Peggy Kelley Reinburg Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover B This workshop is intended to encourage the exploration and consideration of selected Alain organ compositions and to raise awareness of the potential impact of their inventive registrations and religious and philosophical undertones. The introduction of liturgically appropriate Alain piano literature to those in search […]

Presented by: Eileen Hunt, DMA, AAGO, Vice President & Councillor for Competitions and New Music, James Thomashower, Executive Director, and the Sexual Harassment Review Board Location: Hyatt Regency - Dunwoody In 2018 National Council approved a zero-tolerance policy with regard to sexual harassment and subsequently approved a Discipline Procedure for cases regarding sexual harassment. This […]

Presented by: Jillian Gardner, MM, Convener of AGOYO Location: Hyatt Regency - Learning Center Conservatory education depends on a student’s self-motivation to practice and achieve perfection. As a musician, this equates to long hours in the practice room alone, staring at a score. Success is measured by perfection and the ability to withstand and flourish […]

Presented by: Emily Floyd, BM Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover C What are the tried and true anthems that work for youth choirs? This workshop will explore some of these anthems and examine why they have stood the test of time. Worried that they won’t work for your choir? We will talk about ways to […]

Presented by: Stephen Price, MM Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover E This presentation serves to explore organ pedagogy with the intent of encouraging more organists to become teachers. Questions concerning lesson plans, choosing music, and accommodating the student’s needs are likely to arise in the minds of prospective teachers. The presentation will begin with how […]

Presented by: Jonathan B. Hall, FAGO, ChM, Committee on Professional Certification Location: Hyatt Regency - Courtland This workshop will explain the new Achievement Awards and trace the path of a new organist on his or her journey through this program.

Presented by: Charles Boyd Tompkins, DMA Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover E Carl Rütti (b. 1949) is one of the outstanding Swiss composers of our time. His extensive catalogue of compositions includes a number of striking and colorful works for solo organ. Rütti has also composed anthems and longer choral works with organ accompaniment, all […]

Presented by: John Brock, MM Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover F This workshop introduces 101 Chorale Preludes: German Organ Works of the 17th and 18th Centuries, a new publication by Wayne Leupold Editions, edited by John Brock and Quentin Faulkner. This volume contains a significant body of chorale-based works by North, Central, and South German […]

Presented by: Robert Knupp, DMA Location: Hyatt Regency - Hanover B When one embarks on a journey, there are things that one expects to learn and things one learns that one does not expect. Some aspects of a journey go well beyond expectations, and sometimes one must adapt and just journey on. "Lessons from Leipzig" […]

Presented by: Don Cook, DMA, AAGO, Councillor for Education Location: Hyatt Regency - Inman While the AGO devotes much attention to the new organist, great effort is also made to assist advanced organists and teachers in their work and goals. This presentation will explore the many AGO resources, programs, and opportunities for organists who are […]