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iDENVER
DRAWKNOBi
Newsletter of the Denver Chapter
American Guild of Organists
MAY 2013
Dean’s Mixture
A
pril was another great month for organ and
choir music in Denver! Thank you and
congratulations to all performers. Marvelous
concerts and a variety of musical selections will
hopefully continue to attract new friends to our
scene. Spread the word, attend regularly, and
help us fill our venues! Please read our Sub
Dean’s message regarding next year’s program
schedule, and feel free to mark your calendars
early. Specific dates and details will be given
during our June 10th Annual Meeting at Christ
Episcopal Church, Denver.
Sometimes, there are “too many cooks in the
kitchen,” and I’m afraid this metaphor has
affected our May Workshop. Our May 20th
program will NOT be happening. Time has
slipped away, while planning and discussion
diverged into multiple paths.
Please pardon our dust, as the board will
continue exploring our opportunities in the metro
area. How can we assist part-time organists?
Does anyone need ideas in registration with their
Rodgers, Allen, or Johannus? Should we meet in
spaces with those particular instruments? Ideas
and comments always welcome. I thought the
loneliest guy was the Maytag Repairman, but
obviously it’s the Denver AGO postal person!
Thank you to Charles Schaeffer, and those
attending our Metro Organ Spotlight in April.
This unique Kimball organ was a treat to hear,
and Denver Scottish Rite’s history was presented
to us in stories and lovely picture displays. We
have two remaining stops in the Metro Organ
Spotlight, before a summer pause. May 11th at 1
P.M., we will travel to the Patrick Murphy organ
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at the Church of the Ascension, Denver. Daniel
Romero, Director of Music, will share this new
instrument’s brief history, and allow us open
console time. Thanks Dan, and welcome back!
Our June organ will be the Schantz organ at
Bethany Lutheran Church, Cherry Hills Village,
on June 15th. It appears the Saturday 1 P.M. slot
is becoming the preferred time for this meeting.
The tour will return in September—please let me
know if you are interested in hosting us next
year!
Thank you to our nominating committee for your
work this past month: Joel Bejot, Gwen
Blumenschein, Kristin Jordheim, Kathleen
MacLean, Daniel Ward, and via satellite from
somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean—Charles
Lovely. These persons survived numerous emails
from the Dean, as well as cold calls to potential
board members. Thank you for your patience, to
all those contacted, and I’m sure we will have a
group of energetic nominees from which to
choose.
Welcome to Hans Uwe Hielscher, and the
German Organ Tour! Hans will be bringing a
group from late April–May 7th to Colorado on a
guided tour of our pipe organs and natural
scenery. While logistically it would be difficult
to follow this group stop by stop, the Denver
AGO has been invited by Jim Hill to join the
German group on the final two stops. Tuesday,
May 7th, we can join the tour at Central
Christian Church, Denver at 10 A.M., and the
final stop at 11:30 to hear the Denver University
Carillon. I know Tuesday morning is not
convenient for you full-timers, but let’s try to
show our German friends some Western
hospitality!
From the Sub-Dean
Our Executive Board has voted to keep
membership dues the same as last year. Please do
your best to remember these dues before you
leave on extended summer vacation plans. July
1st is the preferred collection date for National,
and this year we have set a date for yearbook
distribution—our October Members’ Recital at
Montview Presbyterian. Speaking about annual
membership dues, the Denver chapter is in talks
with National to be a test subject for electronic
collection. Registrar Carole Hedrick is in
conversation with them, and we will have more
information soon. ALL those uncomfortable with
this process will be able to pay dues the “normal”
way, but in the near future, all chapters will
participate in this method. As long as the website
is secure, the process should be similar to making
purchases online, or hopefully as easy as a
grocery-store card swipe. More information as it
becomes available, please contact the Dean with
concerns.
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ear fellow American Guild of Organists
members and friends,
I want to share an article with information
regarding the offerings of the 2013–14 program.
The 2013–14 schedule aims to offer quality
programs and education for the well studied,
intellectual, and accomplished organist. There
are also offerings that invite a larger audience to
hear the organ. These programs can reach many
non-organists, or other kinds of musicians …
programs that will be musically excellent yet at
the same time highly entertaining. We must
attract new listeners and lovers of organ music.
We must appeal to a new generation if we are to
keep our beloved instrument relevant and vital.
This instrument will not survive the next
generation if we continue to offer only programs
that appeal to an elite and exclusive few …
organists. With that said, this program aims to
start the difficult process of building a new
audience for the organ … one that currently does
not exist … new listeners … non-organists. And,
finally there are programs that are offered that
will feature education and performance using the
latest technology in regard to the organ. These
programs will feature digital instruments in
performance and lecture. It is time to quit
running from these technologies. It is time to
stop negating them, pushing them away, and
treating them as second class citizens in the
world of the organ. They are here to stay, and in
many cases much more musical than many
“pipe” organs. I am quite sure that when the
Cavaillé-Coll organ made its appearance, there
were organists who were very angry, since it was
not very capable of delivering any of the
previous generations of organ music in the
expected manner. However, no one can argue
against the wealth of Romantic organ music that
sprung up from that new technology of the time.
There is a whole rebirth of the organ right under
our fingertips, literally, if we are willing to
become innovators again, and if we are willing to
participate in the usage of current and future
designs of the organ and its new abilities.
Peace,
Benjamin Ehrlich
DENVER DRAWKNOB
Published by the Denver Chapter
American Guild of Organists
All items for publication must be submitted by the 15th of the
month preceding publication.
General items to the editor, Thomas Strickland, 4427 S. Atchison
Cir., Aurora, CO 80015-1003, phone: 720-870-5503, e-mail:
[email protected]
Calendar information to Benjamin Ehrlich, 633 Pearl St., Apt.
403, Denver, CO 80203, phone: 720-236-0256; e-mail:
[email protected]
Employment opportunities to Gabriele Korndorfer, 1011 S.
Valencia St., Unit 115, Denver, CO 80247, phone: 303-695-7700,
e-mail: [email protected]
Dean: Benjamin Ehrlich, [email protected]
Sub-Dean: Frank Perko, [email protected]
Secretary: Dean Stalnaker, [email protected]
Treasurer: Sara A. James, [email protected]
Registrar: Carole Metzger Hedrick, [email protected]
Chapter address and website
P.O. Box 101448, Denver, CO 80250-1448
www.agodenver.org
May Chapter Event
Monday, May 20, 7:00 pm
In September, we will feature the organ recital
for the Organ Summer Scholarship program at
will not be occurring.
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St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. Of course, this
program is designed specifically to feature young
budding artists at the organ. It is also a great way
to get all sorts of new families and friends to
come and hear the organ!
of Music. This is a must hear event, and bring
friends!
March will bring us a very progressive night
featuring the organ. This offering will be highly
adult, and not suitable for the entire family. A
program of organ music and multi-media, with
film will be offered at South Broadway Christian
Church. The film is entitled, “Apparition of the
Eternal Church”, and is based on the famous
organ work of the same title by Olivier Messiaen.
The film is R-rated in nature, but truly moving,
educational, challenging, and inspirational. It
gives us, the organists, an excellent opportunity
to hear first hand the unfortunate perception of
our instrument by non-organists, and yet how we
are capable of inspiring them, and moving them
sub-consciously through a very deep spiritual
experience. If you are a Messiaen lover, and play
music of Messiaen please contact Frank Perko
III. This event will feature a few players. This is
a don’t miss event.
October will also be a special offering, featuring
artists from our own membership. This program
will be a members’ concert at Montview
Presbyterian Church. Please contact Frank Perko
III immediately if you are interested in playing
on this program on this exciting instrument.
Time will be limited, so call now to get involved
in this evening of music played by our own!
Last year the Organ Crawl was a fantastic
success. So, we decided that we would like more
Denverites to have the opportunity to see some
of the musical gems in their downtown area. In
November, working in conjunction with Historic
Denver, an organ crawl involving many
downtown organs will take place, featuring a few
new instruments that were not seen last year.
Ohhhh, how fantastic will our offering in April
be! Trinity United Methodist Church Chancel
Choir, First Plymouth Congregational Church
Chancel Choir, Director of Music Judith
Mitchell, Director of Music Frank Perko III, and
organists Norman Sutphin and Benjamin Ehrlich
will present a concert of organ and choral music.
While the repertory of the concert is not yet
planned, Judith and Frank are hoping to present
some very fresh and beautiful works … maybe
even some works that none of us yet know.
I am particularly excited about our offering in
January. Frank Perko III, will present a class at
South Broadway Christian Church, on the
Rodgers/Kimball hybrid entitled, “Don’t Be A
Midiot.” This program will offer a wealth of
information for all organists, dealing with how
registering a digital organ is different than a
conventional acoustic pipe organ. Demonstration
of how to effectively use a hybrid organ, new
ideas, new creativity, new possibilities, etc., will
also be discussed. Finally, an extensive
presentation of midi usage will be presented. For
those of you who may like to be involved in the
master class, contact Frank Perko III to talk
about some pieces to be played by you!
Orchestral transcriptions are especially fun to
demonstrate. So, contact Frank if you are
interested in being a player in the master class.
The concert will be offered at both locations, on
separate nights. So, watch for the dates for this
concert … its GONNA BE A BIG ONE!
May offers us another exciting opportunity. How
often do you get to hear two organs playing
simultaneously? Ken Mervine and Frank Perko
III are teaming up and will offer an exciting
evening of music for “dueling organs” at First
Plymouth Congregational Church. The Allen
organ and the Reuter of First Plymouth will work
together bringing us a powerful presentation of
pipes and technology in sonic harmony! This will
be a truly entertaining event for the organist …
and for all listeners … so bring lots of new
people to this event!
February brings us a very special, new, young,
artist. In conjunction with Augustana Arts, the
Denver AGO will be proud to present Nathan
Laube. Nathan is a very young artist that I had
the pleasure of hearing at the AGO National
Convention last summer in Nashville. He is an
impeccable player, and was recently appointed as
a new professor of organ at the Eastman School
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And finally, in June we will have our Invocation
and Installation of new officers to the board of
the Denver Chapter of the AGO. The location is
still to be determined so keep your eyes peeled
for more information regarding the installation of
officers.
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Chapter Contributors
any thanks to those who have contributed
$1,230 to the chapter during the 2012–
2013 year. Your generosity has helped pay many
bills, assisted with programming, and supported
our student scholarship expenses.
I am very pleased to plan and offer this program
to AGO. I am excited of its potential to present a
rich musical offering, much needed educational
opportunity, its focus on collaboration between
many of our membership, its drive to bring a new
audience to the organ, and its ability to help push
us beyond our own limitations, ideas, and
conceptions of our beloved instrument. I look
forward to seeing all of you at each program
offering next year. Look for a calendar of
finalized dates coming soon!
Dan Bashor
Kent Bates
Dick Bennett
Billie Busby Smith
Miles Canaday
Helen Connelly
Robert Coursen
Susan Crum
Mary Dickinson
Brian DuFresne
Brian Dunnewald
Kathy Eggleston
Benjamin Ehrlich
Nathan Eichman
Elsie Fetzer
Stephen Fiess
Joseph Galema
Diane Gallagher
Nancy Getzinger
Deloy Goeglein
John Grunow
Vickie Johnson
Kristin Jordheim
Yoon Kim
Robert Kniss
Gabriele Korndorfer
Karol Ann Krakauer
Joyce Shupe Kull
Norman Lane
Denise Lanning
With Reeds and Mixtures, Sub-Dean
Frank Perko III
Dues Collection This Year
F
irst the good news: Denver Chapter
membership dues will stay at the same level
for the coming year! Next, the exciting news:
The Denver Chapter was invited and agreed to
participate in a “pilot” on-line collection of dues
administered by the National Headquarters
office. Carole Hedrick, our Registrar, will have
more information soon, but for now, please
anticipate using an on-line, secure Internet portal
where you will be asked to complete a form
similar to the written forms you’ve used in the
past, including name, address, spouse/partner
name, telephone numbers, main church
employment/affiliation, specifics about the organ
at your employment location, type of
membership, benevolent contributions, etc. This
information will be securely stored, allowing for
easier renewals and updates in the future. Dues
will be paid electronically using secure standard
data encryption tools common to e-Commerce
sites. Stay tuned!
“Like” the Denver AGO on Facebook!
Current events are regularly updated, and we
have the opportunity to create forums and
discussions!
Cindy Lindeen Martin
David Lindwey
Kenneth Long
Linda Mack
Barbara Mervine
Carole Metzger Hedrick
Nita Jean Molberg
Lydia Morrongiello
Kent Olsen
Allison Olsson
Kevin Padworski
Robert Paul
Wallace Pulliam
Richard Robertson
Edith Rowell
Cheryl Saborsky
Martha Sandford-Heyns
Sara Slaughter
Kimber Smith
Thomas Strickland
Mildred Thomas
Nancy Thompson-Lloyd
Gretchen Timmer
Joel Trekell
Ralph Valentine
Donald Warner
Neil Wegener
Eloise Whitaker
R. Anthony Lee
April 26 performers at First Baptist Church, Denver:
first row, Barry Roberts, Jeanette Roberts, Linda
Mack, Dan Romero; second row, Joel Bejot, Ben
Ehrlich, Norman Sutphin, Brian duFresne.
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Dinner in June
RCYO Results
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Monday, June 10
Annual Meeting and Installation of Officers
Dinner at 6:00 p.m.
Christ Episcopal Church
2950 S. University Blvd., Denver
he AGOs competition, the Regional
Competition for Young Organists (RCYO),
has two levels—a chapter level and a national
level. The Denver Chapter RCYO competition
was held at Augustana Lutheran church on their
4-manual Reuter organ on April 6, 2013. The
first-place prize winner was David Ball, and the
second-place prize winner was Joel Trekell. Mr.
Ball is eligible to continue to the Regional
Convention this summer, where he will compete
against other Region 6 RCYO chapter-level
winners. The winner this summer will be
featured in a “Rising Stars” recital at the 2014
National Convention in Boston.
R
eservations for dinner can be made by
contacting
Gretchen
Timmer
at
[email protected] or 303-725-7601.
The $25 cost of dinner (prepared by Taste of the
Season) covers parmesan chicken, orzo and
vegetables, caesar salad, rolls, mixed dessert
tray, lemonade, coffee and water. Payment
should be sent to the chapter mailbox P.O. Box
101448, Denver, CO 80250-1448. Wine is being
provided by members before dinner and during
for which donations will be accepted. It would be
helpful if reservations can be made during May
rather than waiting until after the June Drawknob
publication. Deadline is Tuesday, June 5.
Denver Chapter Election
W
ith this issue of the Drawknob you are
receiving the ballot for election of
officers. Instructions are on the ballot. The
Nominating Committee has proposed the slate;
some information about each candidate is given.
Coming in June and July
AGO Members Summer Organ Concerts
at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church,
11385 Grant Dd., Northglenn, CO. Half-hour
programs on Wednesdays at 12:30 P.M.
June 5
Mark R. Cumrine
June 12
Daniel Romero
June 19
Joel Trekell
June 26
Susan Carl
July 3
Mark R. Cumrine
Treasurer
Mary R. Murphy has long been an active
member of the American Guild of Organists in
Denver and Phoenix. Currently the Organist in
Residence (for special occasions) at St.
Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church in Brighton, CO,
she also sings in the Parish Choir and is a regular
music volunteer at St. John’s Episcopal
Cathedral in Denver. Having served on the
finance committees of various organizations, and
as chair of a stewardship committee, Mary had a
solid education in issues of finance/treasury
when working as Director of Marketing and
Development for Women’s National Bank, the
first federally chartered women’s bank in the
country. She also served as an aide to a former
Minority Leader in the U.S. House of
Representatives, where one of her regular tasks
was to monitor scarce resources and tough
budgets.
Metro Organ Spotlight
Saturday, May 11, 1:00 P.M. Church of the
Ascension, Episcopal, 600 Gilpin St., Denver.
Organ by Patrick Murphy.
Scholarship Auditions
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he Denver Chapter's annual scholarship
auditions will be held at Bethany Lutheran
Church, 4500 E Hampden Ave, Cherry Hills
Village, on May 11, in the morning. Please
consider if your students would be a good fit for
the program. There are six free organ lessons!
The application materials are attached, and they
are current on the website agodenver.org.
Over the years Mary has been an Organist and
Organist/Choirmaster at churches in Kansas,
Arizona, California and South Viet Nam. She has
served Episcopal, Baptist, Anglican, Lutheran
and non-denominational congregations. While
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sacred music has been her passion, her
appreciation for all things musical has led her to
volunteer often as an usher for various Denver
performances. Other volunteer activities include
bringing piano music to homeless women housed
at SJC on Mondays and serving as a Lay
Eucharistic visitor for the church’s homebound
parishioners. In addition, at the Englewood
retirement community Mary plays the organ at
vesper services and periodically prepares and
delivers a homily. A student of music in the
Kansas state university system, Mary has also
taken Master Classes at Arizona State University.
and enjoyment. And though
I spent 10 years with such
instruction, it was always
the pipe organ which
interested me the most—to
the point where I took organ
lessons, very briefly, as a
child when my parents took
notice of my curiosity; the
thought had been that surely if pianos were great
and had one keyboard, that instruments with
multiple keyboards must be that much better!
Upon completion of my high school studies in
Golden, Colorado, I attended Colorado State
University in Fort Collins, Colorado, for a period
of four years and earned both a B.A. in
Economics, and a B.A. in Languages, Literatures
and Cultures—with a concentration in
francophone studies. And though I was
preoccupied with mathematical curves, diagrams
and verbs and tenses, I never lost that fascination
with the “King of Instruments”—in part because
Lawrence Phelps’ wonderful Casavant Frères
Ltée. Opus No. 2955 was only blocks away and
was regularly on display. The “real world” would
then see me go into business for myself,
obtaining a real estate broker’s license. The real
world also brought me the opportunity to serve
(as I currently do) as Music Committee
Chairman at First Church of Christ, Scientist—
here in Denver—which happens to have an early
“Phelps-Casavant” of its very own.
Often a professional trailblazer, Mary is proud of
her role in a variety of broadcast and public
affairs arenas. She was part of a team that
established the first Network Election Service,
helping organize more than 2,000 people in the
expedient gathering of Kansas election returns
for three networks and two wire services. Along
with appearing in local TV commercials, Mary
was one of the first female broadcast reporters
not covering “women’s issues” for an Arizona
TV station.
Members-at-Large
James E. “Jeb” Barrett,
moved to Colorado after
ten years as Organist and
Director of Music at The
Cathedral of Our Lady of
Lourdes, Spokane. He
earned a B. Mus. from
the
University
of
Montana and an M. S.
from The Juilliard School; his teachers have
included Helmut Walcha, Vernon deTar, Claire
Coci, Edgar Hilliar, Lawrence Perry, and Richard
Westenburg. He is now a freelance teacher,
composer, and recitalist, and serves as a judge
and teacher for the Denver American Guild of
Organists Scholarship Program. In the past, he
has served the AGO as a chapter dean, district
convenor, regional councilor, and chapter
secretary.
In addition to pipe organ design, maintenance,
and music, my hobbies are varied and include:
fine and classic automobiles, architecture,
languages and code-switching, metaphysics,
economic theory, and sports of all kinds.
Devon Howard was born
in Colorado where he
began piano studies at the
age of eight and organ at
the age of thirteen. In 1999,
he studied for one year with
Donald Sutherland at the
Peabody Conservatory of
Music
in
Baltimore,
Maryland,
before
transferring to Southern Adventist University in
Alex Fehrman. While piano lessons were not
something I always looked forward to on sunny
afternoons, they did form what would become
the framework of my musical connoisseurship
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Collegedale, Tennessee. In 2003, he completed a
Bachelor's Degree in Organ Performance under
the tutelage of Prof. Judy Glass. Devon spent the
2005-2006 academic year studying organ
performance and technique as a Fulbright
Scholar with Prof. Aart Bergwerff at Codarts
Conservatorium in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
The following year he stayed in The Netherlands
pursuing independent improvisation study with
Sietze de Vries on the historic organs of the
Groningen provence.
Science degree and returned to Michigan where
she worked as a Music Librarian and continued
an active performing and writing career,
primarily as an accompanist, church musician,
and program annotator. Linda moved to Denver
in the fall of 2012 to join her husband, who took
a position at Denver Health. She is Organist at
Christ Episcopal Church in Denver and writer on
music.
Allison Olsson began her career as a church
musician at the age of seventeen when she
became the organist and pianist at Saint
Matthews Episcopal Church in Bellaire, Texas.
Since then she has sustained a successful career
as a church music director, music teacher,
pianist, singer, and choral conductor. Allison
received a scholarship to Houston Baptist
University where she majored in Piano
Performance and minored in Organ, as a student
of Dr. Lewis Zailer. Allison studied Organ
Performance with Dr. Martha Sanford at CU in
Boulder from 1985 to 1987. Each summer she
continues her studies in choral conducting
technique at Westminster Choir College's
Conducting Institute.
Devon completed a Doctor of Music Arts degree
with Dr. Kimberly Marshall at Arizona State
University in 2012, during which time he served
as a Teaching Assistant for three years. His
dissertation was Organ Improvisation in Context:
Historical and Practical Influences on the Craft
of Improvisation at the Organ. Currently, Devon
serves as the organist and accompanist for First
Presbyterian Church of Boulder, CO and
maintains an active studio of piano and organ
students.
In addition to the organ, Devon enjoys
participating
in
ensembles
and
music
organizations. These have included, tenor in the
Roder Jongenskoor of The Netherlands, continuo
organist with the Phoenix Symphony, VicePresident of the Phoenix Early Music Society,
and member of the Executive Board of the
Central Arizona Chapter of the American Guild
of Organists. Devon loves being outdoors and
spending time with his bride, Kimberly.
An injury to Allison's right arm in 1996
necessitated retraining her piano technique. She
studied at the Taubman Institute from 1997
through 2002. Allison remains actively involved
in studies with the Well-Balanced Pianist and has
helped to host Well-Balanced Pianist Colorado
each summer since 2006. Allison maintains a
piano teaching studio of about thirty students,
many of whom have also become involved the
Well-Balanced Pianist work.
Linda Mack. A native of California, Linda
Mack grew up in the San Francisco Bay area
where she began formal musical instruction at
age 6. By age 10 she was active as a church
musician and accompanist, studying piano,
organ, and horn through her high school years.
After completing a Master of Music degree in
Organ Performance from Andrews University in
southwest Michigan, Linda moved to Salt Lake
City, where she expanded her career as a teacher
and performer. She also worked for KWHO, a
concert music radio station, doing programming
and program guide production. In addition, she
performed and annotated her own weekly
program of organ music, Te Deum Laudamus. In
1987, Linda completed a Master of Library
Allison is currently Music Director and Organist
at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in Lakewood,
where she has been since 2008. She played organ
and piano at many area churches from 1997
through 2008 while she was retraining her
playing technique. Allison was Music Director,
Choir Director and Organist at Calvary Episcopal
Church in Golden from 1986 until 1997 where
she built a large and thriving program. Allison
was a founding member of the Golden Concert
Choir and went on to direct it during the 20062007 concert Season. She also founded the
Golden Children's Choir and directed it for six
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successful seasons. In 2006, Allison and some
interested singers founded Confluence. In her
work with Confluence, Allison has collaborated
with several composers. In May of 2010, she and
Confluence successfully premiered several
compositions by Richard Fitzgerald, including
their commissioned piece, Let Beauty Awake.
campus of Colorado State University. We offer a
competitive salary and generous benefits. Music
ranges from traditional hymnody to Iona and
Taizé. The church has a 2006 Allen Renaissance
Quantum 3-manual organ. Our new director will
be organist and choir director for 60-voice
chancel choir, children’s and bell choirs,
coordinate liturgical arts and gallery, and be a
team player in our church’s staff ministry. For
how to apply see www.plymouthucc.org (all
applications due, electronically, by June 1).
Eric Reagan recently
relocated from Kingsport,
TN where he was the
Director
of
Music
Ministries and Organist for
Mountain View UMC and
an active member of the
Northeast TN-Southwest
VA chapter. Ever since he
was awarded Eagle Scout and became the first
music instructor at his summer camp, he has
been passionate about community building and
making music. His love for the pipe organ began
at age 16 when he was encouraged by his church
choir to make the leap from piano to organ by
playing a portion of the Hallelujah Chorus as a
postlude on Easter morning. He's not turned
loose of a console since! Having served the
church as a local pastor and lead musician for
over a decade, Eric is now studying elementary
education to further augment his capability in
ministry while serving as a substitute organist in
the area.
Organist/Pianist/Accompanist,
Green
Mountain Presbyterian Church, 12900 W.
Alameda Pkwy., Lakewood, CO 80228, 303985-8733, [email protected]. Wednesday evening
rehearsals, Sunday mornings and worship
services like Christmas and Maundy Thursday.
Salary: $175-$200/week based on experience.
Allen organ. Please refer to our website
www.gmpc.net; a detailed job description and
application are available by clicking on
“Personnel.” No attachments to e-mail will be
opened; please include all information in
message.
Assistant Conductor, the Littleton Chorale.
The Littleton Chorale pesents a 4-concert season
of choral music to audiences throughout the
Colorado Front Range. Recent performances
have included: The Creation by Franz Joseph
Haydn, John Rutter's Mass of the Children, the
Duruflé Requiem, Beethoven Mass in C Major
along with events featuring Broadway, jazz and
cabaret repertoire. The Chorale collaborates
regularly with the Colorado Chamber Orchestra
and other prominent music ensembles from
throughout the metro area. For more information
contact: [email protected]. Visit
the
Chorale
on
the
web
at:
www.littletonchorale.org. Send a cover letter,
résumé and a list of 3 current professional
references to: [email protected].
Application deadline is June 15, 2013.
It would be an honor to serve on the Board of
Directors for the Denver Chapter of the
American Guild of Organists. I wholeheartedly
support the mission of the AGO and feel I would
be a strong addition to our organization as we
seek to continue enriching lives through organ
and choral music.
Employment Opportunities
Listings should be sent to Gabriele Korndorfer;
contact information on page 2.
Director of Music and the Arts. Plymouth
Congregational Church, UCC, is a growing,
progressive, Open and Affirming congregation
that has nearly doubled in size over ten years.
We are located in Fort Collins, Colorado,
consistently named as one of “Top 10” places to
live in the U.S. The church is adjacent to the
Organist and Bell Choir Director, Holy
Trinity Lutheran, an ELCA Church, 6322 S.
Lakeview St., Littleton, CO 80120. Two separate
openings: the Organist would be immediate and
the Bell Choir Director in the Fall of 2013. For
the organist there are two services on Sunday and
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a choir rehearsal on Thursday, plus practice time,
for a total of 10 to 15 hours a week. The organ is
a 1983 Moller and has 26 ranks, 1657 pipes, and
34 stops. The bell choir director will hold
practice on Wednesday evenings and perform at
both services once each month for a total of
approximately 15 hours a month. The choir is 10
to 15 people, both men and women. Contact Bob
Zermuehlen, Personnel committee, at 303-7814107, or Pastor Dave Palma-Ruwe at the church,
303-798-1356. Send a resume to the church at
the address above or by fax at 303 798-1366 or
email: [email protected]
Calendar items should be sent to Benjamin Ehrlich;
contact information on page 2.
Friday, May 3, 7:30 P.M. St. John’s Episcopal
Cathedral, 1350 Washington St., Denver.
Ensemble Pearl is a Baroque chamber group
based in the Boulder-Denver area. This spring
program of German Baroque music includes
works by Bach and Buxtehude and features
soloists Amanda Balestrieri, soprano, and
Brandon Labadie, Baroque oboe. Please visit
www.ensemblepearl.com for more information.
Freewill offering.
Organist/Accompanist, St. Andrew Lutheran
Church in Arvada, 6774 W. 66th Avenue, is
seeking an organist/accompanist for Sunday
morning worship and weekly Thursday choir
practice. We are accepting applications now to
fill the position beginning in June. The qualified
candidate works with the pastor, choir director
and council liaison to enhance congregational
music
through
worship,
liturgy
and
accompanying the choir. Allen Renaissance III
manual organ. Call or email the church office (to
the attention of Gloria) for more information or
to submit a cover a letter and resume: 303-3849153 or [email protected]
Friday, May 3, 7:30 P.M. Augustana Lutheran
Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave., Denver. Join
The Colorado Choir, Kelly Parmenter,
Conductor, for an inspiring evening as they
present a beautiful selection of music, including
the Bach motet, Jesu, Priceless Treasure.
Celebrate the wonder of spring and the promise
of summer. Tickets $20, $15 students &
seniors, $8 child 5-12.
Saturday, May 4, 2:30 P.M. First Plymouth
Congregational Church, 3501 S. Colorado
Blvd., Cherry Hills Village. The Denver
Brass, Tiny Tots Love Music. Children
participate in physical activity related to the
music and directed listening through age
appropriate narration.Tickets: $8 adults, $5
children. Information: 303-832-4676.
Organist, St. Michael and All Angels
Episcopal Church, 1400 S. University Blvd.,
Denver, CO 80210. Services: Sunday 10:00 A.M.
High Mass, major red letter doly days.
Rehearsals: Wednesday evenings, 7:00 P.M.,
Sunday morning, 9:00 A.M. Choirs: Adult Parish
Choir, Children’s Choir. Organ: Ivan P. Morel, 2
manual, 21 ranks including En Chamade
Trumpet. Requirements: undergraduate degree
required, graduate preferred. Experienced in
Episcopal liturgy, strong improvisation skills,
excellent hymn accompaniment skills. Salary:
Guild guidelines. Contact: Matthew Norwood,
Music Associate, [email protected], 720301-3673.
Saturday, May 4, 3:00 P.M. First United
Methodist Church, 420 N. Nevada Ave.,
Colorado Springs. Soli Deo Gloria Choir,
Gary DeKler, conductor, presents Gloria in
Excelsis Deo, 40th Anniversary Concert. Music
and arrangements by Bach, Handel, Hogan,
Ijames, Luboff, Parker, Rutter, and Shaw. Freewill offering. Please bring non-perishable food
items for Springs Rescue Mission.
Saturday, May 4, 7:30 P.M. Augustana Lutheran
Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave., Denver. The
Colorado Choir, see listing for May 3.
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Sunday, May 5, 2:00 P.M. St. Thomas Episcopal
Church, 2201 Dexter St., Denver. Spirituals
Project Choir. Delighting audiences for more
than a decade now, Spirituals Project brings to
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Denver audiences a wealth of history and hope
in their presentations. This concert is under the
direction of Bennie Williams. Tickets are
available online at www.spiritualsproject.org
for $15, $12 for seniors and students, or at the
door for $18, $15 for seniors and students.
Friday, May 10, 7:30 P.M. Bethany Lutheran
Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills
Village. Cherry Creek Chorale, Isn’t It
Romantic? Songs of Romance from Brahms
and Schubert along with some Schumann and
classics from the Great American Songbook:
“Isn’t It Romantic,” “I’ll Take Romance,” and
“A Fine Romance.” Ticketed event.
Sunday, May 5, 3:00 P.M. First Christian
Church, 16 E. Platte Ave. (at Cascade),
Colorado Springs. Air Force Academy Band
Stellar Brass Quintet and Percussion with
Carol Wilson, organ. The program will feature
everything from blues and a tango to patriotic
numbers and classical works from the
Renaissance to the present. Free admission.
Saturday, May 11, 1:00 P.M. Church of the
Ascension, Episcopal, 600 Gilpin St., Denver.
Metro Organ Spotlight.
Saturday, May 11, 2:00 and 7:00 P.M. St.
Thomas Episcopal Church, 2201 Dexter St.,
Denver. One World Singers. The spring
concert of One World Singers will be a
collaboration with the Rocky Mountain
Ringers, Denver’s premier hand bell ensemble.
“How Can Keep from Singing” will bedazzle
you with the combination of voices and bells.
Tickets are $15.
Sunday, May 5, 4:30 P.M. Hamilton Recital
Hall, University of Denver, 2344 E. Iliff Ave.,
Denver. Joseph Galema, Faculty Organ
Recital. Music by French symphonic composers
Franck, Guilmant, Lefébure-Wély, and SaintSaëns. Lamont Concerts, tickets $10. Reception
follows the concert.
Saturday, May 11, 7:00 P.M. First Plymouth
Congregational Church, 3501 S. Colorado
Blvd., Cherry Hills Village. The Rocky
Mountain Flute Choir welcomes you to enjoy
Worldly and Whirledly Flute Sounds. Let the
versatile sounds of the flute family swirl and
whirl around you as we perform Catherine
McMichael’s “Suite de Montagne.” The flutes
will also treat you to some surprising flute
sounds of traffic jams, Native American flute
styles, Irish whistles, flute headjoints, and
bottles. Yes bottles!
Thursday, May 9, 6:30 P.M. Grace and St.
Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 601 N. Tejon,
Colorado Springs. Extended Organ Prelude and
Choral Evensong for Ascension Day. Joseph
Galema, guest organist. Deke Polifka, director.
Friday, May 10, 7:30 P.M. St. Paul Lutheran
Church, 1600 Grant St., Denver. Singers
Master Chorale, Spring Concert. A varied
program of choral music by such composers as
Palestrina, Brahms, Durufle, Jannequine,
Gasparini, under the direction of Norm Te Slaa.
Call 303-980-9184 for ticket information.
Friday, May 10, 7:30 P.M. Bethany Lutheran
Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills
Village. Cherry Creek Chorale, Isn’t It
Romantic? Songs of Romance from Brahms
and Schubert along with some Schumann and
classics from the Great American Songbook:
“Isn’t It Romantic,” “I’ll Take Romance,” and
“A Fine Romance.” Ticketed event.
Friday, May 10, 7:30 P.M. Augustana Lutheran
Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave., Denver. The
Colorado Women’s Chorale, Jennifer
Ferguson, Conductor, will join the St. Luke’s
Brass Ensemble for a raucous and breathtaking
combination for works for brass and women’s
choir. Featured works will include Gwyneth
Walkers I Thank You God, selections by Handel
and Vivaldi, and some special pieces to
celebrate Mothers Day to thank all of the
important moms in our lives. Tickets $20, $15
students & seniors, $8 child 5-12.
Sunday, May 12, 8:00 and 10:30 P.M. St. Paul
Lutheran Church, 1600 Grant St., Denver. An
Easter Rejoicing. The Saint Paul Choir sings
the Alice Parker cantata, An Easter Rejoicing,
with organ, harp, and percussion, led by Cantor
Mark Alan Filbert.
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Sunday, May 12, 12:30 P.M. The Cathedral
Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, 1530
Logan St., Denver. Prima Voce Chamber
Choir from the University of Northern
Colorado will sing at the Mass.
Friday, May 17, 7:30 P.M. St. John’s Episcopal
Cathedral, 1350 Washington St., Denver.
James E. “Jeb” Barrett, organist, moved to
Colorado after ten years as Organist and
Director of Music at The Cathedral of Our Lady
of Lourdes, Spokane. He earned a B. Mus. from
the University of Montana and an M. S. from
The Juilliard School; his teachers have included
Helmut Walcha, Vernon deTar, Claire Coci,
Edgar Hilliar, Lawrence Perry, and Richard
Westenburg. He is now a freelance teacher,
composer, and recitalist, and serves as a judge
and teacher for the Denver American Guild of
Organists Scholarship Program. This program
includes works of Bach, Saint-Saëns, Sowerby,
Rinck, the monumental Sonata No. 12 of
Rheinberger, and Robert Crandell’s “Carnival
Suite,” recorded at Saint John’s in 1990 by the
late David Britton. Freewill offering.
Monday, May 13, 6:30, 7:15, & 8:00 P.M.
Throughout Colorado Springs. Colorado
Springs Chapter of the American Guild of
Organists presents their annual progressive
organ recital. The first program begins at 6:30
p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 219 E. Bijou.
The next at 7:15 p.m., will be at St. Mary’s
Cathedral, 22 W. Kiowa. The final at First
United Methodist Church, 420 N. Nevada, is at
8:00 p.m., followed by dessert. Performers are:
First Presbyterian Church – Donald
Zimmerman, Donald Dyck, and Carol Wilson,
music of Stanley, J. S. Bach, and Vierne; St.
Mary’s Cathedral – Gerald van Dusseldorp &
Carol van Slooten, organ/piano duet team,
Bonnie Linder, and Evan Becker – music of
Callahan, J.S. Bach, Couperin, and Duruflé;
First United Methodist Church – Janice
Kinsley, Dennis Shoemaker, and Deke Polifka,
music of Walond, Vierne, and Langlais.
Friday, May 17, 7:30 P.M. St. Paul Lutheran
Church, 1600 Grant St., Denver. Vanguard
University Guitar Ensemble, Spring Tour
Concert. An “orchestra” of twelve classical
guitar students from Vanguard University of
Southern California, directed by Professor
Anthony Nigro. Free Admission.
Tuesday, May 14, 12:00 NOON, St. John’s
Episcopal Cathedral, 1350 Washington St.,
Denver. Opera Colorado Young Artists,
Arias & Ensembles. Six young emerging opera
singers who are in a five-month residency
program with Opera Colorado will give a
program of selections from opera and musical
theatre in this free concert. Audience members
who bring a bag lunch may eat in Room 101
prior to the concert.
Saturday, May 18, 2:00 P.M. St. Mary’s
Anglican Catholic Church, 2290 S. Clayton St.,
(at Iliff, three blocks from DU), Denver.
Michael Friesen, assisted by Abigail
Chapman, soprano, Flower Motif Music for
Organ, Harpsichord, and Voice from the
Renaissance and Baroque Eras, plus Selected
May Carols. A program of St. Mary’s Third
Annual Festival of Music and the Arts, May
18–19. Harpsichord is a 2005 Peter Biro French
double; organ is by Dewey Layton, 1970, 2
manuals, 17 ranks, mechanical action. For more
information, see www.saintmarysacc.org
Friday, May 17, 7:00 P.M. First Plymouth
Congregational Church, 3501 S. Colorado
Blvd., Cherry Hills Village. Defiance College
Choir from Ohio in Arts at Plymouth final
concert of the season.
Saturday, May 18, 4:00 P.M. South Broadway
Christian Church 23 Lincoln St., Denver. The
Columbine Chorale presents Voices of the
Earth, an eclectic concert of songs inspired by
our natural world ranging from a Ute Sundance
chant to Whitacre’s lullaby for a baby seal.
Individual tickets: $15; $12 senior–60 and $5
for students. For further information and
tickets, visit www.columbinechorale.org
Friday, May 17, 7:00 P.M. Bethany Lutheran
Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills
Village. Colorado Chorale, A Brief History of
A Cappella. Be informed and entertained as the
Colorado Chorale takes you on a tour of the
development of A Cappella singing from
Gregorian Chant to Doo Wop and Beat Box to
Barbershop. Ticketed event.
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Saturday, May 18, 7:30 P.M. Christ Episcopal
Church, 2950 S. University Blvd., Denver.
Cantabile, 40-voice ensemble under the
direction of Alejandro Gómez Guillén, singing
the Berlin Mass of Estonian composer Arvo
Pärt. This mystical music will be followed by
Piazzolla’s Verano Porteño along with
arrangements of Deep River and Shenandoah, a
prayer for peace by Dan Kellogg titled Sim
Shalom, a Calypso from Venezuela’s Callao,
Randall Thompson’s “The Lord Is My
Shepherd,” and more. Free will offering
Many styles and different eras of music will be
explored. Jim and Helene will be having loads
of fun and would like you to come and join
them! Refreshments will be served.
Sunday, May 19, 3:00 P.M. St. John’s Episcopal
Cathedral, 1350 Washington St., Denver.
Benjamin Ehrlich, Associate Director of
Music at First Plymouth Congregational
Church, in concert preceding 3:30 P.M.
Evensong. The Cathedral Choir sings Choral
Evensong in the English Cathedral tradition.
Sunday, May 19, 4:00 P.M. St. Paul Lutheran
Church 1600 Grant St., Denver. The
Columbine Chorale presents Voices of the
Earth. See listing for May 18
Saturday, May 18, 7:30 P.M. Bethany Lutheran
Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills
Village. Colorado Korean Chorus. Join the
Colorado Korean Chorus for its 8th annual
concert. Ticketed event.
Sunday, May 26, 3:00 P.M. The Cathedral
Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, 1530
Logan St., Denver. Chamber Choir from
Neuss, Germany, under the direction of
Joachim Neugart in concert. Freewill offering.
The choir will sing at the 12:30 Mass that day.
Sunday, May 19, 2:00 P.M. Arvada Presbyterian
Church, 5592 Independence St., Arvada. Come
join us for a fun musical afternoon! Jim Calm,
along with his surprise guests and instruments,
and Helene McGuire with her invisible
orchestra will be performing an organ concert.
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