The document is the January 2014 newsletter from the Ann Arbor Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. It includes: 1) A note from the Dean welcoming members to an upcoming brass choir and organ recital and discussing the relationship between art/music and order/stillness. 2) An announcement from the Sub-Dean about upcoming chapter events in February, March, and spring and encouraging members to attend new events and invite others. 3) Details of a February workshop on performance anxiety led by psychologist Dr. Julie Nagel. 4) A reflection from the director of the chapter's Pipe Organ Encounter program on his experiences as a student participant and how the program inspires and supports

1. The Ann Arbor Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
ANN ARBOR PIPINGS
January 2014
annarborago.org
A Note from the Dean
Greetings AGO Ann Arbor Members!
On this cold Saturday morning I am
warmly anticipating tomorrow's brass
choir and organ recital at First
Presbyterian in Ypsilanti featuring our
own James Kibbie and the University of
Michigan Faculty Brass Quintet! A great
way to usher in the New Year.
Humanity's great religious and
philosophical systems all rely on
symbols in a 'metaphor of opposites':
yin/yang, light/dark, death/redemption,
heaven/hell, music/silence etc. Along
those lines, reflecting on our art and
craft and the creative process, I present
you with these rather opposite quotes.
From artist Martin Shaw (he designed
the album cover for Cream's 'Direaeli
Gears' album and other pop art): "I
think art is about tidying up, really; To
tidy up, you've got to make a mess."
And from actor Bobby Moreno: "A lot of
what I learned is about the power that
comes from stillness."
Looking ahead, I recommend the
workshop with Dr Julie Nagel on
February 01. Students as well as
teachers will benefit. Performance
anxiety, as I know from experience as
well as studies in massage and
neuroanatomy can be debilitating and
traumatic. In this workshop with pianist
and psychologist Julie Jaffe Nagel you
will learn tools and techniques to
change performance anxiety into
performance energy. Please visit her
website: julienagel.net. Dr Nagel will also
have available copies of her book: "
Melodies of the Mind: Connections
between psychoanalysis and music".
Please keep track of your AGO
Newsletter as well as our website as a
lot is happening in our musical lands of
AGO Ann Arbor.
I wish you all a peaceful happy and
prosperous New Year. As you play the
organ may you sing with the psalmist
"Awake my heart, awake lyre and harp! I
will awake the dawn!"
- Timothy Huth
Dean, AGO Ann Arbor

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A Resolution to Join In
A very Happy New Year to you all! As a
new calendar year begins we find
ourselves in the middle of another very
busy season for the Ann Arbor AGO.
Coming up in just a few short weeks
on Feb. 1 is a performance anxiety
workshop with Dr. Julie Nagel taking
place in Studio 2110 at the School of
Music at UM.
March has our annual Lenten Recitals
at First Congregational Church which
will take place on the Fridays in Lent at
5:15pm, a new time this year.
Our chapter is co-sponsoring a
performance by Daniel Roth on March
23rd at 4pm as part of the Ypsilanti
Pipe Organ Festival at First
Presbyterian Church in Ypsilanti.
And discussion began at our most
recent board meeting for a spring time
recital featuring the faculty of our
upcoming Advance Pipe Organ
Encounter.
We have such a wealth of performers,
instruments and events taking place in
our area. And we volunteer our time
and talents to make these events
happen for you, our membership. Yet
how many of us find ourselves
attending even one new or different
event each season? There are many
faithful A2AGO members who I am
always pleased to see at so many of our
events. But where is everyone else?
Almost all of our events are free of
charge. They change venues, days and
times from event to event. We are trying
a new time for our Lenten Recital series
this year in hopes that more members
will be able to attend. You may be
asking 'what about the general public
who we work so hard to educate?'. That
is also where you come in. A lot of time
and effort is put in to publicize as much
as we can with a limited budget and
man hours. But we have all of you to
help.
Invite your neighbors, co-workers,
family and friends to our concerts. Tell
your private music students about
upcoming events, even if they do not
play the organ. Help us to bring the
beauty of the pipe organ to those who
don't know how much they like it yet!
I look forward to the rest of this season
and hope to meet many new people
from within our membership.
- Sipkje Pesnichak
Sub-Dean, AGO Ann Arbor

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Saturday February 01, 2013, 9:30 - 11:30 AM, Studio 2110
University of Michigan School of Music Moore Building
For the performing musician stage- fright, doubt and fear can hinder optimal
performance, creating unwanted stress and tension. In this seminar, psychologist Dr Julie
Jaffee Nagel will explore the emotional, neurological and physical aspects of
performance. Participants will learn effective techniques to change performance anxiety
into performance energy for more confident, musical and stress-free performance.
Dr Nagel is a concert pianist and Julliard graduate as well as trained psychotherapist and
psychoanalyst with extensive experience working with performing musicians and their
teachers. Her recent book, 'Melodies of the Mind: connections between psychoanalysis
and music' explores the power of music to move us, as well as the intersection of music
and the mind. Copies will be available at this seminar.
"Speaking from a musician's viewpoint...I can say it combines scholarship and readability
to an extent not often found in a volume dealing with such erudite subject matter".
Joseph Polisi, President of the Julliard School
RSVP to info@annarborago.org
Find more information about Dr Nagel at www.julienagel.net

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POE Reflections from the POEA Director
by Kipp Cortez
I was very energetic in 2004. At
age fifteen, having been learning
to the play the organ, for the last
two years on a large, 2-manual
Van Daalen tracker, I was only too
excited to get out there and see
what other instruments were out
there. Yes, I would become that
kid who would occasionally hog
the organ bench, to the mild
annoyance but mostly enthusiasm
of the staff.
In 2004, my first POE was at
Wheaton College in Illinois, a mere
f o r t y - m i n u t e d r i v e f ro m m y
hometown of La Grange Park. Steven Egler
gave me my lessons for the week on a
variety of organs in close proximity to the
College. His patience helped me to develop
a sense of over-arching gesture in our
music, as opposed to being "too notey."
Our traveling took us to downtown Chicago
where we saw the landmark organs of the
city (Fourth Presbyterian and the Cathedrals
of St. James and Holy Name). Given the
proximity to my home, I would go on to
serve as a substitute organist at several of
the churches where lessons and recitals
were given. It was here where I also met Dr.
Lorraine Brugh, who would be my
u n d e rg r a d u a t e o rg a n p r o f e s s o r a t
Valparaiso University only three short years
later.
In 2005, I went down to my second POE in
Nashville, Tennessee. Admittedly, I was
curious about what kind of organs could
possibly be there. My incredulity was
immediately dashed as we saw one fourmanual Möller organ after another. Cherry
Rhodes gave me my lessons on the fivemanual Möller organ of West End United
Methodist Church (the largest organ in the
region!). In the face of such a massive
instrument, she guided my ability to listen to
the impact of individual stops away from the
console.
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learned from each other and helped
each other by turning pages, pulling
stops, and the like. Many of us have
gone on for advanced degrees in
organ and church music at places like
The University of Michigan, Arizona
State, Indiana University, Westminster
Choir College, Peabody Conservatory,
Juilliard, Oberlin, Princeton, and
others. I still keep in touch with many
people through Facebook and other
media.
Suburban St. Louis was the site of the third
and final POE I attended in 2006. Lessons
with Thomas Bara channeled my
seemingly never-ending energy into
productive building of technique. Our
traveling included visiting Martin Ott's
organ workshop, and the landmark
Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis (the socalled "New Cathedral") with its stunning
mosaics, seven-second reverberation time,
and ceiling consisting of five domes. A visit
to Concordia Seminary for a carillon recital
was one of my first exposures to another
instrument that came to have great import
in my life.
In each of these experiences, I was right in
the middle, between people who were
seeing organs for the second or third time
in their lives, up to people who were
presenting substantial movements of
Widor symphonies, demonstrating years of
study. Regardless of where we were
musically, the attitude amongst the
participants was always one of support,
encouragement, and friendliness. We
It is a unique position to be in, at the
helm of an enterprise of which I was once
a participant. My colleagues and I have
come a long way. In my mind, it begs the
questions: Who will be the next "bench
hog"? Who will we inspire? How far can
the next group go?
More importantly, for our immediate
consideration, how can we make that
happen for them? I invite your serious
consideration to how you can give of time,
talent, and treasure to support and
prosper. By so doing, you will be ensuring
a secure future for the king of instruments
and it's presence in houses of worship,
schools, and civic buildings for generations
to come.
SDG.
Kipp Cortez is a doctoral student in organ, GSI,
and carillonneur at The University of Michigan.
He also serves as Minister of Music at Saint
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$2.5 MILLION GIFT ENABLES THE AGO TO
ENRICH LIVES THROUGH ORGAN MUSIC
NEW YORK CITY — The American Guild of
Organists (AGO) is spearheading three major
initiatives that have been made possible by the
largest bequest in Guild history. Totaling more
than $2.5 million in cash and assets including a
tracker pipe organ, the bequest from the estate
of Ronald G. Pogorzelski and Lester D. Yankee
was first announced at the 2010 AGO National
Convention in Washington, D.C.
With the gradual distribution of the assets over
the last three and a half years, the Guild has
worked diligently and faithfully to honor the
donors’ intentions by establishing (1) an
endowment to provide college scholarships to
dedicated organ students with financial needs,
(2) an endowment to provide for the relocation
and ongoing maintenance of the donors’ tracker
organ, and (3) an endowment to support an
annual organ composition competition for that
instrument. Two of these endowments are now
fully funded, with the third nearing completion.
“This extraordinary bequest helps us
accomplish our mission—to enrich lives through
organ and choral music—by providing the
resources to implement two new programs and
establish a lasting relationship with a new
academic partner,” said AGO President Eileen
Guenther. “The AGO continues to be much
more than the world’s largest membership
association for organists. At the national level
and through our international network of more
t h a n 3 0 0 c h a p t e r s , w e c o n d u c t m o re
educational and outreach programs supporting
organ and choral music than any other
professional organization.”
The Ronald G. Pogorzelski and Lester D.
Yankee Memorial Scholarship will be available
to six students (four undergraduate, and two
graduate) beginning with the 2014–2015
a c a d e m i c y e a r. F o u r u n d e r g r a d u a t e
scholarships in the amount $7,500 each will be
offered: one each to an incoming college
freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior. Each
s c h o l a r s h i p w i l l b e re n e w a b l e t h ro u g h
completion of the student’s undergraduate years
of study. Two graduate scholarships in the
amount of $15,000 each will be offered and will
be renewable for a total of two years of graduate
study. Eligibility requirements and application
details are available online at Agohq.org. The
application deadline is March 1, 2014.
The Ronald G. Pogorzelski and Lester D. Yankee
Pipe Organ Endowment was established to
support the ongoing maintenance of the
Pogorzelski and Yankee Memorial Organ. The 2manual and pedal, 24-stop, 21-rank tracker
organ, built by R.J. Brunner & Company in 1991
for Pogorzelski and Yankee’s private residence in
Bucks County, Pa., was inspired by the early
P e n n s y l v a n i a G e r m a n o rg a n s o f D a v i d
Tannenberg (1728–1804). The casework is gilded
in 22-karat gold leaf. It will be moved and
installed at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in
May 2014 where it will be used for teaching and
performance. The AGO’s lease of the organ to
IUP will be renewable annually.
The Ronald G. Pogorzelski and Lester D. Yankee
Annual Competition, a composition competition
to encourage the creation of new music
specifically for the R.J. Brunner organ, is being
established by the AGO. Each year, the winning
composition will be given its world premier
performance in a gala recital at IUP by an
internationally recognized organist. The AGO
National Council has approved a preliminary
statement of the competition rules as drafted by
the AGO New Music Committee. The rules will be
finalized and published later this year. The
winning piece is expected to be performed at
IUP in 2015. Complete details including the
application process for composers will be posted
online at Agohq.org.

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SILENT AUCTION AT 2014 AGO
NATIONAL CONVENTION IN BOSTON
The AGO National Council will sponsor a
Silent Auction at the AGO National
Convention in Boston in June 2014. The
proceeds will benefit the Annual Fund,
which covers the expenses of educational
programs, Pipe Organ Encounters,
professional certification programs,
competitions, conventions, January
Jubilees, and other costs of running the
organization. The auction will be run
online so that all AGO members and
friends may participate, and not just those
attending the national convention.
A number of members of the Council have
already given items and services for the
Silent Auction. These include two roundtrip coach airfares to Europe, two
expensive bottles of wine, workshops,
and CD recordings. We would like to invite
Chapters to promote the auction,
including donation of items that might be
interest to the AGO membership. This
might include time share vacations, new
scores and books, complimentary
registration to a regional convention, a
recital or workshop.
Donors will need to establish a reasonable
value for each item and a recommended
starting bid. For tangible items (books,
CDs, artwork, rental equivalency of a time
share week, concert tickets), the value
should be tax deductible, but check with
your tax professional. Unfortunately,
services (lessons, a recital or workshop)
are not tax deductible. The AGO will set a
minimum starting bid where none is
advised by the donor.
What to do with the donated items? Wait
until you hear who the winning bidder
was, and then mail/ship the item to the
winning bidder. Shipping expense is to be
covered by the donor. Items for which
there is no bid will be kept by the donors.
We would like to have a complete list of
auction items, and a photograph of each
item, by 1 May 2014 in order to prepare
the auction. The online auction will begin
1 June 2014 and end on 30 June 2014.
Send your list of donation items, photos
of them, and stated values with minimum
bids for each item, to:
F. Anthony Thurman
Director of Development
and Communications
American Guild of Organists
fathurman@agohq.org
212-870-2311, ext. 4308
Thank you for your consideration,
Calvert Johnson
Treasurer/Councillor for
Finance and Development
American Guild of Organists
cjohnson@agnesscott.edu
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Friday, February 7, 2014, 7:00 PM
King of Kings Lutheran Church, 2685 Packard
Road, Ann Arbor
Free admission, donations to support the
Boychoir of Ann Arbor.
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melodic motifs are explored through four
recognizable American popular music idioms;
and Robert Schumann's Toccata in C, which
has become notorious through the legend that
attempting to master the piece caused
permanent injury to the composer's hand.
Friday, March 14, 2014, 7:00 PM
Alexander Music Building (Recital Hall)
Eastern Michigan University
Free admission; part of the Steinway
Campaign of the EMU School of Music
The Ann Arbor concert (Feb. 7) will be
streamed live in HD at www.AaronTan.org. For
more information, visit www.AaronTan.org or
email aaron.c.tan.music@gmail.com.
Award-winning pianist and organist Aaron Tan
presents two concerts of solo piano music
from Renaissance England to 20th century
America. Highlights include the late F Major
sonata by Mozart, which demonstrates his
prowess as a master of polyphony through his
joyous and effervescent style; Samuel Barber's
"Excursions", in which various rhythmic and
Program
Orlando Gibbons - Fantasia in A
Rachmaninoff - 2 Preludes from Op. 23 & Op. 32
Mozart - Sonata in F Major, K. 533/494
Stravinsky - Etude in F-sharp Major, Op. 7, No. 4
--Barber - Excursions, Op. 10
Debussy - Selections from Épigraphes Antiques
Schumann - Toccata in C Major, Op. 7

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First Baptist Church of Ann arbor
Coffee Break Concert Series2013-2014 ④
Please visit our church website at www.fbca2.org for upcoming concert information.
Organ Concert
Music by Franck, Mendelssohn, Widor, Demessieux
Organ Major Students at the University of Michigan
Joshua Boyd, Sherri Brown
Ye Mee Kim, Jenna Moon
Dean Robinson
February 6, 2014
Thursday at 12:15 PM
Open to the Public / Refreshments
517 East Washington Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734) 663-9376 / www.fbca2.org
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Concert: Martin Jean, organ
Professor of Music, Yale University
WHEN: Sunday, February 9, 4:00 p.m.
WHERE: Concordia University, Chapel of the Holy Trinity, 4090 Geddes Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Free and open to the public
Concordia University (B.A.) and University of Michigan (D.M.A.) alumnus, Martin
Jean has risen to the highest ranks of the world's concert organists and is
recognized widely as a brilliant and warmly communicative performer. As the
winner of two of the most prestigious organ competitions in the world, he has
concertized extensively throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Dr.
Jean is Professor of Organ at Yale University and Director of the Yale Institute of
Sacred Music. For more information: mark.looker@cuaa.edu.
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