Welcome!Welcome to the web site of the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
Our city and its surrounding areas boast a lively pipe organ culture, to which our Chapter members contribute significantly. We invite all who love the pipe organ and its music to explore this website for opportunities to attend AGO-sponsored events as well as concerts in our churches and concert halls. All are welcome, no matter if you're an official AGO member or not. Our mission is to share the glories of the "King of Instruments" with everyone. Perhaps you found this site because you are interested in becoming a member of the Chapter. We would be delighted if you would join our ranks. To join, go to agohq.org. Click on the Membership tab, then Join the Guild, and Join as a chapter member. We also welcome you to become a dual member with us and your home chapter. Thank you for visiting us. We hope that you will join us for one or more of our seasonal events. Free lessons through POIThe Potomac Organ Institute (POI) is a program sponsored by the DC, Northern Virginia and Potomac AGO chapters to provide a year of free lessons to accomplished piano students who wish to learn the organ. If you know of a promising piano student with potential for beginning organ study, please go to http://www.potomacorganinst.org.
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Upcoming organ eventsFor the full season of our chapter's monthly Music at the Monastery program, click on the tab above.
Recitals are free unless otherwise noted. Friday, April 26, 12:15 pm: In a program titled “New Offerings from North America," organist Carol Feather Martin (Arlington, VA) performs recent works by North American composers Angela Kraft Cross, Gwyneth Walker, Leslie Adams and Rachel Laurin. National City Christian Church. Sunday, April 28, 4 pm: Sean Burns performs as part of the Dr. Lawrence P. “Lon” Schreiber Organ Recital Series at First Baptist Church, 16th and O streets. Sunday, April 28, 4 pm: Choral evensong and benediction at St. Paul's K Street, 2430 K St. Friday, May 3, 12:15 pm: French organist Maurice Clerc performs music by French composers Charles Tournemire, Maurice Duruflé, André Fleury, Jean Langlais and Pierre Cochereau. National City Christian Church. Monday, May 6, 12:10 pm: The Bach Consort presents Ihr werdet weinen und heulen, BWV 103 and organist Jinsun Cho plays for St. Mark's Capitol Hill's Downtown Cantata Series. The program repeats Tuesday, May 7, 12:10 pm at Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. Thursday, May 9, 6:45 pm: Procession and Solemn High Mass (Feast of the Ascension). St. Paul's K Street, 2430 K St. NW. Friday, May 10, 12:15 pm: John Dixon, born in England and now living in Norfolk, performs a program of his own works, including suites for organ based on English, Irish and American tunes. National City Christian Church. Sunday, May 12, 4 pm: Iris Lan (freelance organist, Washington DC) performs as part of Music at the Monastery, the members' recital series of the DC AGO chapter. Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land at 1400 Quincy St. NE. Sunday, May 12, 4 pm: Choral evensong and benediction at St. Paul's K Street, 2430 K St. Friday, May 17, 12:15 pm: Organist and composer Carson Cooman (Cambridge, MA) performs recent works by composers from four nations: Karen Beaumont (US), Philippos Tsalahouris (Greece), Carlotta Ferrari (Italy) and Thomas Åberg (Sweden). National City Christian Church. Sunday, May 19, 4 pm: Organist Stephen Ackert and violinist Harold Byers perform Ackert's arrangements of preludes and fugues from Bach’s Well-tempered Clavier. at Georgetown Lutheran Church, 1556 Wisconsin Ave. NW. The concert is part of a series celebrating the 300th anniversary of that publication. The program also includes Bach's beloved Chaconne from the Partita in D Minor for solo violin and a sonata for violin and keyboard by one of his contemporaries, Johann Georg Pisendel. The church’s tracker organ, built by Richard Howell, is tuned to a historic temperament that Bach would have identified as “well-tempered.” A free-will offering for the church's music program will be collected. Street parking is free on Sundays. For more 2024 events, click on the calendar tab above. |