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. |
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 19, 12:15 pm: Organist Zacchaeus Lock (Brookfield, CT) performs works of Eugene Thayer, Charles Ives, J.S. Bach and Arvo Pärt, concluding with the world premiere of his own original composition. National City Christian Church Friday, April 19, 8 pm: Janet Yieh, CAGO, performs on the Pasi organ at St. George Episcopal Church, Arlington, VA. Northern Virginia AGO chapter event. Venue Host: Dr. Benjamin J. Keseley. Sunday, April 21, 3:30 pm: St. Matthew's Cathedral, 1725 Rhode Island Ave. NW, presents its second annual Earth Day Lessons & Carols featuring the Cathedral Schola Cantorum in cooperation with the cathedral's Creation Care Green Team. Music will include the works of renaissance composers Josquin des Prez, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, contemporary Scottish composer Chris Hutchings, as well as a French carol, a Welsh hymn, two Shaker tunes with texts by Timothy Dudley-Smith and Fred Pratt Green, a hymn tune by Richard Proulx, a ninth century Gregorian chant Sequence, a setting of a 12th century chant of Hildegard of Bingen, and an organ prelude by Dan Locklair. https://www.stmatthewscathedral.org/events/15041/earth-day-lessons-and-carols?e=1 Sunday, April 21, 3 pm: James O’Donnell, organist emeritus at Westminster Abbey in London, performs on the 2009 Letourneau organ at 3 and conducts Choral Evensong at 4 pm at Emmanuel Church, 811 Cathedral St. in Baltimore. Repertoire for Evensong includes Benjamin Britten’s cantata Rejoice in the Lamb and James MacMillan’s Who shall separate us? Free- will offering. emmanueldowntown.eventbrite.com Sunday, April 21, 4 pm: Monica Berney performs at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 6509 Sydenstricker Rd., Burke. Sunday, April 21, 4 pm: Potomac Chapter member recital at St. Francis Episcopal Church, 10033 River Rd., Potomac. Wednesday, April 24, 5 pm: Potomac Organ Institute end-of-year recital at St. George's Episcopal Church, 915 N. Oakland St., Arlington. 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. For more 2024 events, click on the calendar tab above. 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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