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FROM CLEVELAND CHAPTER DEAN TIMOTHY ROBSON
 Dear AGO Cleveland Colleagues,
I hope you’re enjoying your summer break so far. Before we know it, many will be planning for the next season – but we won’t think about that up right now.
It’s almost time for the AGO National Convention in Kansas City. I’m not able to go this year, but I’m guessing that some of you are, and at least two of our distinguished members, Nicole Keller and Todd Wilson, are performing at the convention. If you’re attending, I would be most grateful if you would send me (newsletter@agocleveland.org) a paragraph or two of your highlights of the convention by July 17 to publish in the July summer update, that will come out on July 19.
My own continuing education this summer will be the Organ Historical Society convention in Rochester, New York. Two years ago when I attended I was responsible for reviewing the convention for The Diapason, which meant attending every one of the events, and then spending more than a month writing about them. No such assignments this year, which will lower my stress level; it will be pure enjoyment and enlightenment in a famous “organ city” that I have never before visited.
There is so much great music going on in Cleveland in the summer, with ChamberFest Cleveland, Blossom, the Wade Oval Wednesdays, and many more. I hope you’ll take some time to sample some music out of the ordinary!
Happy summer!
Tim Robson
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HAPPY SUMMER
The next Summer Update will be issued on Thursday, July 19. Deadline for announcements and other news is Tuesday, July 17. Don't forget those memories to share from the AGO national convention or any other organ- or church music-related conferences you have attended this summer.
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Online Classes In Service Playing Skills
Chicago International Organ Academy (CIOA) will launch a new series of practical classes this August that are designed to assist organists of all levels in improving their service playing skills and in preparing for AGO certification exams.
As a pioneer in high-level instruction delivered online and in person, CIOA will begin to offer these options for one-hour weekly classes in:
Transposition -- Hymn-Playing -- Anthem, Solo, and Psalm Accompaniment -- Sight-Reading -- Organ Repertoire -- Harmonizing Melodies -- Modulation -- Improvisation -- Musicianship -- Score Reading -- Figured Bass -- Adapting Piano Accompaniments to the Organ
For a complete schedule and to register, please visit the SPS Classes page on the CIOA website. Every student, whether attending in person or online, will have opportunities to ask questions and to interact with the instructor and other students for immediate, live feedback and personalized help.
Students may attend in person at 77 W. Washington St., Chicago, IL, or online via video conference.
Please share this information with your colleagues and constituents so they will know about this new resource for professional development and certification exam preparation.
If you have any questions, please contact CIOA at info@cioa.global.
We look forward to welcoming many into our classes in August!
Phillip Kloeckner
Chicago International Organ Academy
cioa.global
773-309-1769
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We have a full-length recital by Christopher Houlihan at the University of Chicago, with music by Bach, Debussy and others.
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CONCERTS OF INTEREST
Submissions for this calendar are welcome. Submissions should be in TEXT form (i.e., no PDFs or images) including the title of the event, date and time, a brief description, sponsoring organization, address, admission charge, if any, and contact information. We reserve the right to edit submissions for clarity, style length and appropriateness. Priority will be given to events relating to organ and sacred choral music and events sponsored by Cleveland Chapter members or the religious institutions with which they are associated. Some of these listings are adapted from those on the website ClevelandClassical.com. Please visit their site to see other concerts in Cleveland and northeast Ohio, as well as many articles and reviews of concerts.
Tuesday, June 19, 12:05 pm – Tuesdays at the Covenant: Kaori Hongo, organ. Program to be announced. Church of the Covenant, 11205 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free, lunches welcome.
Wednesday, June 20, 12:15 – Robert Myers, organ, “Minor delights,” music by Sweelinck, Pachelbel, Bach, and others. Trinity Lutheran Church, West 30th Street at Lorain Avenue, Cleveland. Free parking in church lot off West 29.
Wednesday, June 27, 12:15 – Robert Myers, organ, “Minor delights,” music by Sweelinck, Pachelbel, Bach, and others. Trinity Lutheran Church, West 30th Street at Lorain Avenue, Cleveland. Free parking in church lot off West 29.
Wednesday, July 4, 12:15 – Florence Mustic, organ, “All Americans,” music by Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Derek Healey, Billy Strayhorn, Joe Utterback, and John Philip Sousa. Trinity Lutheran Church, West 30th Street at Lorain Avenue, Cleveland. Free parking in church lot off West 29.
Wednesday, July 11, 12:15 – Florence Mustic, organ, “All Americans,” music by Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Derek Healey, Billy Strayhorn, Joe Utterback, and John Philip Sousa. Trinity Lutheran Church, West 30th Street at Lorain Avenue, Cleveland. Free parking in church lot off West 29.
Wednesday, July 18, 12:15 – Brian Wentzel, director of music at First Lutheran Church, Lorain, presents “The well-tempered organ,” the fifth program in his six-part traversal of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. The impressive resources of Trinity’s Beckerath organ bring new perspectives to this music, usually played on piano or harpsichord. Trinity Lutheran Church, West 30th Street at Lorain Avenue, Cleveland. Free parking in church lot off West 29.
Wednesday, July 25, 12:15 – Robert Myers, organ, “Major delights,” music by Buxtehude, Walther, and Bach. Trinity Lutheran Church, West 30th Street at Lorain Avenue, Cleveland. Free parking in church lot off West 29.
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