Welcome to our website!
We serve the area more or less north and west
of Boston, MA.
Dean: Jay Lane - Sub-Dean: Maggie Marshall
(2022 - 2024)
Treasurer: Randy Steere (2021 - 2023)
Secretary: Cyndi Bliss (2021 - 2023)
Members at Large: Abby Schoppe (2024);
Raymond Hawkins (2023); and Katie Shrieves (2025)
Newsletter Editor and PR: Raymond Hawkins
Scholarships: Denise Ann Shea
Auditor: Shirley MacKenzie
Placement: Cynthia Arsenault
Librarian: Barbara Owen
Organ Restoration/History: Bob Reich
Chaplain: Dr. Richard Hughes
Webmaster: David G. Baker
(Click on the underlined names above to email that person.)
About the American Guild of Organists
The mission of the American Guild of Organists is to foster a thriving community of musicians who share their knowledgeand inspire passion for the organ.The vision of the American Guild of Organists is to engage, support, and uplift every organist.
For more information, visit the National Office website.For a list of the National Officers and Councillors, click here to go to that page on the National website. For a copy of our current Swell to Great newsletter, click here.
Interested in knowing about organs in our area? Here are links for pages in this site for organs in Lawrence and Lowell; click on the links above. The Boston Chapter also has a page for Boston organs.
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Fall Scholarship Fund Organ Concert
Friday, September 29, 7:30 PM
James Kennerley
Join us this Friday evening as James Kennerley, Municipal Organist of Portland, Maine, plays his first concert on the Great Organ at Methuen! Highlights of the program include the Pièce Héroique of César Franck and Kennerly’s own transcription of Hans Zimmer's music from the movie, Interstellar!
ADULTS: $15, STUDENTS: $10, CHILDREN: $5
Tickets available at the door (credit cards accepted) or online at
www.tix.com/ticket-sales/mmmh/7203
PROGRAM
Toccata in F major, BWV 540 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Suite for Organ No. 1 Florence Price (1887-1953)
i. Fantasy
ii. Fuguhetta
iii. Air
iv. Toccato
Pièce Héroique César Franck (1822-1890)
INTERMISSION
The Dancing Pipes (2014) Jonathan Dove (b. 1959)
Interstellar Suite Hans Zimmer (b. 1957)
i. Day One trans. James Kennerley (b. 1984)
ii. Cornfield Chase
iii. No Time for Caution
Variations on “America” Charles Ives (1874-1954)