Our Artist-of-the-Year, Karen Miller, will present a recital at the Stowe
Community Church on May 4 at 4 p.m. This will be followed by a reception and our
Vermont AGO Chapter annual meeting. Then, those wishing to dine in the Stowe area
before traveling home are welcome to join other Vermont AGO members for dinner at a
local eatery. Results of balloting will also be available at the annual meeting.
The Stowe Community Church is the large white church on Main Street. Parking is on
the street or on side streets close by or at the recreational path parking lot
behind the church.
Included in this newsletter is the ballot for Chapter officers. Please fill
them out and send them to your newsletter editor for tallying. Again, we extend a
HUGE thank you to Marilyn Polson for contacting people and completing our slate of
willing officers.
While you are thinking of balloting, national members also have a ballot in
the April issue of TAO to complete. The instructions are in the magazine, and the
national organization appreciates your efforts to be involved in this selection
process as well.
Our Vermont Chapter mourns the loss of a former member, Eleanor J. Lawrence,
who was organist for the Methodist Church in Bennington for several years, and then
director of music at the First United Methodist Church in Shaftsbury for 42 years.
She was honored for her long-time commitment to the Shaftsbury Church in 2003 with
the choir loft being dedicated to her. Active in the Church Women United at the
national, state, and local levels, she received the Valiant Woman Award of the
Bennington Vermont Unit of Church Women United for 34 years of service.
On Sunday, April 6 at 4 p.m., Lynnette Combs will give a recital of organ
music by French composers at the Stowe Community Church in Stowe. She will perform
works by Jehan Alain, Vierne, Messiaen and others. Admission is by donation. This
recital will also be given in Barre on May 25 and in Bennington on June 1. For more
information, contact Lynnette at (802) 426-3850.
The Social Band of Burlington will offer a spring concert titled Songs of Work
on Saturday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Burlington Unitarian Church and on Sunday,
April 6 at the East Craftsbury Presbyterian Church at 6:30 p.m. A singing workshop
will also be offered in East Craftsbury 3:00 - 5:00 before that concert.
The Northeast Kingdom Chorus will present its spring concert on Saturday,
April 5 at 7 p.m. at the East Craftsbary Presbyterian Church and on Sunday, April 6
at 4 p.m. at the Greensboro United Church of Christ. John Weaver is the director of
the chorus, and the program includes Mendelssohn's HYMNE - Hear My Prayer and
Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs as well as shorter selections, some of which
are compositions or arrangements by John Weaver.
St. Denis Church, Hanover, NH is sponsoring a Spring Vocal Program on Sunday,
April 27 at 3:00 p.m. Featured performers are Jennifer Hansen, mezzo soprano, Emily
Cassidy, alto, Rebecca Rotello, soprano, Maria Lamson, alto, Dan Falcone, baritone,
and Mary Holley, piano. Repertoire will include works of Bach, Faure, Mozart,
Delibes, and Dvorak as well as secular selections. A free will offering will be
received. A reception to meet the artist will follow in the parish hall. For
additional information, call the St. Denis office at (603) 643-9881.
The Freelance Family Singers, the Woodstock area community chorus, will hold
its 30th Anniversary celebration concerts on Saturday, May 3 at 7 p.m. and Sunday,
May 4 at 3 p.m. in the First Congregational Church, Elm Street, Woodstock. These
concerts will include music for the full chorus, a guest appearance by the
University Chorus of the Upper Valley, and performances by vocal and instrumental
ensembles. The concerts are free with donations of non-perishable items for the
community Food Shelf suggested; refreshments will be served. The director of
Freelance is Ellen Satterthwaite. Please call her at (802) 457-3980.
The First Baptist Church of Burlington, VT is seeking a new chancel Choir
Director (adult). The choir is an enthusiastic and experienced group of 18 - 22
covering SATB and rehearses weekly on Thursdays, 7 - 8:30 p.m. The choir sings
every Sunday from Sept. - mid-June and for special services (Christmas Eve, Maundy
Thursday, etc.). The Director would work closely with the Organist and Director of
Music, Dr. Susan Summerfield, and other church small ensembles. The organ is the
1864 E. & G. G. Hook tracker, restored in 1996. Salary will be negotiated on the
basis of education and experience. Contact Marty French, Music Committee Chair, at
(802) 863-3014 for more information.
The Charlotte Congregational Church, UCC will be in need of an organist as of
early March 2008. This person will be needed to provide music planned in
conjunction with the Pastor and Music Director for worship services two Sunday
mornings a month for a congregation of about 100 people. Services are at 10:00 to
11:00 a.m. A stipend of $125.00 for each service is offered. The organ is a two
manual, tubular pneumatic action instrument built by Estey in 1925. Contact person for
this position is J. Donald Schultz, 180 Pierson Drive, Shelburne, VT 05482-6440, phone
number (802) 985-2658 or e-mail:
jdonaldschultz@comcast.net
Ascension Lutheran Church needs an organist to play the organ and/or keyboard
at all regular church services and special services and oversee organ maintenance.
The successful candidate would be a Lutheran or one who is willing to learn the
Lutheran traditions and liturgy. The church organist is responsible to Pastor Nancy
Wright with oversight from the Worship and Music Committee. Please contact the
pastor at the church. The phone number is (802) 862-8866 and e-mail is:
revnancywright@earthlink.net
Community Lutheran Church in South Burlington, a liturgical congregation,
seeks an organist to play traditional and more recent music and direct the adult
choir three Sundays per month plus seasonal services. The church's organ, a
Praeludium II by Galanti, has tracker action. Request for a job description may be
obtained by phone (802-864-5537) or e-mail (clcvt@corwast.net).
Send a resume to the Community Lutheran Church, 1560 Williston Road, South Burlington, VT 05403.
An organist is needed for the West Lebanon Congregational Church, West
Lebanon, New Hampshire. The organist accompanies the choir (but does not direct the
choir). There is one Sunday, 10:00 a.m., service with choir rehearsal at 8:30 a.m.
There is no mid-week choir rehearsal. It is a two manual tracker organ, that was
fully re-conditioned in 2000. Salary negotiable. Please contact Traci Ladue at
(603) 448-1364.
St. James Episcopal Church in Laconia, NH is searching for a new musician to
lead the church's music ministry. The church was founded in 1862 and currently has
120 families/individuals in its membership. Their music director position includes
playing for Sunday services, directing one adult choir (September through June), and
playing for some holiday and Holy Week services. Salary is $6,000. They are
seeking a musician who can empower both the choir and congregation to sing, explore,
and enjoy music in the Episcopal/Anglican tradition. If interested, please contact
Reverend Hank Junkin, St. James Episcopal Church by church phone (603-524-5800) or
cell phone (603-491-3403).
The deadline for the May issue of Pipe Notes will be April 20. If you have
spring events to share, please send them to your newsletter editor soon so others
can enjoy the events in your area, too. And its not to early to think about summer
events and getting them announced in the newsletter so members can save the dates on
their calendars.
Vermont Chapter Artist-of-the-Year Recital and Annual Meeting