NEXT MEETING-ANNUAL MEMBERS RECITAL MAY 18, 4 PM HADDON HEIGHTS

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Southwest Jersey Chapter American Guild of Organists

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From the Regis- 2 trar

Cares and Concerns

Election Results 7

National Convention

Sub-Deans Column

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Deans Message Charlene Cranmer CAGO

Another Holy Week has come and gone, the season of Easter is here and before we know it, Pentecost will be celebrated. When Pentecost is here, can summer be far behind? Many of us hold down full-time jobs as well as part-time church positions and are looking forward to some down time, during the summer months, in order to recharge physical and mental batteries. After the particularly cold and snowy winter of 2013 2014 by SW Jersey AGO

14, the months of Spring and Summer are especially appealing! The Members Recital, scheduled for Sunday, May 18th, at St. Marys Church, Haddon Heights, (cont. on last page)

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Professional ConcernsDavid Rhody, Esq.

As explained last month, performances of most 20th and 21st century compositions outside of regularly scheduled worship services are required by US Copyright Law to pay royalties to the copyright holders. This includes organ recitals, special choral programs, hymn festivals and other performances whether free or paid admission events. How can this obligation be met? The easiest way is to acquire a site license for performance by one of the three US-based non -profit organizations created for this task. ASCAP, the largest and oldest (established in 1914 by composer Victor Herbert) charges flat rates to organizations hosting these events and then distributes the fees to its member composers and copyright holders. Composers usually make separate arrangements with their publishers regarding royalties, so ASCAP will deal with composers mainly through their publishers. ASCAP licenses are obtained by the venue or sponsor organization, for example a church, and the licensee must report all musical events outside regular worship four times per year. Rates are based on the seating capacity of the hall, not how many actually attended, and whether an entrance fee was charged or not. For a nonprofit such as the AGO, annual license fees are about $250, but fee structures can vary widely. Our Chapter license covers each event we host which is open to the public. The fees are charged regardless of the actual music programmed , so that a past SWJ chapter program featuring only 18th century French organ music was charged even though all the compositions performed were in public domain. Such is reality in dealing with ASCAP, which has been the target of numerous lawsuits claiming unfair and monopolistic tactics, but the fact remains that ASCAP and its rivals BMI and SECAC perform an important service for composers and help keep the publishing houses in business. Other licensing organizations, such as onelicense and Christian Copyright Licensing, can handle the permission and substantial fees required for reproducing words and music for a congregation or livestreaming worship services. What happens if you just ignore the copyright law and take your chances performing without paying royalties? You risk fines such as our chapter faced for a Huw Lewis recital in 1987, but more importantly, you are avoiding your responsibility to compensate fairly the composers and publishers on whom we all depend.

Photo by Joe Routon

Here is how to comply with performance requirements under the US copyright law

From the RegistrarGail Gassaway

Please update your directory with the following information: A new addressWayne Richmond 1017 Mt. Pleasant Way Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 New email Jonathan Stark JonStark47@gmail.com As of April 24th, AGOHQ has not yet sent out our renewal emails. They should, however, be on their way by the time you receive this newsletter. Some of you have expressed frustration with the website, but I believe it is just a timing glitch. The roll-out for the site has been done progressively. First, there was access to personal information, then chapter information, and, lastly, to dues information and payment. So, keep a lookout for your email from Headquarters. Then access the link and choose your dues and fund payments. You can pay with a credit card or print the bill and send a check to national (not to the chapter). If you encounter problems please let me know and I will try to remedy them.

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Visit with Bill ClishamDavid Rhody SPC

Bill Clisham, Minister of Music at St. Johns Episcopal Church in Salem and Executive Board member of SW Jersey Chapter, is another one who took up the organ almost by accident. Growing up in Baltimore his main interest was playing baseball, but when his younger siblings came home from their piano lessons with pieces to learn, Bill practiced along with them, skipping only the actual lessons. He liked to sing, and when his high school choral director asked if anyone could play the accompaniment for Cantique de Noel, Bill volunteered, and his virtual lessons paid off. It happened that this music teacher was the organist of Grace Lutheran Church in a suburb of Baltimore, and Bill began to study organ with him. Little did he realize that around the corner from Grace Church lived Joanne Owen, his future colleague and predecessor at St. Johns Salem! To pay for his practice time at Grace Bill agreed to sing in the church choir, dashing from early services with his family at the Baptist Church to Grace, and lingering after that service for his organ lesson. He did so well that he was recommended to Westminster Choir College, where he enrolled in 1964 as an organ and voice major. Bill recalls the heady atmosphere at that time, with McCurdy, Roan, Markey, Carwithen, Lippincott and Whitehead all teaching organ, and the choral department regularly performing around the country with major orchestras. He studied for two years with Roan, a year with Carwithen and his senior year with Adjunct Instructor Denny Bernard, a doctoral candidate at Union Seminary School of Sacred Music. Bill says The wide variety of musical styles on the faculty was excitingof course McCurdy was the main influence, but Carwithen had studied in France with Marchal and was a great resource for French Romantic music, and Bernard was not a WCC grad so his perspective was completely different. His senior recital reflected this diversity, with music by Karg-Elert and Hindemith fairly new to the WCC community. Two of his fellow students, Michael Korn and two introduced to WCC and which has influenced the organ world for two decades. He also saw Joseph Flummerfelt take over the choral department and the influence of John Finley Williamson begin to recede. In 1991, with his Masters Degree in hand, Bill took his first real full-time church position in Hampton, VA, and it was in Virginia that Bill first became active in the Guild. In 2001 Bill and Mary Anne moved to Westfield, NJ, and Bill became organist-director at the prestigious Westfield Presbyterian Church. After several years, though, a less congenial pastor and some health problems prompted him to give up the full-time work and accept substitute and recital work only. So it happened that in 2008 he gave a recital in New Castle Delaware which was attended by a search committee from St. Johns Church in Salem, including retired organist Joanne Owen, and Bill was persuaded to come to Salem as Minister of Music. The St. Johns position has been rewarding for Bill, who finds the people wonderful, the pastor a true friend, and working occasionally with Joanne a delight. The church is active in hosting recitals and concerts, often for the Music Around the County series which has earned great distinction for Salem County. A driving force in the series is Joanne Owentheir collaboration an amazing outcome for two neighbors in Baltimore who never met until 2008! (Photo courtesy of Bill)

Michael Stairs, would become major influences on the Philadelphia music scene. Bills first job, part-time in pay but in reality full-time, was at a Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, where he directed a small but well-trained choir. He also taught music in public schools in Baltimore County. But further study lured him back to Westminster for his Masters Degree in Sacred Music after seventeen years in Baltimore. He studied organ this time exclusively with Roan, and as an assistant to Lippincott he saw first-hand the genesis of the authentic baroque organ technique which those

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From the Chapter Archivesby David Rhody SPC

Four outstanding workshops, three of them full-day affairs, were organized by SouthWest Jersey Chapter over the past few decades. In November 1988 members met at St. Michaels Lutheran Church in Cherry Hill for a full day of seminars on renewing worship, with the title Show Us What We Yet May Do. Beginning with Morning Prayer at 11:30, elective sessions followed on liturgical use of Orff instruments, acoustics and organ renovation, two-, three and four-part choral reading, preparation for AGO certification exams, choral music to retain children in youth choirs, and hymn improvisation and interludes. A plenary session on professional concerns and ethics followed, then a choral music clinic featuring the Glassboro State College Choir, then a catered dinner with Coq au Vin, and a concluding worship service with the Glassboro Concert Choir and Orchestra. The cost for the entire event was $18! A follow-up program in May 1990 called Stimulate Your Worship was held at three churches on Landis Avenue in Vineland, with Joseph Flummerfelt of Westminster Choir College leading a choral workshop, member Charles Gibson conducting a session on pipe organ maintenance, Mike Carrell and Richard Allen leading a session on electronic organ performance and maintenance, the day concluding with a Festival Service based on the Psalms at which Regional Councillor David Hart, FAGO, presided. In addition there was a display of Augsburg music for purchaseall for $15, lunch included. In April, 1997, the Delaware, Southeastern PA and SW Jersey Chapters cosponsored a Worship and Music Conference in Wilmington with sessions on liturgical dance conducted by dance instructor Cyndy Taylor-Ward, innovative use of handbells in worship led by Harrisburg area authority on handbells Dr. Shawn Gingrich, and a seminar on software for church musicians called The Digital Church Musician, by Dr. Larry Peterson. The event closed with worship, and was free to members of the chapters. In April 2000, the chapter hosted Dr. Rollin Smith in a lecture and master class on the Life and Works of Cesar Franck, at Trinity Methodist Church in Merchantville. Dr. Smith studied in Paris with Jean Langlais and has a Doctorate of Music Arts from Juilliard. He is a noted scholar, editor of works and transcriber of performances by masters such as Dupre on player organ rolls into published scores. The event cost $5 for chapter members and was open to the public.

Sforzando official photographer Joe Routon recently spent a day following Americas most famous photographer of churches and organs, Len Levasseur, whose work appears regularly in AGO and OHS publications. He observed Levasseur working at Macys, below, the Kimmel Center, and a church. Levasseur has designed several notable books, including The Dish, about Virgil Fox, and The Great Organ at Methuen, by Barbara Owen. He is currently taking photos for an upcoming book by Rollin Smith, Pipe Organs of the Rich and Famous. Joe reports, Needless to say, I learned a lot. (Photo by Joe Routon)

NOTICE IN PERPETUITY Trinity Presbyterian Church in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, wrongfully terminated a member of the American Guild of Organists on November 23, 2010, for which no resolution has been reached. When an Institution is found to have wrongfully terminated a Member of the AGO, no Guild Member, individually or collectively, may serve that Institution as an employee or independent contractor, in an interim, temporary, substitute, regular or permanent capacity beyond a 90-day period following the date of this finding, that is, May 13, 2011. SFORZANDO

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The Budapest Synagogue Organby Joe Routon

Dohany Street Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary. It's the largest synagogue in Europe, seating 3000, and the 2nd largest in the world. The organ is a 4,500 pipe instrument made by the 200-year old Jehmlich factory of Dresden. The American movie star, Tony Curtis, was largely responsible for the restoration of the synagogue, which had been severely damaged by the Nazis and the Communists.JR Franz Liszt and Camille Saint-Sans played the original 5,000 pipe organ built in 1859. A new mechanical organ with 4 manuals was built in 1996 by the German firm Jehmlich Orgelbau Dresden GmbH. One of the important concerts in the Synagogue's history was in 2002, played by the organ virtuoso Xaver Varnus. Four hours before the concert even standing places could hardly be found in the Synagogue, and 7,200 people were sitting and standing to listen to the improvisors virtuosity. [Wikipedia.com] Outside the synagogue is a memorial tree in the Raoul Wallenberg park that was erected in 1989 above the mass graves to honor the memory of Hungarian Jewish martyrs. On each metal weeping willow tree leaf you can read the name of a martyr.JR Photos by Joe Routon

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Christopher Daly in Recital

Dr. Christopher Daly, professor of church history at Villanova University and SouthWest Jersey Chapter member and former Sub-Dean, performed his annual organ recital for friends, family and his history students on the Patrick Murphy organ at Villanova on Wednesday, April 23. As usual his program was intense, varied and powerful. Greeted by his student fans with cheers and whoops, Chris justified their affection with excellent and secure playing. Tending toward Baroque, his selections included the opening Buxtehude Praeludium in D minor, which he described to the audience as most likely influencing Bachs compositions through its dramatic style. Three Bach piecesTrio Sonata no. 6, Duetto in E minor from the Clavierubung, and Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, demonstrated the high Baroque technique. As he usually does at these concerts, Chris then took questions from the floor about the organ and performance. Most students were interested in Chriss musical background, but a professor asked how it is possible to know what Bach had in mind for his listeners in the Fantasy and Fugue, a question which Chris fielded with expertise. Nimrod from Elgars Enigma Variations, and the Vierne Toccata in B-flat, showed the Romantic side of the instrument. The enthusiastic audience was rewarded with an encore by Saint-Saens. DR

St. Thomas Church, Villanova University (Photo by D. Rhody)

(Photo above by Joe Routon)

Cares and ConcernsAnthony Falatico

Photo by Dean Metzler Our former dean Evelyn Larter has been ill with the flu, has had a series of migraines with severe neck pain, requiring several visits to the ER, and recently has had an MRI, and is waiting for a diagnosis. Please keep Evelyn in your thoughts and prayers, and know that she is grateful to her colleagues for the support she has already received. Cares and Concerns items may be submitted to Anthony by phone (856-854-9373) or email at falametz03@verizon.net.

Music for Small OrganDavid Rhody SPC

Morningstarmusic.com One of the most useful collections you can add to your repertoire is Robert Hobbys For All the Saints: Hymn Preludes for Funerals Vol. 1 (Augsburg Press, item #ED004791, $18.00). There are 10 arrangements of such favorites as A Mighty Fortress, Abide with Me,
Amazing Grace - one of the most requested pieces I play for funerals, Beautiful Savior, For All the Saints (Sine Nomine), How Great Thou Art, I Know that My Redeemer Lives, The King of Love My Shepherd Is, and even a postlude on What a Friend We Have in Jesus. This book has been declared one of her personal favorites by Helen Carrell! There are now volumes 2 & 3, not as good as vol. 1 however. Here is a sample from the album, Abide with Me:

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Free Organ Available

The owner of the Allen organ pictured at left, a Theater Organ model 423C, is offering it free to any individual or organization who can transport the instrument from Bridgeton, NJ. The organ comes complete with a separate Leslie flute cabinet and a separate Gyro speaker cabinet. The owner maintains that everything is in good working condition. If you are interested you may contact the owner, Arthur Bretnell, at 2 Country Club Drive in Bridgeton; phone number 609-381-7492 cell or 856-455-4732 home. Gae Finch

Chapter Election Results

The following members were duly elected in our recent ballot: Dean: Sub-Dean: Secretary: Treasurer/Registrar Executive Board Class of 2017 Charlene T. Cranmer CAGO Rob Hobgood Catherine ONeill Gail A. Gassaway Helen Carrell CAGO, Larry De Pasquale CAGO, Joseph Krupa, Marilyn Rabbai SPC

We congratulate all these newly elected officers and board members for the SWJ Chapter. Their term of service will commence at the Annual General Meeting on Sunday, July 13th. Respectfully submitted, Evelyn R. Larter , Chris Daly, Joyce Ann Routon

Puccini for Organby Anthony Falatico

A new item available from the Organ Historical Society is Transkriptionen fr Orgel Puccini - Depenheuer, Band 2, #2588, Butz Musikverlag, Bonn. Some of these pieces are familiar, precluding their use as service music: Te Deum, Gavotte, and Cantata from Tosca, and the Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut. Not so familiar are Sogno dOr, later used in La Rondine, Preludio from SuorAngelica, and another Preludio from Edgar. Also, there is a short Requiem, originally for chorus, organ, and viola, Tre Minuetti for string quartet, and the well-known Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums) movement for string quartet, with motifs which he also used in the final scene of Manon Lescaut. This last item is worth the cost of the album.

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June 23-27
Boston is an exciting, vibrant, and historic city, filled with inspiring music, unique architecture, and landmark instruments. The 2014 convention features great concerts, diverse worship experiences, exciting commissioned works, engaging workshops, scholarly research papers, wonderful exhibits, and gracious hospitality. We gladly open our city to you, our colleagues from across the country and around the world. Bostons churches are historic beautiful, but small. We offer many events concurrently. Be sure to register today to ensure the greatest selection of choices. The convention is headquartered at the Marriott Copley Place Hotel in Bostons beautiful Back Bay, central to many great churches and neighbor to Symphony Hall. The convention will feature fifty concerts by thirty performers; eight worship services in various styles; ninety workshops and master classes; fifty-two research papers; fourteen commissioned works; ten choral and organ reading sessions; over one hundred exhibitors; two national competitions plus performances by previous winners, and the opportunity to explore Boston. For complete details and registration, go to Www.agoboston2014.org.

Kimmel and Macys Plan Organ Days in June

Two Philadelphia institutions, the Kimmel Center and the recitals, demonstrations, family activities and silent films. All events are free. On Friday evening, June 27, Macys Store will kick off their organ weekend with a 6:30 organ recital on the Wanamaker organ featuring as recitalists rising stars from their summer organ academy, plus tours of the organ chambers, silent Wanamaker Organ at Macys will hold celebrations of their respective organs in June. The Kimmel on Saturday, June 7, will dedicate a day to family activities featuring the Fred J. Cooper Organ beginning at 11 am with an interactive presentation, complete with puppets, of Serge Prokofievs Peter and the Wolf with organ accompaniment, followed by ning with a free recital in the Grand Court at 11:30 by Peter Richard Conte, Jeremy Filsell, Rudy Lucente and Tedde Gibson, broadcast live on WRTI by Jill Pasternak. At 2:30 Tedde Gibson plays the Wurlitzer organ in Greek Hall, including silent film accompaniment, tickets $10. At 5 pm the Philadelphia Boys Choir will perform light classics in the Grand Court (free). The closing program at 8:30 presents Peter Richard Conte, organ, and Jeremy Filsell, piano, at a sit-down recital in the Grand Court (tickets $50 with discounts for members of the Wanamaker Organ Society). The Society hopes that AGO members returning from the convention in Boston will stop in Philadelphia for these events! Left, kimmelcenter.org; center, Wanamaker organ, flicker.com; top right, Jeremy Filsell, sewanee.edu; bottom right, Rudy Lucente, swingli.org

films and presentations; free admission. Saturday, June 28 is official Organ Day at Macys, begin-

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From the Sub-DeanJon Stark

Performance, performance. As I look back over this year's program, I realize we should have dubbed it the year of performance! We played for each other at the new organ service music workshop in September. We had the master class with Ken Cowan in November. In February, there was the comparative interpretation workshop hosted by Helen Carrell. And on Sunday, May 18, and 4:00 pm, we're at it again! Our Annual Member's Recital (probably my favorite event of the year) will be at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Haddon Heights, on the large and colorful Schantz organ, at 4pm, May 18. The organ was profiled in last month's Sforzando, pp 4-5; check it out if you haven't already. Come on May 18 and hear your colleagues put the big Schantz through its paces in music of Buxtehude, Bach, Franck, Distler, and more. But in truth, isn't everything we do "performance? We are always "on. Whether directing a choir rehearsal, suddenly improvising a few measures of filler to cover an awkward gap in a service, convincing a children's choir of 8-year olds to be quiet in the hallway outside the chancel, or speaking to the church governing board, we are "on. Everything we do matters; everything can be done with excellence. It's exhilarating. And sometimes exhausting, too. So our last program of the year is down time: our Annual Picnic and Meeting on Sunday afternoon, July 13. This year, Bob Parkhurst's daughter has graciously offered to host us at her home in Laurel Springs. More details about food and directions will follow in next month's Sforzando. Please mark your calendars for these events, I hope to see you at both of them.

Photo by Joe Routon

Recital Performers include Charlene Cranmer, Larry DePasquale, Mary Lively, Ted Barr, Bill Mitchell, Vicki Nichols and Jon Stark

Visit to West VirginiaCharlene Cranmer

One of the most interesting and surprising facts Ive learned while visiting my daughter and her family is that the musical arts are thriving in the hills of West Virginia. Many of us who live near a large metropolitan area have no idea of the excellent music and marvelous performance opportunities in rural America. As I attended church at the First Presbyterian Church, Beckley WV, I was greatly impressed with the quality of the vocal and instrumental music available in a town such as Beckley. Teresa McCoy, Director of Music at the church, is a graduate of Westminster Choir College. In addition to directing multiple choirs at the church (vocal and handbell), she is the Music Director of the Theatre of West Virginia. Timothy H. Waugh is the organist at First Presbyterian. He is a multi-faceted musician, with 33 years of teaching experience, as well as directing and accompanying awardwinning vocal and handbell groups. In addition to his many free-lance music activities, he currently directs the Charlotte Bronze Hand Bell Ensemble, a 20 member group which is based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The star of my visit to Beckley Presbyterian Church, however, was the beautiful three manual tracker organ that sits front and center in the church sanctuary. The Noak Organ, opus 90, was built between February and September 1979. The Dedicatory events took place on October 27 and 28 of that year, with Joan Lippincott playing the Dedicatory Recital. Concerning the layout of the organ: the main case level con(cont. on next page)

Presbyterian Church, Beckley, WVA (beckleypresby.com)

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West Virginia, cont.

tains the Great division, with its front pipes grouped in five flats and two V-shaped towers. Above the Great are the two flats and the round tower of the Positive division. The Swell division, hidden by the three middle screens in the lower case, provide different accompaniments, a small Echochorus and the Oboe-like Hautbois stop. The Pedal division stands behind the Principal 16 pipes. The keyboards natural keys are covGreat Bourdon 16 Principal 8 Second Principal 8 Chimney Flute 8 Octave 4 Nasard 2-2/3 Doublet 2 Tierce 1-3/5 Mixture II-III Sharp III Trumpet 8 Trumpet 4 Beckley WVA Noak console and organ case (Photos by Stephen Cranmer) ered with ebony, the sharps are bone-capped. The organ contains some 2,182 pipes in four divisions listed below. In his Builders Statement, Fritz Noak paid tribute to historic organ builders who had influenced his design of the Beckley instrument; builders such as Arp Schnitger and Gottfried Silbermann, from Europe, and E. and G.G. Hook, from Boston. While taking inspiration from historic organs and organ builders, Mr. Noak stressed that he placed the integrity of the Beckley instrument above all else, in order to provide the Beckley Presbyterian Church with an organ which combined the beauty of the Christian churchs rich heritage of congregational singing, choral music and great organ literature. His success is still evident 35 years after the organ installation! Pedal Principal 16 Bourdon 16 Open Bass 8 Choral Bass 4 Mixture II Sharp IV Trombone 16 Trumpet 8 Clarion 2

Swell Stopt Diapson 8 Viola 8 Principal 4 Claribel 4 Octave 2 Larigot 1-1/3 Vox Humana 16 Hautbois 8

Positive Stopt Flute 8 Praestant 4 Spire Flute 4 Gemshorn 2 Sesquialtera II Sharp III Cremona 8

Positive to Great Swell to Great Great to Pedal Positive to Pedal Swell to Pedal Pedal Ventil 1 Pedal Ventil 2 Tremolo

Pedals, Pipes and Pizza

Here is a message from Pedal Pipes and Pizza Chair Rob Hobgood Due to a lack of registrations for the PPP event, we decided to cancel for April 26th and plan for a date in the fall. It's not too early to start thinking of who you might invite for the event. Please contact Rob Hobgood with any thoughts.

Pedals, Pipes and Pizza April event to be rescheduled

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Patrons 2013-2014
Rae Ann Anderson Miriam Bisbing John Breslin Helen Carrell Charlene Cranmer John Dow Ruth Fink Gail Gassaway Ethel Geist Robert Gladden Austin Gould Rene Hatzold Rob Hobgood Peter Homon Evelyn Larter Robert Mead Lee Milhous George Mitchell Stephen Obarski Joanne Owen Patricia Patelski Marilyn Rabbai David Rhody Rich Sakowski Robert Scara Helen Taylor Kathleen White Harry Wilkinson Vernon Williams J. Alan Woodruff

Contributors 2013-2014
Martha Bradley Mark Dishong Ted Kiefer Guy Kirk Jan Staub Nancy Stokking-Perry

AGO Certified Members

Rae Ann Anderson, CAGO Alice Brown, SPC Helen C. Carrell, CAGO Mark A. Cole, SPC Charlene Cranmer, CAGO, SPC Lawrence DePasquale, CAGO Ruth O. Fink, AAGO, ChM Ethel H. Geist, CAGO Evelyn Larter, CAGO, SPC Sister Emily McMullen, SPC Irina Nenartovich, CAGO, SPC Marilyn Rabbai, SPC David L. Rhody, SPC Glenn L. Rodgers, AAGO Joyce Ann Routon, CAGO, SPC Helen K. Taylor, AAGO Dr. Harry Wilkinson, FAGO

Wanted: Pre-owned piano suitable for church choir rehearsal room. Would prefer spinet with nice sound or a low console that can be seen over easily. Contact Peter Homon at 856-665 -0149 or lapajar@yahoo.com

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CHAPTER PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE

Our Professional Concerns Committee has published the first edition of the brochure SO YOURE THINKING OF HIRING A CHURCH MUSICIAN Topics included are, Where to begin your search, the AGO Code of Ethics as applicable to hiring procedures, Formula for Determining Workload, as well as a Worksheet for Determining Workload, Job Description Form, Guidelines for the Interview and Audition, sample Working Agreements, and a copy of our latest edition of Guidelines for the Compensation of Church Musicians. These brochures will be sent by our Placement Director to all institutions listing positions in our publications and website; you may also request a copy from the Professional Concerns Committee Chairperson. Also available from the Professional Concerns Committee Guidelines for Compensation (see below); Sample Working Agreement for Church Musicians; and Copyright Law Simplified (revised Sept. 2005).

CHAPTER EMERGENCY FUND

Our Chapter sponsors a fund to provide short -term emergency aid to Chapter members who find themselves temporarily in need of assistance. No dues money is used for this aid, but tax-deductible contributions are welcome at any time, and the free -will offering from this years Members Recital has been dedicated to this fund. A committee of three, consisting of the Dean, the Chair of Professional Concerns, and another member of that committee, will award aid as the need arises. Any Chapter member may recommend a member in good standing who, for reasons such as illness or unemployment, deserves our help, by contacting the Dean or the Chair of Professional Concerns. All cases of course will be confidential. If you would like to con-

SUBSTITUTE LIST These musicians are available on Sundays and also for weddings and funerals other days:

tribute to this cause, please send your taxdeductible donation (made out to SW Jersey Chapter AGO) to our Treasurer Gail Gassaway, marked for Musicians Emergency Fund.

Miriam Bisbing 856-627-9434 (Sicklerville) April through November only Marion Constable 609-324-7862 (Columbus)mconstable09@comcast.net John Dow 856-327-1739 (Millville) jedowfam@aol.com Anthony Falatico 856-854-9373 (Collingswood)- Falametz03@verizon.net Sheila Huff 856-979-5513 (Mount Laurel)sheilahuff@hotmail.com Mary Johnson 856-332-8869 (Pine Hill) mebayj47@yahoo.com Dr. Ted Kiefer 856-694-3693 (South Jersey area) Sunday services 8:00 or earlierchadorgan@gmail.com Carol McDaniel 856-428-0911 (Haddonfield) cfmcdaniel@verizon.net substitute organist and director Nancy McLoud 856-667-6127 (Maple Shade)nairmc@verizon.net George Mitchell 856-795-0970 (Cherry Hill) babayaga430@aol.com Irina Nenartovich, CAGO, SPC 856-321-3465 (Cherry Hill) knenartovich@hotmail.com CathyONeill 856-589-0192 (Sewell and vicinity)CMO125@aol.com Joanne Owen 856-769-3212 (Woodstown) lbjkowen1982@comcast.net Kathleen White 609-267-3349 (Hainesport) KWBoots@aol.com These substitutes are available for weddings and funerals or Saturday work only: Evelyn Larter, CAGO 856-358-1112 (Elmer) ERLarter@juno.com Lee F. Milhous 215-348-8872 (Burlington) leefmilhous@verizon.net

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Local Events
Friday, May 2, 8 pm Kennett Square, PA Longwood Gardens presents Benjamin Sheen, winner at age 23 of first prize in the first Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition in June 2013. Sheen is a student of Paul Jacobs at Juilliard School and a graduate of Oxford University. $25, at ticketphiladelphia.org Sunday, May 4, 4 pm Deerfield: a virtuoso piano recital by Cuban American pianist, Erikson Rojas, at Deerfield Presbyterian Church, 530 Old Deerfield Pike, Deerfield Street, NJ. Free admission, Freewill offering, Meet -the-artist reception to follow. More information at www.deerfieldpres.org Sunday, May 4, 5 pm Burlington Solemn Evensong for the Feast of St. Florian, patron saint of firefighters. The Choir of St. Marys Church, Lee F. Milhous, organist and conductor, performs works by Bairstow, West, Stanford and Ayleward, and the service concludes with the blessing of fire vehicles; at St. Marys Episcopal Church, 145 W. Broad St. Free-will offering. Sunday, May 4, 7:30 pm Moorestown Great English Choral Works, including Rutter Requiem, Whitburn Son of God Mass and Vaughan Williams The Old Hundredth. Choirs plus West Jersey Chamber Symphony, at First Presbyterian Church, 101 Bridgeboro Road. Freewill offering; 856 235-1688. Sunday, May 18, 3 pm, Woodstown Woodstown Presbyterian Church, 46 Auburn Street, Woodstown NJ. Music Around the County presents Music In Bloom A choral and instrumental concert by the ensembles of Woodstown High School under the direction of Kahlil Gunther. The church is handicapped accessible. This event is free and open to the public, and is part of Salem Countys Arts in Bloom weekend, May 1718, a free self-guided studio tour of 27 Salem County artists. For more information, call Joanne Owen at 856-769-3212, visit the website or email . Sunday, May 18, 3 pm Riverton Organ/Piano Recital by Mark Cole at Christ Church, Riverton, NJ, 305 Main Street, with guest cellist Stacey De Bernardo, and the Riverton Brass Group. Works for organ by: Phillips, Sweelinck, Lubeck, Langlais, Widor, Bedard, and Peeters. Works for piano by, Poulenc, Schumann, Lanz, Story, and Schmidt. Freewill offering; for more info call 717 -343-2700. Sunday, May 18, 3 pm Moorestown An Afternoon of Music with Ron Matthews, composer and performer, and Glenn Rodgers, organ and Piano; at First United Methodist Church, Camden Ave. & Pleasant Valley Road. A delightful program featuring organ, piano, trumpet and singing. Sunday, May 18, 5 pm Pitman Jazz Vespers: Pitman HS Jazz Ensemble offering proceeds benefit the Pitman Food Pantry. We are delighted to welcome Pitmans Own back for jazz vespers with us. Come and be captivated by these talented young players, under the direction of Phil Verespy, At First Presbyterian Church, free.

Positions Availablecontact Peter Homon for info lapajar@yahoo.com

Salem NJ -Paid Soprano Chorister (section leader/soloist) wanted: St. Johns Episcopal Church 76 Market Street, Salem, NJ., to begin September 2014. Sunday morning (9:00 AM) choir rehearsal and 10:30 AM Choral Eucharist liturgy. Occasional extra rehearsals and liturgical services (Christmas Eve, Holy week, Evensongs, etc.) Must be comfortable with and supportive of Episcopal liturgy and practice, and a team player. Must be a very good sight-singer, with strong choral tone to which volunteer sopranos can blend; also capable of singing occasional solos. For details and to schedule an audition contact Bill Clisham, Minister of Music, by phone (908 -472-7597) or e-mail WFCLISH@aol.com Haddon Heights First Presbyterian Church, organist/accompanist, 2 m Allen card -reader organ, position to begin in Jan. 2014, Thursday evening rehearsal, 1 Sunday service, 1 staff meeting, one Sunday off per month. Contact Leslie Clark at lclark223@gmail.com.(11/13) The Cathedral Choir School of Delaware is seeking a skilled musician who will play the organ and assist with the accompaniment of the Cathedral Choir as led by the Artistic Director. This individual will work as a team member to build a nurturing choral community. The Cathedral Choir School of Delaware is a unique after-school program that combines professional choral training, piano and voice lessons, leadership development, academic tutoring, and one-on-one mentoring. Cathedral Choir School students sing as members of the Cathedral Choir where they perform alongside professional and semi-professional adult singers. Please send resume submissions to Arreon Harley, Artistic Director, via email:aharley@cathedralchoirschoolde.org Pitman St. James Lutheran, O/D, 2m Wicks organ, 8:30 & 11:00 services, adult and youth choirs. Contact Pastor Daniel Leslie at pastor@stjamespitman.com (856-589-1180) or Joan Gebhart at joangeb1@verizon.net (856-589-1963.)

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Positions Available, cont.

St. Johns Episcopal Church in Chews Landing, NJ is seeking a part time organist. Duties include one Sunday service at 10AM and Wednesday evening rehearsal with the choir. Additional services include Christmas Eve, the annual Ecumenical Choir service in January, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Vigil of Easter. Four paid Sundays off during the summer. Weddings and Funerals are available at additional pay. 4-rank 2manual organ. Contact Rev. Margaret Sterchi at 856-227-3588 or email atmarsterchi@aol.com.(5/13) Trinity Old Swedes Episcopal Church, Swedesboro O,1 service 9:30am on Sundays, Prelude, Postlude, service music, 4 hymns and some improvisation during Communion. We will supply the music. Hymns are selected by the clergy well in advance so sight reading is kept at a minimum. We pay the AGO rate. There is no formal choir, 2 services on Christmas Eve. We would consider taking two people to share the position and spell each other on a schedule. We are willing to consider a student. Contact Rev. Anne Wrede at trinityoldswedes@comcast.net

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Sforzando is the official publication of the SouthWest Jersey Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. The AGO is a multi-denominational, non-profit organization chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York in 1896. EDITOR & PUBLISHER: David Rhody (856)795-6735, drhody1@comcast.net OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER: Joe Routon REFERRAL & POSITIONS AVAILABLE COORDINATOR: Peter Homon lapajar@yahoo.com CONCERT CALENDAR COORDINATOR: David Rhody, drhody1@comcast.net; Fax (856)795-7166 PROFESSIONAL CONCERNS COORDINATOR: David Rhody (856)795 -6735

CHAPTER OFFICERS DEAN: Charlene Cranmer CAGO ctcranmer@comcast.net SUB-DEAN: Jonathan L. Stark, JonStark47@hotmail.com TREASURER/REGISTRAR: Gail Gassaway, cloaked17@verizon.net SECRETARY: Cathy ONeill cmo125@aol.com WEBSITE: www.agohq.org/chapters/southwestjersey

Deans Message cont.

will be our last recital for this year. It will begin at 4:00 pm. As we contemplate what our AGO Chapter has accomplished and experienced during this past year, lets be thankful for colleagues who have provided the venues for recitals, concerts, and yes, committee meetings, so that our wonderful organization can function optimally. Lets also be thankful for the talented and busy members who serve on committees, who volunteer to play at Master Classes and who teach organ students in our Chapters Scholarship Program. Without members such as this we would be greatly diminished. Throughout my years as a member of the American Guild of Organists, I bers. As we approach the end of the 20132014 Calendar of Events, and look forward to the next, please consider volunteering more of your time and talents to our great organization, The American Guild of Organists. You may be the inspiration for the next generation of young organists! Charlene Cranmer, Dean (Joe Routon photo)

Future Chapter Meetings

Sunday, May 18, 4 pm Annual Members Recital at St. Marys Episcopal, Haddon Heights have been encouraged and inspired to keep growing and learning more about the magnificent instrument we all love, the pipe organ, by other Chapter memSunday, July 13, 4 pm Annual Picnic and Meeting, at the Parkhurst residence in Laurel Springs