AGO National Conference on Organ Pedagogy

Improvisation and Organ Pedagogy
November 10–13, 2011, Rochester, N.Y.

You are invited to attend the 16^th biennial AGO National Conference on Organ Pedagogy, presented in cooperation with the 10th annual Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative (EROI) Festival, November 10–13, 2011, in Rochester, N.Y.

Join the growing number of your colleagues in registering for what promises to be an inspirational and informative conference held at the Eastman School of Music’s recently expanded campus. This year’s conference has something for everyone: hands-on workshops for students, presentations on improvisation resources and curricula for teachers, performances by world-renowned organists on stunning instruments, and plenty of networking opportunities.

A distinguished faculty of internationally renowned organists and teachers working in the discipline of organ improvisation will include Jeffrey Brillhart (Yale University), Tony Caramia (Eastman), Sophie-Veronique Cauchefer-Choplin (Royal College of Music, London), Hans Davidsson (Eastman), Michael Dodds (University of North Carolina School of the Arts), Gerre Hancock (Butler School of Music, University of Texas), David Higgs (Eastman), Denise Lanning (Denver Chapter, AGO), Rudolf Lutz (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis), William Marvin (Eastman), Bruce Neswick (Indiana University), David Peckham (Horseheads United Methodist Church, Horseheads, N.Y.), William Porter (Eastman), McNeil Robinson (Manhattan School of Music), Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra (author of Bach and the Art of Improvisation), John R. Shannon (Sweet Briar College), and Daniel Zager (Eastman).

Register today through November 1, 2011. Special discounts are available for teacher and student pairs and groups. Complete information, including online registration, is available online. For further information, please contact please contact EROI Festival Coordinator Annie Laver at 585-274-1564 or e-mail alaver@esm.rochester.edu.

The AGO’s Committee on Continuing Professional Education creates and promotes Guild programs as “education for a lifetime.” The primary responsibility of this committee is the planning of the biennial National Conference on Organ Pedagogy. In addition, the committee works through the AGO’s Councillors for the Regions to encourage and promote the Guild’s professional certification program in sacred music. They welcome your input on future topics for conventions. Visit them online at www.agohq.org.