Renee Gastelum, Sophomore Recital, Friday, May 28, 7:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, HFAC
Chapter News
Handouts & PowerPoint for Embellishing Hymns – UVAGO February Organ Challenge
At the February 26, 2021, Zoom workshop, Heidi Rodeback, Jack Stoneman, and Mike Carson discussed methods for embellishing hymns. Specifically: how to embellish a sacrament hymn, how to find and use a last-verse harmonization, and how to solo out the melody. HANDOUTS for Embellishing Hymns POWERPOINT for Embellishing Hymns LINK to Zoom meeting, Passcode: 9HxH7gR%
Piping Up! Organ Concerts at Temple Square
The five accomplished Tabernacle and Temple Square organists, Richard Elliott, Andrew Unsworth, Brian Mathias, Linda Margetts, and Joseph Peeples, plus occasional guest organists, are featured in a new online concert stream: Every Wednesday at noon (mountain) 30-minute concerts, each featuring a different organist Streamed on The Choir’s YouTube channel, Broadcasts.ChurchofJesusChrist.org, TheTabernacleChoir.org.
BYU Organ Online Training Sessions
This is a new monthly offering of nine different topics of interest to early-level church organists, including those serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All events are free of charge and available to pianists and organists in any location. Each month will include a 2-part series: a live presentation on the given topic […]
Sub-Dean Heidi Rodeback’s Message: A year of achieving challenges for organists
Hello Organist Friends! In 1665, Isaac Newton was sent home from Trinity College, Cambridge, to sit out the Great Plague. Famously, that fall he discovered gravity and used the rest of the year to invent calculus. What can we be doing as organists to improve our time during this pandemic? Bonnie Goodliffe answered that question […]
March 2020 Bach Birthday Recital Online
The Utah Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists presents Bach Birthday Recital Formerly scheduled for Friday, March 20, 2020 7:00 p.m. Provo Central Stake Center 450 North 1220 West, Provo, Utah Presented on-line in compliance with Governor Herbert’s restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Click on the link for each title of the […]
UVAGO Events Cancelled or Postponed
Message from the Dean – Lori Serr – Dear Friends, Regarding the chapter’s upcoming scheduled events, it has become more of a concern for me this week as more public events have been canceled or postponed in our area. It has been suggested by the executive officers of our chapter that all of our planned events […]
Tabernacle Choir Appoints New Organist
Joseph Peeples was recently appointed as a new organist at Temple Square. He will join organists Richard Elliott, Andrew Unsworth, Brian Mathias, Bonnie Goodliffe, and Linda Margetts in performing organ recitals and playing broadcasts and performances with The Tabernacle Choir. “We warmly welcome Joseph to the organ staff and look forward to his musical contributions on Temple […]
Updated edition of a “Resource List for Organists” is available
The new 2019 updated eBook edition of a “Resource List for Organists: Arrangements & Accompaniments of Hymns in the LDS Hymnal” is now available Compiled by DeeAnn D. Stone On March 17, 1999, the website Resources for LDS Organists was launched by DeeAnn Stone. The site’s purpose was to be a place where organists could find help in […]
Winners of Local Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists Announced
The Utah Valley chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO), jointly with the Salt Lake City chapter, hosted a chapter-level competition in the Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists (RCYO) on February 26, 2019. Amber Dahlberg was awarded first place, and Riley Palmer received second place. Amber will compete as a chapter winner at […]