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We have thirty enthusiastic participants. Half of them come from varied parts of Utah, others from states from sea to shining sea, and Canada. We really want this experience to be one they value for the rest of their lives. And we do need help to make that happen. One of our mission statements is “Nurture future generations of organists”. This is our chance to really fulfill that part of our mission. There is still $6,000 dollars waiting to be matched. We need that to happen.

To make this opportunity possible, we continue to seek financial contributions to support the program. To make a financial contribution, please use one of the following three methods.

Zeffy online donation platform – click on the blue link below titled POE Donations Needed! https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/utah-valley-pipe-organ encounter–2026. All of the instructions are there and are easy to follow. The link even gives you a receipt. Zeffy is a free fundraising platform for nonprofits, charities and clubs. Zeffy does NOT require a donation to their site, even though there is a place for it. All of your donation goes to the Pipe Organ Encounter. If you want to give Zeffy a tip for their service you can, but it can be any amount you choose, not the amount they present.
Venmo: @UVAGO-79 (select ‘charity’)
Check: Make payable to: Utah Valley Chapter AGO (memo) POE and mail to: David Chamberlin, 313 Yale Circle, American Fork, UT 84003

Questions?? Contact Dorothy Jensen, Director,

A previous participant shares the impact of their POE experience:

It’s funny how the greatest experiences you ever have can be very unexpected. They can be found in places you never suspect. And that’s what happened to me. My time at the POE was phenomenal. Never before had I felt such and admiration for this instrument. It inspired my musicianship in a way I would have never predicted. Inside of me that week, there was a burning desire to become something greater with the talents I have. I felt like I was being introduced to a whole new beautiful world. Not just the organ, but also the beauty of music and worship and passion. There was much more than I ever thought.

I met so many amazing friends. When I would mess up on a piece, they would talk about how perfectly I’d done it. We all laughed very hard together and made a lot of memories. Even the teachers and chaperones I met I enjoyed immensely. I couldn’t believe how attached I felt to everyone when I had to leave. Funny how you can love someone so much, when you’ve only known him or her for so little. So yes, I really did think going to an organ camp was a little weird in the beginning. And yet…I’m so glad I did. I loved it more than I every thought I would. Whatever happens to me in my life, whatever I may accomplish, I’ll always remember the amazing experience I had, that one week in July, when I went to organ camp.

Carlson; 2017 UVAGO POE scholarship recipient; TOA November 2017 p. 7

The 2026 POE will inlcude

Lodging in the pristine mountains of Utah @ Timp Lodge

Experience pipe organs at Brigham Young University and in Salt Lake City

- Organs @ Temple Square
- Opus 100 – Brigham Young University Letourneau

Guest Artist Isabelle Demers

- Concert Thursday, July 23, 2026, at 7:30pm.

- With playing described as having “bracing virtuosity” (Chicago Classical Review) and being “fearless and extraordinary” (Amarillo-Globe News), Canadian-American organist Isabelle Demers has enraptured critics, presenters, and audience members around the globe for her exhilarating performances. Her recital for the joint International Society of Organbuilders-American Institute of Organbuilders convention so enchanted the audience that she “left the entire congress in an atmosphere of ‘Demers fever’.” In 2010, her performance for the national convention of the American Guild of Organists, in Washington, D.C., was received with unbridled acclaim not only by critics, who deemed it “one of the most outstanding events of the convention” (The American Organist), but also by the standing-room-only audience of her colleagues which called her back to the stage five times. A native of Québec and a doctoral graduate of the Juilliard School, Dr. Demers is Associate Professor of Organ at McGill University (Montréal, Québec) and, from 2025-2027 the visiting professor of organ at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. She was formerly the Joyce Bowden Chair in Organ and Head of the Organ Program at Baylor University (Waco, Texas).

Tour an organ building company Biglow Organs

Individual and group lessons

Daily individual organ lessons
- Our faculty
  - Mark Campbell
    
    Clay Christiansen
    
    Elizabeth Forsyth
    
    Neil Harmon
    
    Connor Larsen
    
    Valerie McDougall
    
    Kim Moody
    
    Sheri Peterson
Group classes and workshops at Brigham Young University
Workshop by Isabelle Demers.

Other fun adventures and activities

- Explore BYU campus: participants recital on the new Latourneau Concert Organ, the carillon tower, and the reverb chamber in Physics Dept
- Have fun with outdoor activities and hikes
- Listen to faculty recitals