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The Tulsa Tracker Newsletter of the Tulsa Chapter,
American Guild of Organists February, 2019
From the Dean… Dear friends,
I really enjoyed our brunch at Ol Vine earlier in January. During the past two years the brunch has been a good time to catch up with many of you. Thanks to Terry Cast for handling the reservations.
I am looking forward to our next event, a recital by three OU students on February 1. This is a fine opportunity to support our colleagues in Norman. The more time I spend with our friends at OU, the more I believe our profession will have a brighter future!
This February will be a special month for me, as the new Schoenstein organ at St John’s Episcopal Church will be the featured instrument in the latest issue of The Diapason. My colleague Adam Pajan and I both wrote articles that tell the story of the instrument from the design phase and installation to the beauty it now brings to worship. I hope you will look at the February edition of The Diapason and plan to join me for the dedication weekend of February 23/24 and the recital by Paul Jacobs on March 3. And on top of that, it will be great to host our chapter for the recital by Martin Bambauer on the 25th.
Joseph Joseph Arndt, Dean
From the Sub-Dean…
Dear friends and colleagues,
We're in for a treat this Friday, as three American Organ Institute students share their talent with us. Reading
through their biographical information, I'm amazed by their diverse interests and impressive accomplishments
at such a young age. I can't wait to hear them play!
I am grateful to Lyndon Meyer for his good work in creating the chapter's new website. Please check it out at
www.tulsaago.org and share your thoughts with us. It is an appealing and informative introduction to our
organization, and you can help us make it even better by sharing your ideas. Lyndon is looking for stoplists,
photos, etc., of local organs. We have a variety of local instruments and it is well worth showcasing them,
especially as they sometimes fly under the radar. How many times have you met someone who is simply
unaware of all the diverse organs and the wonderful people who make them sing? It happens to me pretty
frequently. Please send Lyndon anything you may have, but please,
only items you personally know to be accurate!
Terry Terry Cast, Sub-Dean
Join us!
Friday, February 1, 2019 at 7:30pm
Recital by Students at the American Organ Institute
Solena Rizzato, David Anderson, Benjamin Clark
First Presbyterian Church, 709 S Boston Ave, Tulsa
Tulsa Chapter News: Please welcome new member Suzanne Law: she has a BME and MM from the University of Tulsa, has taught at Oral Roberts University and served as organist, pianist and choir director for 10 years at Sapulpa’s First Presbyterian Church. She is available to substitute: telephone contact is 918-224-5491. Welcome to new Chapter Friend Lynda Ramsey: [email protected] or 918-810-8537 Dale LeStourgeon is recovering from knee replacement surgery, and Susan Panciera recently had hand surgery. Prayers for healing for both of these dear friends!
News from the Region: Our friend Madolyn Fallis from San Antonio died on January 20, 2019. Madolyn loved the AGO, she was a constant encourager of young organists, had a smile for everyone she met, AND she made a great margarita! She and her organ-duet partner, Elaine Ehlers, both graduates of the University of Oklahoma with Mildred Andrews, presented programs all over the region and beyond. I will always cherish her positive attitude, her love of life, and her absolute delight in music. - Karen Rich
Madolyn Fallis (1934-2019) was a force of nature. Between her boundless energy and her smile as big as all of Texas, she endeared herself to everyone she met. As many of you know, she was highly revered as AGO Southwest Regional Coucnillor (Region VII in those days). I was honored to be elected to that position when she concluded her terms of service. Short:ly after I took office, she sent me a large cardboard box full of AGO regional documents and information, all nearly filed and labeled. When I commented on how much material there was, she informed me that she had culled it down from six boxes! Not only was she a devoted member of the AGO and a respected church musician, teacher and recitalist, but she was a class act in every sense of the word. Her degrees of professionalism and respect for each individual person set her apart from the norm. With Madolyn, what you saw was what you got. She always had a kind word for everyone, along with pats on the back and positive reinforcement. Like a gentle mother, she shepherded me into the regional councillor position, and was always just an email or phone call away when I needed support and encouragement. With a warm spirit and a kind heart, she kindled a flame in all of us to do our best work. Dear Madolyn, I join many in saluting you and thanking you for the example you set for us, as well as the high standards you achieved. May angels sing you into the arms of God, where you will be welcomed with great joy into the Kingdom of Heaven. You will always be one of the bright Yellow Roses of Texas!
- Michael Bedford
In the Community:
Student Recital • Friday, February 1 at 7:30pm Students at the University of Oklahoma’s American Organ Institute in recital: undergraduate Solena Rizzato; Master of Music Degree Candidate David Anderson; DMA Candidate Benjamin Clark
First Presbyterian Church, 709 S Boston Ave, Tulsa
Congregational Evensong • Sunday, February 3 at 5:00pm Responses and Service Music from Hymnal 1982, sung by the congregation in the choir stalls Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S Cincinnati, Tulsa
Tuesdays at Trinity • 30-minute recitals starting at 12:05pm Feb 5 – Lyndon Meyer, Organist – Church of St Mary Feb 12 – Tulsa Opera Preview of “The Little Prince” Feb 19 – Lise Glaser, Oboist Feb 26 – Thomas Starnes, Organist – Christ the King Catholic Church Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S Cincinnati, Tulsa
Concerts with Commentary • Thursday, February 7 at 7:30pm Presenting “Love Songs and Dances” - chamber music for voice and harp. Soprano Judith Pannill Raiford and harpist Lorelei Barton will be joined by violinist Maureen O’Boyle, flutist John Rush, and percussionist Brady McElligott in works by Spanish and Argentinian composers Fernando Obradors, Isaac Albéniz, Astor Piazzola and Alberto Ginastera. The concert will also include works by Debussy and Gershwin and will highlight a new transcription for harp of Tobias Picker’s “Old and Lost Rivers”. Gussman Concert Hall, Lorton PAC on the TU Campus, 8th & S Harvard, Tulsa
Second Saturday Silents • Saturday, February 9 at 11:00am The 1926 classic The Black Pirate starring Douglas Fairbanks will be shown with accompaniment provided by Bill Rowland on the Circle's Robert Morton theatre pipe organ
Circle Cinema, 10 S Lewis Avenue, Tulsa • $5 admission; $2 age 16 and under
Tulsa Youth Symphony Winter Concert • Sunday, February 17 at 3:00pm Mayor G.T. Bynum has proclaimed February 17 as Tulsa Youth Symphony Day. In celebration, the Concert Orchestra, conducted by Pete Peterson, will perform arrangements of Thunder and Lightning Polka by Johann Strauss, Jr., Waltz from “Eugene Onegin” by Tchaikovsky and Highlights from “Wicked”. The Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ronald Wheeler and Richard Wagner, will perform Colas Breugnon Overture by Dimitri Kabalevsky, Evening Prayer and Dream Pantomime from “Hansel and Gretel” by Engelbert Humperdink, Concerto Grosso opus 6 no. 1 by Handel and Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 5 “Sinfonia Sacra”.
Union Public Schools PAC, 6636 S Mingo Road, Tulsa • Tickets $15 Adults; $10 Seniors and Children
Organ Recital • Sunday, February 17 at 4:30pm, preceding Evensong Presenting Vicki Schaeffer, Organist, Mayflower Congregational Church, Oklahoma City Choral Evensong • Sunday, February 17 at 5:00pm, following the recital Music to include: William Byrd Responses; Stanford Service in B-flat Major; Gardiner Evening Hymn Trinity Episcopal Church, 502 S Cincinnati, Tulsa • Reception following
Third Thursday Recital Series • February 21 at 12:15pm Presenting the Tulsa Symphony Woodwind Quintet • University UMC, 500 S College Ave, Tulsa
Music at the Mansion • Thursday, February 21 at 2:00pm Featuring Carl Curtis on piano and Elizabeth Smith Curtis on vocal and double bass in Jazz This! Tulsa Historical Society, 2445 S Peoria Ave, Tulsa
Bela Rozsa Memorial Concert • Thursday, February 21 at 7:30pm Featuring compositions by the TU student winners of the 2019 Bela Rozsa Composition Competition and performances by the TU Symphony Orchestra, TU faculty, and guest performers. The concert focuses on music composed in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Gussman Concert Hall, Lorton PAC, 8th & S Harvard, University of Tulsa Campus
Organ Demonstration • Saturday, February 23 from 2:00 – 3:00pm Jack Bethards and Joseph Arndt demonstrate the new Schoenstein Organ
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 4200 S Atlanta Place, Tulsa
Dedication of the Schoenstein Organ • Sunday, February 24 5:00pm – Organ Recital by Joseph Arndt: Prelude, Fugue, et Variation by Franck; Toccata in E by J.S. Bach
5:30pm - Holy Eucharist with The Right Rev. Neil Alexander, Dean of the School of Theology at the University of the South • Music to include Parry’s I Was Glad and Darke’s Communion Service in E
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 4200 S Atlanta Place, Tulsa
Celtic Evensong • Sunday, February 24 at 5:00pm The choir and choral scholars in cooperation with Dunstanfolk will present our annual Celtic Evensong service celebrating the feast of Saint Brigid. Music will include hymns, a psalm, evening canticles, and an anthem in Celtic folk style. The service will be preceded by Celtic fiddle tunes and followed by a light reception.
St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, 5635 E 71st St, Tulsa
AGO Dinner and Meeting • Monday, February 25 at 6:00pm Organ Recital • Monday, February 25 at 7:00pm Organist Martin Bambauer in concert • St. John’s Episcopal Church, 4200 S Atlanta Place, Tulsa
American Music Recital • Tuesday, February 26 at 7:30pm Pianist Roger Price will present a recital of American music featuring the music of Leonard Bernstein and Samuel Barber as well as the world premiere of Price’s Hymns of the Four Living Creatures, inspired by the Book of Revelation • Gussman Concert Hall, Lorton PAC, 8th & S Harvard, University of Tulsa Campus
In the Region:
A Festival of Hymns • Saturday, February 2 at 7:00pm Blow the Trumpet in Zion: A Festival of Hymns for the Church Year led by Richard Webster Christ Episcopal Church, 509 Scott Street, Little Rock, AR
Ode to the Moon • Sunday, February 3 at 12:10pm Broc Hite presents a recital featuring settings of Clair de Lune by Karg-Elert, Debussy, and Vierne First UMC, 20 Boyce Drive, Bella Vista, AR
Recital for Organ and Trombone • Sunday, February 10 at 4:00pm John Edwards, Organist of First Presbyterian Church, Oklahoma City, and John Allen, Trombonist, will present a recital of music by Dupont, Haan, Hovhaness, Lauridsen, Koetsier, Krol, Schriener and Widor Christ the King Catholic Church, 8005 Dorset Drive, Oklahoma City • Reception follows in the Atrium
Choral Evensong and Organ Recital • Sunday, February 10 at 5:00pm Sung by the Cathedral Choir and Organist Owen Reid, Organ Scholar, St. Michael and All Angels, Dallas St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, 127 NW 7th Street, Oklahoma City
Opus 100 Recital Series • Sunday, February 17 at 2:30pm Organist James O’Donnell performs music of Stanford, Bach, Parry, Vierne and Duruflé
Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301 Flora Street, Dallas, TX • Tickets at mydso.com
AGO Members' Recital • Sunday, February 17 at 4:00pm Members of the Cimarron Chapter Brad Newcomb, Thomas Taylor Dickey, Micheal Crockett, Rebecca te Velde, and Gerald Frank present a recital in celebration of the congregation’s 125th Anniversary
First Presbyterian Church, 502 W Maine Ave, Enid • Reception following
Transfigured Nights • Sunday, February 24 at 7:00pm Haydn Organ Masses featuring Organist Stefan Engels, choir and orchestra
Church of the Transfiguration, 14115 Hillcrest Road, Dallas, TX
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC
Coming Events:
Organ Recital • Sunday, March 3 at 3:00pm Organist Paul Jacobs in concert • Tickets $20 ($22 online) • Performance is expected to sell out, order early! St. John’s Episcopal Church, 4200 S Atlanta Place, Tulsa
AGO Members’ Recital • Sunday, March 10 at 2:30pm Members of the Cimarron Chapter Brad Newcomb, Thomas Taylor Dickey, Micheal Crockett, Rebecca te Velde, and Gerald Frank in recital • First Christian Church, 411 W Matthews Avenue, Stillwater
A Lenten Concert • Sunday, April 7 at 5:00pm The Chancel Choir presents Requiem by John Rutter, with orchestra First Presbyterian Church, 709 S Boston Ave, Tulsa • Free • Reception following
Thomas Matthews Memorial Concert • Friday, May 10 at 7:00pm Organist Chelsea Chen in Concert • Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S Cincinnati, Tulsa • Gala reception following
Raleigh Ringers in Concert • June 19, 2019 Coming to the Mary Glass Performing Arts Center in Owasso • Visit http://www.GCR-handbell-festival.weebly.com for information and tickets
Educating the Church Musician
While many of us enter the field of church music early in life, studying organ performance and choral conducting in college and at conferences and conventions, some come to the field after their formal education has ended or may wish
to develop and improve their skills as they mature. Here are some resources to help with those quests.
We would be remiss not to mention first of all, the website of the American Guild of Organists (agohq.org). In addition to online versions of The American Organist magazine, there is a series of thirty video lessons for the new organist,
information about academic organ study, materials relating to the AGO's professional certification programs, and much more. Have you explored the AGO website recently?
The American Choral Directors Association (acda.org) serves a similar function for choral conductors as the AGO does
for organists. Its website includes repertoire information, links to a discussion forum (choralnet.org), publications of interest to choral conductors, and a mentoring program for members, among other resources.
Our worship covering online resources for church musicians will be coming up in a couple of months. If you have
resources you'd like to share with your colleagues, please let me know about them at [email protected].
For Sale:
35-year-old 2-manual Allen organ with built-in speakers. No pistons, no memory. The pedal is
actually smaller than the standard church organ pedals, but usable (somewhat similar to a
historic organ's pedal). The manuals are in good condition. Overall. it's an old but reliable
instrument. Asking price $300 or best offer. Call 808-285-8861 if interested.
Also for Sale:
Dorothy McFadden’s Steinway piano Dorothy recently died, at 103, and her daughter is offering the piano.
Contact Suzanne Perigo at [email protected]
Tulsa Ballet has a few openings for part-time pianists to play for the Center for Dance Education ballet classes. We pay $20 an hour and are looking for pianists with sight-reading skills and some improvisation skills.
No experience is required as we will help them learn how to play for ballet. Contact Joseph McNamara 918-749-6030 or [email protected]
Registration is now open! We hope you will join us in the city of Denver, Colorado for four days of amazing music, artists, organs, cathedrals, and the magnificence of Colorado’s natural beauty.
Colorado is the newest member of the Southwest Region of the American Guild of Organists. As such, it is my pleasure to welcome each of you as well as our friends and friends-to-be from the Southwest region and beyond to this convention. And it is also my privilege to invite you to share with us as we celebrate the gift of organ and choral music in Denver.
Featured artists include John Schwandt opening the convention at Trinity Methodist Church on the 1888 82-rank Roosevelt organ, Yoon-Mi Lim at Ascension Episcopal Church on the beautiful 2009 Murphy Organ, Scott Montgomery on the 70-rank Casavant organ at First Church of Christ, Scientist, Damin Spritzer on the recently TAO-featured massive Kimball organ with the new Spencer
Company Antiphonal Organ at Saint John’s Cathedral, Matthew Dirst on the sublime Martin Ott mechanical action organ at Christ Episcopal Church, and Richard Webb on the 2018 Charles Kegg organ at Saint John Vianney Theological Seminary (also recently featured in the TAO). We will also have with us two young organists, Collin Miller, an AGO Rising Star who performed at the Kansas City National Convention, and Bryan Dunnewald, acclaimed organist and conductor and a Colorado native who has his musical roots in Denver. To close the convention, Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet-Hakim will perform on the 1911 Kimball (1996 Morel) French-inspired organ in the Basilica Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
We will be hosting a marvelous hymn festival by Jan Kraybill and Brian Hehn. We are proud to have with us the internationally acclaimed Air & Hammers with Maxine Thévenot and Edmund Connolly, as well as nationally recognized Colorado ensembles such as the Bennie L. Williams Spiritual Singers, St. Martin’s Chamber Choir, and the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado. All will feature prominently during our four days together. Workshops and Worship sessions will be inspiring and unique. The program committee is pleased that every state in the Southwest Region – Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas – will be represented at the convention.
The Southwest Convention is affordable at the early regular registration rate of $350 which includes several meals. The early registration rate for young organists is only $125.
More information and a link to register is available at www.agodenver2019.org.
We look forward to seeing you in Denver July 7-10, 2019!
Brian du Fresne, AAGO, Convention Coordinator
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
The cover of the January, 2019 issue of The Diapason features the
M.P. Möller organ of First Presbyterian Church,
Oklahoma City. This was one of the last organ projects completed
by Roger Banks before his retirement in 2018.
Congratulations and well done!
Dinner and Meeting – Monday, February 25 at 6:00pm Organist Martin Bambauer in Concert – 7:00pm
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 4200 S Atlanta Place, Tulsa
Martin Bambauer studied church music at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf with Hans-Dieter Möller. He also studied with Daniel Roth in Frankfurt am Main. Since 2002 he has taught organ and improvisation at the Musikhochschule in Cologne. He is the organist and choir director at the Basilica of Constantine in Trier.
FRIENDS OF THE TULSA AGO – Thank you for your support!
BOMBARDE ($200 and above) CHOIR (Up to $49)
Dr. Michael Bedford Roger Banks
Fred and Barbara Elder Kathy Call
Karen Rich Casey Cantwell
Carteena Robohm Michele Cowen
Nick Wilson Robert Cox
Jacob Drengler
GREAT ($100 - $199) Cheryl Melvin
Lyndon Meyer Colette Meyer
Don Lloyd Pearl Gay Miller
Bill Shambaugh Joel Panciera
Bruce Wilkin Teresa Petray
Lynda Ramsey
SWELL ($50 - $99) John Riester
Alta Doverspike Thomas Starnes
Joyce Hatchett Chris Winston
Ferne Howell
Michael McCrary
Susan Panciera
Ruth Tatroe
Richard and Peggy Ziglar Add your name to this list! Donate to the Tulsa Chapter AGO!
Available to substitute: Teacher List: CAFFEY, Carol 918-747-1714 BEDFORD, Dr. Michael 918-346-8104 COWEN, Michele 918-430-4235 BIGHLEY, Dr. Mark 918-269-4320
HILLER, Karen 918-660-0506 CANTWELL, Casey 918-809-9162 KUCERA, Stephen [email protected] FRANK, Dr. Gerald 405-372-3357
LAW, Suzanne 918-224-5491 GLASER, Eliot 918-748-4409 MEYER, Colette 918-252-2561 PEARSON, Ron 918-584-4701 PETRAY, Teresa 918-521-6556 SMITH, Vicki 918-607-3170 SMITH, Vicki 918-607-3170 [email protected]
Visit our updated website: www.tulsaago.org
Joseph Arndt, Dean Fred Elder, Treasurer [email protected] Members-at-Large [email protected]
609.618.2911 Ferne Howell (2020)
Terry Cast, Sub-Dean Mark Watkins (2022) Karen Rich, Secretary/Historian [email protected] Nick Wilson (2024) [email protected] 918.240.5559 Eliot Glaser, Auditor Lyndon Meyer, Webmaster Mike McCrary, Auditor [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Send items for inclusion in the March issue of the TRACKER by Monday, February 25 to [email protected]
The Tulsa Chapter of the American Guild of Organists presents
Martin Bambauer
Organist and Choir Director Basilica of Constantine in Trier, Germany
Monday, February 25, 2019 at 7:00pm
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 4200 S Atlanta Place, Tulsa, OK 918-742-7381
Free and open to the Public
