February 2012 Volume 17, No. 5 February TCAGO Event: A Mid-Winter Tune-up Saturday February 25 – 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The sessions will be held at Woodlake Lutheran Church, 76th and Oliver in Minneapolis (one block east of Penn Avenue). The morning will include: Organ Repertoire for the Smaller Instrument - Robert Vickery Improvisation for those who Don’t - Tom Ferry Developing Practice Skills - learning your music faster - Jim Callahan Basics of Hymn Playing and Voicing - Steve Gentile So you want to compose - Leonard Danek Taxes/Pay info for the Part-time Organist - Martin Stachnik Clergy-Musician Relations - Paul Westermeyer and Maria Bucka Goodies/ Social time/ Used Music Sale rr About the Music Sale: You may bring music to be sold to the church the morning of the ee tt pp sessions...come a little early so it can be sorted and priced. All proceeds go into the Pro- aa shh gram Committee budget. CC Pipe Organ Discovery Day – the Chapel and the Hendrickson organ in ss ieie February 18 the Sanctuary. ett CiCi Phil Asgian Charles Hendrickson, designer and Pipe Organ Discovery Day is a program of builder of the Sanctuary organ, and nn ii the Education Committee of our Chapter. Michael Barone, host of Pipedreams on tww TT This event provides students with previ- Minnesota Public Radio, will offer a spe- –– ous piano or organ experience an opportu- cial presentation this year on the design otsts nity to learn more about the instrument and features of the Sanctuary organ. ss ii and to expand their knowledge with The event is free to participants. Stu- nn aa “hands on” experience. dents from grades 3 - 12 and their parents gg rr The program runs from 9:30 a.m. to are encouraged to attend. Pizza lunch is nOO 3:15 p.m. at Wayzata Community included. Registration is required. Sched- ff oo Church, 125 Wayzata Boulevard East, ule of events and registration materials are dd ll Wayzata, MN 55391. available at www.tcago.org . ii uu This year students will have the If you have questions, please contact GG e opportunity to play the Noack organ in Phil Asgian at 651-293-9115 or nn aa [email protected]. cc ii rr pee In this Issue mm AA Dean’s Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 2 TCAGO Investment Committee Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 2 Pipedreams 30th Anniversary celebration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 3 i Philip Wilby concert at St. Andrew’s Lutheran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 3 Heinrich Flesicher Memorial Concert II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 3 P “Maurice Duruflé: A Liturgical Musician” at Luther Seminary . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 3 Christophe Mantoux at University of St. Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 4 Strings, Pipes, and a Glorious Tenor II at the Cathedral of St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . .page 4 OHS 2012 National Convention in Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 5 Calendar of Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 5 TCAGO Officers, Board, Committees, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 6 Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pages 7-8 wwwwww..ttccaaggoo..oorrgg page 2 Dean’s Column to a choice of whom I held responsible for this lack of James Callahan knowledge, the institution or the student. As I have mentioned Another way of looking at this problem is that on before in this column, occasion the complaints I have heard use that famous it has been wonderful and ambiguous “they” word. “They think that…” to work with so many The usage of “they” seems to mean that there are interesting and dedicat- views by an individual or individuals but that some- ed people who love how these views are bundled together and projected TCAGO and the work onto the Guild as a whole. it does. In addition to Some takeaways: the overwhelming While the Guild represents its members, its members number of positive also represent the Guild. comments I have heard We cannot control the thoughts of a listener, but we about the Guild, I have can be clear when we speak that whatever views Photo: Roger Rich/University of St. Thomas now been Dean long we are expressing are only our own. enough to have heard multiple and sometimes intense We all make evaluations, both on a casual basis and negative views of the Guild from former members, sometimes by necessity. But everyone needs to be non-members and others. I find these negative views treated with honor and dignity. Our actions can be disturbing and hurtful. I would like to reflect should be gracious and hospitable. on the nature of these negative views and perhaps see Now that the first month of the 2012 has passed and what we might take away from them. everyone has recovered from the 2011 Christmas con- To divert for a moment: With every piano and certs and services and New Year’s celebrations, we can organ student I taught there came a time when I had look forward to the next part of the Liturgical Year, to ask each of them about their understanding of the Lent and Easter, and Passover. We can also, thankful- word ‘rhythm.’ After continued questions and fum- ly, look forward the lengthening daylight hours, bling answers we might reach something from their which should buoy our spirits. High School poetry class such as ‘Iambic Pentameter.’ The mid-winter Tune Up presented by TCAGO Even then there might be puzzlement, although it this month should also energize us all. It will be of was nice to be in the vicinity of a definition. I would value to the entire membership. I hope to see you ask myself, why are the schools not teaching rhythmic there. analysis of poetry? Perhaps I should have been won- Remember, letters to the editor are always wel- dering if the student had not been in class that day or come. that week, or did not pay attention. So, it came down from the TCAGO Board lence and a focus on creating value, has resulted in The Investment Committee has recommended to the industry leading returns achieved resourcefully and TCAGO Board that we hire Michael Wright as our ethically. He currently leads investment advisor for our endowment funds. The the Arts Partnership and the Board has approved this recommendation. Schubert Club’s Finance and Mike has been an investor in the capital markets Investment Committee, for over 30 years. He has experience in all assets class- including its endowment port- es and has a proven track record of adding value to folio. the portfolios and organizations with which he has He currently is teaching been associated. His reputation as a portfolio manager finance fundamentals to under- is one who exercises keen analysis, sound judgment grads in the Carlson School of and confident decision making. His diversity of expe- Management at the University rience, coupled with skill at designing and imple- of Minnesota. Previously, Mike was the Chief Invest- menting an investment strategy, his passion for excel- ment Officer of The St. Paul Companies, now the page 3 Travelers Insurance Company. He has held equity Hwy 36 on Hilton Trail, just east of the 694/35E portfolio management positions with the Western- (exit 52B) junction. More information is available at Southern Life Insurance Company in Cincinnati, and www.saintandrews.org or by calling 651-426-3261. financial roles at Baxter International in Chicago. Remembering Heinrich Fleischer January 29 – Pipedreams is 30! Memorial Concert II – February 26 J Michael Barone Steve Gentile, organist – 3:00 p.m. Time flies when you’re having fun. To celebrate the The Heinrich Fleischer Memorial concerts continue Pipedreams 30th Anniversary, a free public concert will with works of Buxtehude, Bach, Brahms, Hindemith take place at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church (900 and Mendelssohn Stillwater Road) in Mahtomedi, MN on Sunday, Jan- Como Park Lutheran Church, 1376 Hoyt Avenue uary 29, 2012 at 4 p.m. The program will feature West, St. Paul. performances by several notable regional organists: Dr. Charles Echols (St. Cloud State University), Maurice Duruflé: A Liturgical Musician – Kathrine Handford (Lawrence University, Appleton, March 3 WI), Robert Vickery (Holy Childhood Church, Saint Laura Kaslow Paul), and Bill Chouinard (St. Andrew’s Lutheran) “Maurice Duruflé: A Liturgical Musician,” a confer- Also on the program is well-known vocalist Norah ence of Music, Lectures and Workshops will take Long and the St. Andrew’s Choir led by Jan Gilbert- place on March 3, 2012, at the Olson Campus Center, son. Pipedreams host/producer Michael Barone also Luther Seminary, 1490 Fulham, St. Paul. will perform and provide commentary. Plenty of free Maurice Duruflé was a teacher, recitalist, and vir- parking is available. tuosic improviser, committed to the church. Influ- A wide variety of listener-friendly music will enced by the Roman Catholic liturgy, French choral exploit the sonic possibilities of the magnificent 108- music, the architectural heritage of France and its rank Casavant-Schantz pipe organ, which many con- complex political, social and cultural history, his life sider to be among the finest concert organs in the was lived in the midst of what James Frazier calls a Midwest. ferocious struggle of the sacred versus the secular.” Bring a friend...tell a friend...I hope to see you Duruflé managed to bring the two “into a respectful there! accommodation” through his exposure to the Solesmes method of chant and his later affinity for the Philip Wilby Concert – February 18 harmonies of Debussy, Ravel and Dukas. St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 7:00 p.m. Throughout the past century, Duruflé has influ- British composer-conductor-organist Philip Wilby enced music in both Roman Catholic and Protestant joins resident organist Bill churches, often without an understanding of what Chouinard and the Lake propelled him. One hundred and ten years after his Wobegon Brass Band under birth, church musicians face a different struggle. the direction of Michael With perspective at a distance from his time and Halstenson. The varied pro- place, we in our time and place, might learn what gram will include a world may or may not provide helpful insights in our work premiere of a commissioned today. piece for brass band and James Frazier, an expert on Duruflé and author of organ, along with works by Maurice Duruflé: The Man and his Music, will lead con- Gigout, Copland, Vaughan ference participants into this topic. He will be joined Williams, Paul Drury, Bart by Anthony Ruff OSB, a monk who teaches at St. Wuilmus, Sir Arthur Sulli- John’s University in Collegeville; Dirk Lange, a for- van and Meredith Willson. Free-will offering, recep- mer brother at Taizé who teaches at Luther Seminary; tion following. and Christopher Aspaas, a choral conductor who St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, 900 Stillwater teaches at St. Olaf College. Road in Mahtomedi, is located about 1 mile north of page 4 Pre-registration is preferable. Contact Luther 1995. Born in 1961 in Paris, Mr. Mantoux completed Seminary's Master of Sacred Music Office at 651-523- his organ studies with Gaston Litaize at the Conserva- 1612 or at [email protected]; or by the confer- toire National de Région of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. He ence website www.luthersem.edu/sacredmusic. later studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de The cost for the conference is $65 per person, $30 Musique in Paris, where he won First Prizes in Har- for students and includes lunch. Paid pre-registration mony and Counterpoint. deadline is Friday, February 24. After February 24, The Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas is the home of the cost increases to $80 per person, and $45 for stu- a 41 stop, 56 rank pipe organ built by Gabriel Kney dents. Registration at the door is not guaranteed. of London, Ontario. Information on the instrument Registrant check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, can be found at www.stthomas.edu/music/organs/ March 3, 2012. The conference begins at 9 a.m. and will conclude by 4:30 p.m. Strings, Pipes, and a Glorious Tenor II – March 11 Organ Recital Series at University of St. Carolyn Will Thomas – March 5 Reprising last year’s popular concert formula, Strings, David Jenkins Pipes and A Glorious Tenor II will be performed at the The University of St. Thomas Music Department is Cathedral of Saint Paul in the intimate acoustic space pleased to announce that French concert organist of the Chapel of the Sacred Heart, 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Christophe Mantoux will March 11, 239 Selby Avenue, Saint Paul, at the cor- perform on Monday, March ner or Summit Ave. and John Ireland Blvd. 5, 2012. The 8:15 p.m. Delighting the music audience will be tenor can- recital, free and open, will be tor Nicholas Chalmers, Associate Director of Sacred held at the Chapel of St. Music Lawrence Lawyer, portative organ, Cathedral Thomas Aquinas, Cleveland Chamber Orchestra Artistic Advisors Michal and and Laurel Streets in St Paul. Elizabeth Sobieski, violins, and Laura Handler, princi- Christophe Mantoux’s pal cellist of the Lyra Baroque Orchestra. international career as a con- The program features the 2007 Bennett & Giut- cert organist has taken him tari portative organ and Sonatas by Buxtehude, Corel- to more than twenty coun- li and Bach, including the “Adagio and Fugue” from tries in Europe, North and Sonata No. 1 in G Minor for solo violin. Also included South America, South Korea, Japan and the United in the program are sacred songs by French composers States. In 1984, Mr. Mantoux won the prestigious Langlais, Poulenc and Gounod. Suggested donation is Grand Prix d’Interprétation (First Prize in Interpreta- $15. tion) at the Chartres International Organ Competition Free parking is available in the Selby parking lot (Grand Prix de Chartres). Following that success, he in addition to ample street parking. The venue is also served as Titular Organist of the Chartres Cathedral handicapped accessible. from 1986 to 1992, and he remains a member of the The Cathedral Heritage Foundation is proud to Artistic Committee of the Chartres International sponsor Strings, Pipes and a Glorious Tenor II. More Organ Competition. information available at www.cathedralheritagefoun- Christophe Mantoux has recently been appointed dation.org Professor of Organ at the Conservatoire régional de Paris Letters to the Editor and the Pôle supérieur de Paris / Boulogne-Billancourt, I read with interest your recent archives article about beginning September, 2011. Mr. Mantoux was Profes- Peter Le Huray (Pipenotes December 2011-January sor of Organ at the Conservatoire National de Région 2012). I studied with him and he was not associated with King’s College, Cambridge as stated in the article, (National Conservatory) in Strasbourg from 1992 to but rather St. Catherine’s College at Cambridge. You 2011, where he taught students from all over Europe, might want to note that correction for your the United States, South America, South Korea, and readers. His bio can be found on the web. He was very Japan. He also has held the post of Titular Organist active in the early music field. of the famous Church of Saint-Séverin in Paris since Steve Rosenberg page 5 OHS 2012 National Convention Opening Night July 8 Wolfgang Rubsam in concert – July 8-13 C.B. Fisk, Opus 123 The OHS Chicago 2012 convention committee St. Chrysostom’s Church invites you to six days of exciting events featuring more than 25 organs in the Chicago area, July 8-13. Optional Day July 13 Showcase of local organ builders and excur- Registration will be open to anyone interested in sion to Sanfilippo Place de la Musique organ building, music history, organ repertoire, or For more information, go to organsociety.org/2012/ just simply enjoying a trip to the “City of Big We hope to see you and your colleagues in Chica- Sounds” on the shores of Lake Michigan. go next summer! From Orchestra Hall to Rockefeller Chapel, the The OHS 2012 Convention Planning Committee convention venues include extraordinary instruments of many styles and sizes. Many performers, Nathan Laube and David Schrader to name only two, have connections to Chicago and will highlight music by noted Chicago composers from the past 100 years. Calendar of Upcoming Events January Sun. March 11 Strings, Pipes and a Glorious Tenor II Sun. Jan. 29 Pipedreams 30th anniversary 4:00 p.m. Cathedral of St. Paul - 2:30 p.m. St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church 239 Selby Avenue, St. Paul 900 Stillwater Road, Mahtomedi Sat. Mar. 17 Fourth Annual Before-Bach’s Birthday February Bash Sat. Feb. 18 Pipe Organ Discovery Day 9:30 a.m. all day, various south metro churches Wayzata Community Church April 125 Wayzata Boulevard East, Wayzata Sun. Apr. 1 Deadline for Composition Competition Sat. Feb. 18 Philip Wilby concert 7:00 p.m. Sun. Apr. 1 Heinrich Fleischer Memorial Concert III St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church Steve Gentile, organist - 4:00 p.m. 900 Stillwater Road, Mahtomedi First Lutheran Church Sat. Feb. 25 TCAGO Event: 1114 West Traverse Road, St. Peter A Midwinter tune-up - 9:00 a.m. Sat. Apr. 14 Historic Organ Crawl Woodlake Lutheran Church all day 76th and Oliver, Minneapolis Sat. Apr. 21 TCAGO Student Scholarship Sun. Feb. 26 Heinrich Fleischer Memorial Concert II Competition Steve Gentile, organist - 3:00 p.m. Bethlehem Lutheran Church Como Park Lutheran Church 4100 Lyndale Avenue S., Minneapolis 1376 Hoyt Avenue West, St. Paul Sat. Apr. 28 Craig Cramer Recital 7:00 p.m. March St. Olaf Catholic Church Sat. March 3 “Maurice Duruflé: 215 S Eighth Street, Minneapolis A Liturgical Musician” - 9:00 a.m. May Olson Campus Center, Luther Seminary May 16-28 University of Kansas 1490 Fulham, St. Paul Italian Organ Study Tour Mon. March 5 Christophe Mantoux Recital 8:15 p.m. July St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel July 8 – 13 University of St. Thomas OHS 2012 National Convention Cleveland & Portland Avenues, St. Paul Chicago page 6 TCAGO Officers Pipenotesis the official publi- Letters to the Editor Dean: James Callahan (h) 651-224-3285 cation of the Twin Cities Signed Letters to the Editor Sub Dean:Sharon Kleckner (h) 651-698-2714 Chapter, American Guild of are always welcome. Please (w) 612-207-4980; (m) 651-341-4395 Organists, and is published send, or e-mail letters to Secretary:John Salveson (h) 952-303-4522 nine times a year, September Merritt C Nequette, 2748 (w) 952-881-8600; (m) 612-240-2055 through June. The Decem- Lexington Ave N, St Paul, Treasurer:David Geslin (h) 612-868-7827 ber and January issues are MN 55113 (w) 763-277-0024; [email protected] combined as one. [email protected] Board Members Deadline date MPR Class of 2012:Priscilla Franken, Patricia Kohnen, Bill Stump Information for Pipenotes Minnesota Public Radio Class of 2013:Carolyn Diamond, Andrew Hackett, Geoff Olson should be received no later encourages you to enter your Class of 2014: Laura Edman, Mary Newton, Kirsten Uhlenberg than the first of the month classical music performance preceding publication publi- events in the MPR online Committees cation. Materials may be calendar. 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Michael Barone Pipedreamsare supported, in Special Projects:Thomas Kite, Andrew Hackett, Leonard Danek (w) 651-290-1539 part, with a grant from the Student Competition:Mary Newton (h) 763-546-1307; (h) 651-228-9885 members and friends of the (m) 612-251-7552; [email protected] [email protected] Twin Cities Chapter of the TCAGO Organ Database:Richard Greene 651-488-9681 Organ Calendar American Guild of Organ- [email protected] www.pipedreams.org/ ists. Website Administrator:David Engen (m) 612-801-8662 [email protected] page 7 David J. Geslin, CPA 5775 Wayzata Blvd. Suite 700 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416 Tel: 612-868-7827 – Fax: 763-201-7816 Helping people with their Tax and Accounting needs for over 20 years page 8 K S J N R A D I O B R O A D C A S T S Minnesota Public Radio K S J N - F M 99.5 mHz in the Twin Cities “a listener-supported service” Enjoy PIPEDREAMS on Sunday mornings 6-8 AM …including The Organ Calendar at 7 AM Double manual Flemish harpsichord by W. Banzhaf, 1994, GG-d''', 8', 8', 4' with buff to both 8', transposing 415/440. The instrument has wooden jacks with delrin plectra; keyboard naturals are of bone with ebony sharps. Exterior is deep mottled green with gold leaf and an attractive turned trestle stand. Interior is traditionally papered with Latin motto: Musica Laetitia Comes Medicina Dolorum. Revoiced by Ton Amir from the Klinkhamer workshop in Amsterdam. A lovely and stable instrument. $11,000. Contact: Bob Baumann, St. Paul, MN 651-222-5441 [email protected]