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The American Guild of Organists (AGO) is an international organization of academic, church, and concert organists in the US, headquartered in New York City with its administrative offices in the Interchurch Center. Founded as a professional educational association, it was chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New ...
US-based Orgelkids USA [6] was founded in June 2015 as a program [8] of the Eugene Oregon USA chapter of the American Guild of Organists, [9] and later incorporated on 29 August 2016 as a section-501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
American Guild of Organists; American Theatre Organ Society; B. British Institute of Organ Studies; Bund Deutscher Orgelbaumeister; G. Gothenburg Organ Art Center; O.
The modern console specification recommended by the American Guild of Organists calls for manual keyboards with sixty-one notes (five octaves, from C to c ′ ′ ′ ′) and pedal keyboards with thirty-two notes (two and a half octaves, from C to g ′).
She initiated the study of Anglo-American organs as a sub-discipline in the 1950s. [1] She founded the Organ Historical Society in 1956 and served as its president. [1] [4] In 1985, she became librarian of the Organ Library of the American Guild of Organists at Boston University. She held numerous other positions for the Guild, serving as dean ...
ATOS hosts an annual convention, held at various locations across the country. [3] ATOS has outreach to young musicians, and funds several musical scholarships for youth members. It also sponsors an annual Young Theatre Organist Competition. [4] ATOS sponsors ATOS Theatre Organ Radio, an internet radio station dedicated to the theatre organ.
The first solo concert performance on the restored organ occurred July 5, 2007, by Cherry Rhodes as part of the closing ceremonies of the American Guild of Organists regional convention held in Baltimore. [6] The organ was played in recital during the Organ Historical Society Convention in July 2024. [7]
Location: 4600 Nine Mile Rd., near Richmond, ... It was the home of Leslie and Laura Watson, who were musicians, early members of the American Guild of Organists. [3]