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PIPE ORGAN ENCOUNTER
Sunday, July 20 to Saturday, July 26, 2008
Assumption College
500 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609

Frank Corbin, POE Director and Dean of Worcester Chapter
fcorbin@assumption.edu

ELIGIBILITY - APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION
Application Deadline: May 1, 2008
ENROLLMENT IS NOW FULL: You may be placed on a waiting list if you wish by emailing fcorbin@assumption.edu

The POE is open to young people ages 13-18 who have intermediate proficiency at the piano or organ. Enrollment is limited to 40 participants. No prior organ study is required. Instruction will be available on two tracks, one for beginning organists and one for students who have studied organ previously.

Registration Fee: $450

Some scholarship assistance is available through the American Guild of Organists. To apply for scholarship assistance, please attach a separate letter to the application form stating the case for your need. Students are strongly encouraged to approach their local AGO Chapters and other institutions for financial aid, as assistance from POE Worcester 08 is very limited.

FACULTY

Barbara Adler
Peter Stoltzfus Berton
Jonathan Bezdegian
James David Christie
Frank Corbin
Gregory D’Agostino
William Degan
Michael Dulac
Robin Dinda
Karrin Ford
Kenneth Grinnell
Wesley Hall
Paul Jacobs
Peter Krasinski
Scott Lamlein
Debra LeBrun

Amanda Mole
Grant Moss
William Ness
Marjorie Ness
Larry Schipull
Patricia Snyder
Steve Young

MASTERCLASSES, PERFORMANCES,
TOURS, & COURSES

Practice Habits
Patricia Snyder

Introduction to the Organ Console
Barbara Adler

Baroque Organs & Repertoire
James David Christie

Romantic Organs & Repertoire
Peter Stoltzfus Berton

The AGO Service Playing Certificate
Kenneth Grinnell

Concluding Masterclass
Paul Jacobs

Student Piano Recital

Faculty Organ Recital

Student Organ Recital

Tour of the
The C. B. Fisk Organ FactoryGloucester, MA
followed by concert at
The Methuen Memorial Music Hall
Methuen, MA

Courses in Music Theory, Ear Training, and Keyboard Harmony

GRATEFUL RECOGNITION AND THANKS
Pipe Organ Encounters is an educational outreach program of the American Guild of Organists. Major funding for Pipe Organ Encounters is provided by the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America. Additional support is provided by the American Institute of Organbuilders and Margaret R. Evans. Permanently endowed AGO scholarships are provided in memory of Charlene Brice Alexander, Robert S. Baker, Seth Bingham, Clarence Dickinson, Philip Hahn, Charles N. Henderson, Alfred E. Lunsford, Ned Siebert, and Martin M. Wick; and in honor of Philip E. Baker, Ruth Milliken, and Morgan and Mary Simmons.

STAFF

Director & Faculty Coordinator
Frank Corbin

Program & Schedule Coordinators
Frank Corbin, Peter Stoltzfus Berton, Patricia Snyder

Treasurer & Registrar
Carolyn Graham

Facilities Coordinator
Shelley Hall

Services Coordinator & Chaperone
Debra LeBrun

Publicity Coordinator
Dawn Thistle

Funding Coordinator
Barbara Adler

THE ORGANS OF WORCESTER

Worcester is home to an extraordinary variety of fine pipe organs, many of which will be used for private lessons and masterclasses during the week:

All Saints Church
Aeolian-Skinner

Assumption College
Russell & Co.

Cathedral of St. Paul
Casavant Frères/Russell & Co.

College of the Holy Cross
Taylor & Boody

First Baptist Church
Reuter/Gilbert/ Russell & Co.

First Unitarian Church
Aeolian-Skinner/Gilbert/ Russell & Co.

Mechanics Hall
E & G. G. Hook, 1864

Our Lady of the Angels RC Church
J.W. Walker & Sons

Pakachoag Church, UCC
Dobson

Saint Joseph RC Church
Casavant Frères

Saint Peter RC Church
Casavant Frères

United Congregational Church
Schantz/Berkshire

Wesley United Methodist Church
Aeolian-Skinner

Worcester Art Museum
Aeolian-Skinner

Worcester Memorial Auditorium
Kimball

These instruments can be heard on the Chapter’s recording:
Great Organs of Worcester
made possibe by the
George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation, and available through the
Organ Historical Society at www.organsociety.com