Pre Convention Events and Day 1 June 23 - AGO Boston 2014

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family day
saturday, june 21, 2014
A Family Festival for In joyous anticipation of the National Convention of the American
Guild of Organists in the great city of Boston, the public is invited to take
the King of Instruments
part in a festive day of performances, interactive activities, fun sing-alongs,
A day of discovery and silent film presentations, hands-on discovery, and more, all focusing on the
sonic adventure for children King of Instruments: the pipe organ!
and the young at heart. From 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, Old South Church on Boylston Street
(across from the Boston Public Library) is the
Saturday, June 21, 2014
site of rolling performances showcasing the
massive pipe organ, played by exciting perform-
ers. Along with being able to experience the
working of a pipe organ close up, the public is
Join us in celebration
welcome to drop in to hear a variety of events,
of Boston, its great including presentations of Peter and the Wolf,
breath taking musical showstoppers, not so
musical heritage, and
silent films, “Pricilla and Paul Principal find
two of its great “King
a Home,” an interactive tableau for children,
of Instruments!” and sing-alongs of the sound of music, the
wizard of oz, and the little mermaid.
The evening venue is Church of the
Covenant on Newbury Street, where two
classic silent movies will be presented in
a church that closely echoes the look and
feel of a movie palace of days gone by.
This evening production—designed to
appeal to the whole family—will feature
a short comedy accompanied by the
energetic Jonathan Ortloff, and speedy,
starring the incomparable silver-screen
comedian Harold Lloyd, accompanied by
international sonic artist Peter Krasinski.
Start-time is 7:00 for this event.
Join us in celebration of Boston, its
great musical heritage, and two of its great
“King of Instruments!”
Family Day is generously supported by the Centennial
Millennium Fund of the NYC Chapter AGO, IBM
Corporation, the Boston AGO Chapter, and the Special
Projects Committee of the San Francisco AGO Chapter.
i. pre-convention events
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sunday events
june 22, 2014
pre-convention events
11:15 am Solemn High Mass
Stravinsky: Mass for Chorus and Double Wind Quintet
The Church of the Advent, Boston
2:00 pm Hospitality desk open until 8:00 pm
4:00 pm The Schoenstein Competition in Hymn Playing: Final Round
Christ Church, Cambridge
Organ and Glass Harmonica Demonstrations and Change Ringing
St. Stephen’s Church, 24 Clark Street, Boston
Old North Church, 193 Salem Street, Boston
(see following page for details)
5:30 pm Blow Ye the Trumpet: A Festival of Hymns for the Church Year
St. Cecilia Parish, Boston
Richard Webster, director
Colin Lynch, organ
Choir & Brass Ensemble of Trinity Church in the City of Boston
Free admission
7:30 pm Vespers for the Feast of St. John the Baptist:
Music of Claudio Monteverdi and His Contemporaries
St. Paul’s Church | Harvard Square
The Green Mountain Project
Scott Metcalfe, music director
Jolle Greenleaf, artistic director
colin lynch
richard webster
ii. pre-convention events
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sunday events
june 22, 2014
pre-convention events
Boston’s North End:
History with Organs on the Freedom Trail
4:00 pm St. Stephen’s Church (Roman Catholic), 1820s Boston organ,
rebuilt by C.B. Fisk as Opus 53
Welcome: Kathleen Adams & Lois Regestein
Organ Demonstration & Mini-Concert: Mark Nelson, music director,
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Gloucester
Glass Armonica Demonstration: Vera Meyer (Glass Armonica by G. Finkenbeiner)
Organ & Glass Armonica Duet
4:45 pm Paul Revere Mall
Between Old North Church and St. Stephen’s Church, at the statue of Paul Revere
Change Ringing: Old North Ringers
Edes and Gill Colonial Print Shop (behind Old North Church): Printing demonstrations
5:15 pm Old North Church (Christ Church Episcopal), organ by A. David Moore, Opus 20
Organ Demonstration & Mini-Concert:
Libor Dudas, music director, Old North Church

iii. pre-convention events
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monday at a glance
june 23, 2014
pre-convention events
The Jamaica Plain Hook Organs:
Two Pre-Civil War Organs from 1854
9:30 am Lois Regestein, organ; First Church, Jamaica Plain
First Church, 6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain
10:30 am Dr. Jens Korndörfer, organ; St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Jamaica Plain
St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 97 South Street, Jamaica Plain
10:00 & 11:00 am Open Console: Come and Play Aeolian-Skinner’s Largest Opus
The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist,
250 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston
1:00–4:00 pm The Timeless Beauty of Hook Organs
Sear’s Chapel, 70 Colchester Street, Brookline
Church of Our Savior, 25 Monmouth Street, Brookline
convention events
9:00 am–midnight Registration open
9:00 am–6:00 pm Hospitality Desk open
9:00 am–1:00 pm AGO National Competition in Organ Improvisation (NCOI): Semi-final Round
First Lutheran Church of Boston
2:00–5:00 pm AGO National Young Artists Competition in
Organ Performance (NYACOP): Final Round
The Memorial Church at Harvard University, Cambridge
5:00–7:00 pm Exhibits open
7:30–9:30 pm Opening Concert
Symphony Hall, Boston
James David Christie, organ
Boston Landmarks Orchestra
Christopher Wilkins, conductor
9:30–10:00 pm Travel
10:00–10:45 pm Compline with Beneficia lucis of Night Song
St. Cecilia Parish, Boston
1 0:00 pm–midnight Opening-Night Meet-and-Greet with the Berklee Jazz Organ Trio
Exhibit Hall, Marriott Copley Place Hotel, Boston
10:00 pm–midnight Exhibits open
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walking directions
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Route from Marriott to Back Bay T Station
9:00 am–1:00 pm
From the Marriott Hotel lobby, locate Starbucks and
take the escalator to the Copley Place Shopping Center.
Directions from Marriott Hotel to First Lutheran Church
Walk to Neiman Marcus and take their escalator down
299 Berkeley Street, Boston
to street level. Exit Neiman Marcus toward the left of
16 minutes the escalator. Exit the Shopping Center and cross
Dartmouth St. to the Back Bay T Station.
As you exit Marriott Hotel, turn RIGHT.
Cross Stuart St. and continue RIGHT
Directions from Harvard Square
on Huntington Ave. Turn LEFT on
to The Memorial Church
Dartmouth St. (Copley Square). Turn
One Harvard Yard, Cambridge
RIGHT on Boylston St. Turn LEFT on
Berkeley St. to First Lutheran Church.
5 minutes from Harvard Square T stop
Directions from First Lutheran Church to Marriott Hotel Turn RIGHT as you leave the train
and use the Church St/Harvard Yard
16 minutes exit. At the T entrance, turn LEFT and
go upstairs. Go through the wrought-
As you exit First Lutheran Church, turn iron Johnson Gate into Harvard Yard.
LEFT on Berkeley St. Turn RIGHT on Directly ahead you will see a large
Boylston St. Turn LEFT on Dartmouth St. granite building with a statue of John Harvard in front.
(Copley Square). Turn RIGHT on Walk to the LEFT side of this building and take the
Huntington Ave. to Marriott Hotel. curved path to the left. You will see the Memorial
Church spire and the front entrance with four large
brown pillars.
2:00–5:00 pm
Directions from The Memorial Church
Directions from Marriott Hotel to Harvard Square,
to Marriott Hotel
Cambridge
35 minutes
30 minutes
Return to the Harvard T station.
As you exit Marriott Hotel, turn RIGHT. Continue
Take any INBOUND train (Braintree
on Stuart St. (behind Westin Hotel) to Dartmouth St.
or Ashmont) 5 stops to Downtown
Cross Dartmouth St. and turn RIGHT. You will see
Crossing. Change to Orange Line in the
the Back Bay T Station one block ahead. Enter the
direction of Forest Hills. Go 3 stops to
station and take the INBOUND Orange Line T in the
Back Bay Station. Go upstairs to the
direction of Oak Grove. Go 3 stops to Downtown
main Back Bay Station/Dartmouth St. entrance. Walk
Crossing. Change trains: Take the Red Line INBOUND
outside to Dartmouth St., turn RIGHT, and walk to
toward Park St. and Alewife. Go five stops to Harvard.
Stuart St. Turn LEFT on Stuart St. Marriott Hotel will
be ahead on the left.
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walking directions
7:00–9:30 pm 9:30–10:45 pm
Directions from Marriott Hotel to Symphony Hall Directions from Symphony Hall to St. Cecilia Parish
301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston 18 Belvidere Street, Boston
10 minutes 10 minutes
As you exit Marriott Hotel, turn LEFT As you leave Symphony Hall, turn
on Huntington Ave. Walk straight ahead LEFT on Massachusetts Ave. Cross the
on Huntington Ave. Symphony Hall street and walk on the right-hand side.
is at the intersection of Huntington Ave. Turn RIGHT on Belvidere St. St. Cecilia
and Massachusetts Ave. will be on the left side of Belvidere St.
Directions from Harvard Square to Symphony Hall 9:30 pm
301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston
Directions from Symphony Hall to Marriott Hotel
45 minutes
10 minutes
Return to the Harvard T station. Take any
INBOUND train (Braintree or Ashmont) As you leave Symphony Hall,
4 stops to Park St. Change to the Green turn LEFT on Huntington Ave.
Line WESTBOUND and take the E train Marriott Hotel will be several blocks
(Heath St.) 5 stops to Symphony. ahead on your right.
NB: There are 4 Green Line Westbound
lines, but only the E Line goes to Symphony. Be sure to
use the E train in the direction of Heath St.
10:45 pm
or– (Allow 1 hour for this bus ride)
Take #1 Dudley Station bus from Harvard Square to Directions from St. Cecilia Parish to Marriott Hotel
Symphony Hall. This bus is very slow, but it is a direct
15 minutes
route. In Harvard Square, the #1 bus stop is at the side-
walk outside Harvard Yard’s Johnson Gate. As you
As you exit St. Cecilia Parish,
leave Harvard Yard through Johnson Gate, turn RIGHT.
turn LEFT on Belvidere St. and
The #1 bus stop will be ahead on the right.
continue to Huntington Ave. Turn
LEFT on Huntington Ave. and continue
to Marriott Hotel.
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Wyncote Foundation Organ Studio
CURTIS
INSTITUTE OF MUSIC
When Alan Morrison and Randall Dyer invited us to inspect former
percussion studios in the historic Curtis mansion, we found three
small basement rooms more like dungeon cells than a future organ studio.
The largest room became the teaching studio with organ console, a middle
room the organ chamber, and the smallest space holds noisy mechanical
equipment and organ blower. Sound isolation ceilings above existing pipes,
ducts and conduits prevent sound from traveling up to the Bok Room,
Curtis’ formal meeting and reception space. A lower, finished studio ceiling
hides building infrastructure from view, and also functions as a sound
distribution space connecting organ chamber to grilles beside and behind
the console. Walls have diffuser panels to scatter sound and mid/
low-frequency absorber panels to prevent boominess and excessive
loudness. The small studio sounds much larger than its actual size, with a
pleasant sense of spaciousness and envelopment for organist and listeners.
It was a lot of work, but all involved in the project agree we started with a
pig’s ear and turned it into a silk purse!
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