Portland Chapter American Guild of Organists

Coming up tomorrow! Sunday, February 22 at 1:00 pm. A concert of organ music by women composers, performed by several of our members on the beautiful Jaeckel organ at First Presbyterian Church in Portland. The concert is free and open to the public

First Presbyterian Church
1200 SW Alder St
Portland, OR 97205

Parking is available in FPC's garage, entrance on 12th Ave.

You are invited to the upcoming organ programs at Peace Lutheran in Salem! We are in process of adding several ranks of pipes, to include a festival trumpet and krummhorn.

Cantores in Ecclesia is sponsoring James O'Donnell in concert on Monday, January 26, at 7 p.m., commemorating his Dedication Recital of the organ at Holy Rosary Church on the 26th of January in 1996, thirty years ago. This should be a fine event!

The next event on the PAGO calendar is the 'Music of Women Composers' organ recital at First Presbyterian Church, Portland on February 22 at 1:00 PM.

Memorial Lutheran Church in Vancouver invites you to their annual hymnfest: "We Believe... Therefore We Sing" with organ, choir, brass quartet, flutist, and handbells. Remembering the 1700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed (325 a.d.) October 26th, Sunday at 3:30 pm. 2700 East 28th Street, Vancouver, WA. More information at MLC.ORG

Great photos of our recent master class with Dr. Stephen price courtesy of our publicist/webmaster, Greg DeSantis!

Organ Master Class with Dr. Stephen Price A free master class sponsored by the Portland chapter took place at the Agnes Flanagan Chapel on the grounds of Lewis & Clark College on Saturday September 27. Five volunteer organists performed for Dr. Price and received valuable insights into the music and techniques of performance. Participants i...

Tonight! Opening Service, Installation of Officers, and Annual Meeting for the 2025-2026 program year is coming up this Sunday, September 21. The service will be held at Christ Church Episcopal Parish, 1060 Chandler Rd, Lake Oswego at 4:00pm, followed by the Annual Meeting immediately after the service.

Check out the new blog post covering the 2025 PAGO Member's Recital that took place 5/18/25. Close to 100 attendees, great success!

https://www.portlandago.org/post/2025-pago-member-s-recital

Check out the new blog post for the 2025 PAGO Bach-a-Thon!

2025 PAGO Bach-A-Thon a Success! The 2025 PAGO Bach-A-Thon is now history. We had a great turnout and the performers regaled their audience with oodles of talent and diverse musicality. Participating performers included (Online) Clark Green, Christopher Schindler, Stephen Adams, Nathan Sanders, Steve Wiberg and Gregory De Santis; (...

If you were unable to attend the Portland AGO Bach-a-Thon here are the recordings:

Livestream recording from St Andrew Lutheran Beaverton (performers pictured below L-R: Gregor McGee, James Walker, Stephen Janzen, Steve Wiberg, Yu-Lin Chao, Cheryl Wills, Susan Werner Reiser): https://youtu.be/d30biVn-f7s

Prerecorded submissions (performers: Christopher Schindler, Clark Green, Nathan Sanders, Steve Wiberg, Gregory De Santis): https://youtu.be/0DSchh8tXKo

The Bach-a-Thon is a benefit for our chapter scholarship fund. All proceeds go towards organ students' lessons. Please donate and support the next generation of organ students.

Donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=R7U2LK8WHKQY8

Program:
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